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Steve Inskeep talks to Democratic Sen. Chris Coons, who says he was struck by the Supreme Court nominee's partisan dispute during Thursday's testimony. NPR's Mara Liasson comments on the conversation.

Bill Kurtis reads three news-related limericks: "Uber EMS," "Rocky Roadkill" and "Acne IQ."

Hurricane Harvey was a wake-up call for petrochemical plants along the Gulf Coast to rethink plans for major floods. Some companies are starting to prepare for storms that are larger and more severe.

Steve Inskeep talks to White House spokesman Raj Shah about The New York Times op-ed, Bob Woodward's new book, Fear: Trump in the White House and hearings for Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh.

Steve Inskeep talks to Ken Starr, who is perhaps best-known as the independent counsel who investigated President Clinton. Starr's new book is called: Contempt: A Memoir of the Clinton Investigation.

Jeh Johnson, Homeland Security secretary during the 2016 election, testified before the House Intelligence Committee while the Senate Intelligence Committee heard from cybersecurity experts.

Dozens of cities have ambitious plans to get their electricity from clean or renewable sources. But those goals can clash with power providers, whose priority remains economics, not climate change.

A trillion dollars worth of American farmland will change hands in the coming years. Wealthy investors are likely to buy more of it with the power to shape rural communities and the environment.

NPR's Michel Martin talks to Hamilton star Daveed Diggs and composer Jonathan Snipes of the group Clipping about their recent addition to the holiday song canon.

While the pandemic has made this an unprecedented election for all campaigns, it's a particular challenge for the record number of Asian American and Pacific Islander candidates running this year.