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Retired miners are converging on St. Louis Tuesday for a union rally to protest a proposed cut in health benefits. Patriot Coal is in bankruptcy and has asked a federal judge to allow it to shed most of the health coverage for nearly 10,000 retired miners. But most of those miners never worked a day for Patriot.

Watch the producer extraordinaire sit down for a rare, in-depth interview with Jason King, host of NPR Music's R&B channel "I"ll Take You There."

China's economy stumbled in the second quarter, and economists say the government's "dynamic zero COVID" policy is to blame — hurting confidence and exacerbating other pent up economic challenges.

The open senate seat in Pennsylvania has led to one of the closest races in the country. Democrat John Fetterman and Republican Dr. Mehmet Oz face off Tuesday in their first — and only — debate.

Hur spent much of his legal career serving in multiple positions in the Department of Justice. He is also the former U.S. attorney in Maryland, appointed by then-President Donald Trump.

In the past few days, Ukraine saw an attack on an apartment building and a helicopter crash that killed a government official.

Votes from several states are still coming in — control of the U.S. House and Senate is up in the air. Georgia is one of the states we're waiting on. Republican Gov. Brian Kemp won reelection.

Sen. Rick Scott launched an uphill bid to be minority leader. Sen. Mitch McConnell was handily reelected but many rank-and-file senators are frustrated at party leaders following the 2022 elections.

The effort by the Project on Government Oversight and the Lawyers Defending American Democracy follows criticism aimed at the court for perceived ethical lapses and failures to deal with them.

The Iowa State Fair is all about fun, food and frivolity. But every four years, it's also all about politics. Amid the tumultuous political environment, the fair takes a different tone in 2024.