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Taylor Swift winks as she poses on the red carpet at the MTV Video Music Awards in Elmont, New York, on Wednesday. The night before, she posted on Instagram, endorsing Vice President Kamala Harris for president.

Taylor Swift's endorsement of Kamala Harris drives voters to visit vote.gov

After Taylor Swift posted on Instagram after the presidential debate, saying she was voting for Kamala Harris, her link to Vote.gov garnered 13 times as much engagement as the site typically sees.

Q&A: Nevada Sen. Cortez Masto on teaming up with VP Harris as attorneys general

Morning Edition spoke to Nevada Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, who worked with VP Harris when the two were state attorneys general, on why that experience is relevant to being Commander in Chief.

Gold medalist Scottie Scheffler, of the United States, poses with his medal following the medal ceremony for men's golf during the medal ceremony at the 2024 Summer Olympics on Sunday, Aug. 4.

Scottie Scheffler wins Olympic gold after a comeback victory

Scheffler ties course record at France's Le Golf National to win gold for the United States

Gold Medalists (from left to right) Regan Smith, Lilly King, Gretchen Walsh and Torri Huske of Team United States celebrate on the podium during the medal ceremony after the Women’s 4x100m Medley Relay Final on Sunday at the Paris Olympics.

U.S. women's relay swim team wins Olympic gold, smashes world record

In the final Olympic pool swimming race in Paris, U.S. women dominated a relay medley, winning an 8th gold medal for American swimmers and shattering a world record.

To mark D-Day, Biden will deliver a defense of democracy that hits on campaign themes

President Biden's trip to Normandy will commemorate the 80th anniversary of D-Day. But there's also a political subtext to the journey.

Grace Bisch holds a picture of her stepson Eddie Bisch, who died from an overdose, while protesting during oral arguments Dec. 4 at the Supreme Court in Washington, D.C. The Supreme Court's ruling on June 26 upended a proposed nationwide settlement with Purdue Pharma, the manufacturer of OxyContin. Members of the Sackler family, who owned the company, will have to negotiate a new settlement for lawsuits over the impact of opioids.

Supreme Court overturns opioid settlement with Purdue Pharma that shielded Sacklers

Relatives of overdose victims felt uncertainty and frustration after the Supreme Court overturned a controversial settlement with Purdue. It could delay funds for communities battling addiction.

Charles Ives’ vision of America still strikes an unsettling chord

To mark the 150th anniversary of the maverick American composer’s birth, pianist Jeremy Denk releases an Ives tribute album that educates, delights and confounds.

USA's Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone easily won gold in the women's 400m hurdles at the Paris Olympics on Thursday. She also broke her own world record at Stade de France.

Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone smashes her world record in 400m hurdles, wins Olympic gold

The American finished finished her gold medal run in the 400m hurdles 1.5 seconds faster than her teammate Anna Cockrell who won silver. McLaughlin-Levrone also bested her world record.

A man survived a harrowing ordeal in open water as Hurricane Milton passed nearby, spending the night clinging to a large cooler before being rescued by a Coast Guard helicopter crew some 30 miles from shore.

'We were ecstatic': Coast Guard rescues a man clinging to a cooler in open water

"We couldn't believe it, honestly, that he was OK," a pilot said as he described finding a man who spent the night of Hurricane Milton's landfall 30 miles from land.

Canadian Cultural Heritage Deputy Minister, Isabelle Mondou, left, and Andrea Clark-Grignon, Head of Public Affairs, unveil a photographic portrait known as 'The Roaring Lion', of Britain's Prime Minister Winston Churchill.

An iconic Churchill photo stolen in Canada and found in Italy is ready to return

Canadian and Italian dignitaries marked the successful recovery of a portrait of Winston Churchill known as "The Roaring Lion," stolen in Canada and recovered in Italy after a two-year search.

The U.S. Supreme Court begins a new term this week, with public opinion of the court at near record lows.

Guns, transgender rights, porn: The Supreme Court begins another term

For the most part, the justices still try to portray the court as amicable, but you don't have to be a genius to see that they are not exactly happy campers.

A study found toxic metals in popular tampon brands. Here's what experts advise

A first-of-its-kind study found lead, arsenic and other heavy metals in various tampon brands, but didn't link them to harmful health effects. Experts explain why it matters — and what to watch for.

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