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FRONTLINE documentarians Tom Casciato and Kathleen Hughes spent decades following two working-class families who lost well-paying manufacturing jobs and then struggled to regain their way of life.

Early U.S. vice presidents focused on their constitutional role as president of the Senate, but more modern officeholders have held more influence in the White House and beyond.

Sen. J.D. Vance, R-Ohio, who once called former Donald Trump “America’s Hitler” but is now one of his most vocal supporters in Congress, has been named Trump’s 2024 vice presidential pick. Here's where he stands on key issues.

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with David Frum, a senior editor for The Atlantic, to dig a little deeper into J.D. Vance’s political path. Frum knew the politician and wrote a piece about him in 2022.

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with political historian Matthew Dallek on the link between rhetoric and political violence, and the history of political violence in the United States.

Peter Buxtun has died at age 86. He is known as the whistleblower who revealed the U.S. government was leaving Black men untreated for syphilis during a study in Tuskegee, Ala.

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Caroline Sunshine, deputy communications director for the Trump campaign, about the convention and if the assassination attempt on ex-President Trump changed its plans.

In recent history, labor unions overwhelmingly back Democrats. President Biden calls himself the most pro-union president ever. But at the RNC, the head of the teamsters had a prime speaking slot.

The father of three is currently the junior senator of Ohio, and author of the 2016 memoir, 'Hillbilly Elegy', a New York Times bestseller.

How was a shooter able to get a line of sight to a former president during a public event? We speak with former secret service agent Bill Gage about protecting presidents.