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Teresa Baker sits with her grandchildren, James Rose, 4, and Adeline Steele, 18 months, whom she cares for. She says she doesn't vote. "I don't have time for that," she said.

While many Americans are enthusiastic about voting in this year's midterm elections, a majority are unlikely to. Photographer Andrea Bruce traveled the U.S. to find out why people choose to stay home.

Joe Biden and his wife, Jill Biden, arrive for a drive-in campaign rally last month at Bucks County Community College near Philadelphia. Bucks County and three other suburban Philadelphia counties helped the president-elect win the swing state.

Philadelphia's Suburbs Helped Deliver Crucial Pennsylvania For Biden

In the four suburban counties that ring Philadelphia, Joe Biden topped President Trump by more than 280,000 votes.

Amazon's Jeff Bezos, Apple's Tim Cook, Google's Sundar Pichai and Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg will face congressional questioning about whether tech has too much power.

Big Tech In Washington's Hot Seat: What You Need To Know

The heads of Facebook, Google, Amazon and Apple will face lawmakers' questions about whether they are using their power to squash competition.

Yoel Roth used to be Twitter's Head of Trust & Safety until he resigned in early November. He worries about the changes Elon Musk is making to the platform.

Twitter's former safety chief warns Musk is moving fast and "breaking things"

Yoel Roth was a top executive at Twitter, until he resigned in early November. He says people need to "very thoughtfully and carefully weigh the costs and benefits of using Twitter."

A man looks out over the Colorado River near Page, Arizona on Nov. 2, 2022. The seven states that manage the river are divided about how to account for the impacts of climate change in new plans about sharing its water.

As a deadline approaches, Colorado River states are still far apart on water sharing

Ahead of a deadline next week, the seven states that share the Colorado River have revealed competing plans for how the river should be managed in the future.

Housing is expensive. Here's how Harris and Trump promise to bring costs down

Housing costs are a top issue for many voters. Former President Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris have proposed different ideas for addressing the country's housing woes.

Bishops to Adopt Revised Policy on Abusive Priests

The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops meets this week in Washington, D.C. Topping the agenda is the issue of Vatican-inspired revisions to the charter against sexual abuse that the bishops signed in Dallas last June. NPR's Duncan Moon reports.

Remembering Mongo Santamaria

Jazz percussionist Mongo Santamaria dies on Feb. 1 at 85. Santamaria scored a Top-10 hit with his version of Herbie Hancock's jazz-funk classic "Watermelon Man" in 1963. He also wrote the song "Afro Blue," later performed and made famous by John Coltrane. NPR's Elizabeth Blair has a remembrance.

U.N. Weapons Hunt Reaches Saddam's Palace

U.N. arms inspectors search Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein's main palace for evidence of weapons of mass destruction. Meanwhile, top U.N. nuclear monitor Mohamed ElBaradei warns Iraq that it must cooperate more intensely with arms inspectors. NPR's Lawrence Sheets reports.

Reaction in Iraq to Powell's Speech

NPR's Michele Norris talks with NPR's Anne Garrels in Baghdad about Iraq's response to Secretary of State Powell's presentation at the Security Council today. Two of Saddam Hussein's top advisers were made available to reporters in the Iraqi capital shortly after Secretary Powell completed his presentation.

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