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Deceased veterans' documents were sent to the wrong widows. VA workers snooped on patients who had committed suicide. And whistleblowers contend the VA violated their medical privacy.

It is fair to say that the widely held assumption that Congress gets nothing done doesn't exactly fit in 2015. Some big issues, like guns and immigration, were left on the table, though.

At almost every turn, the conventional wisdom turned out to be wrong in politics in 2015 — from Donald Trump to the depth of Bernie Sanders' support to the lack of strength of governors.

Dozens were killed in a suicide attack on Tuesday. In 2014, gunmen stormed a school and killed more than 140 people.Renee Montagne talks to author Mohsin Hamid about what the country is going through.

Steve Inskeep talks to Evan Thomas, author of Ike's Bluff: President Eisenhower's Secret Battle to Save the World — about lessons that can be learned from Eisenhower's national security strategies.

After nearly seven decades of cutting hair, Tony Manzi is putting his clippers away. Manzi, known around Cranston, R.I., as "Tony the Barber," is retiring on Thursday.

Twenty penguins were sent from San Diego's SeaWorld in plastic crates — amazingly without any sedatives. They just chilled out on a big block of ice set into their crates.

Jason Comely was terrified of being rejected. The only cure, he figured, was to get rejected on purpose, once a day. It started to hurt less and less. And then it actually started to become fun.

Bush has boasted about his "really good guacamole" recipe on the campaign trail. Just in time for college bowl season, he shared it with NPR.

The second annual College Football Playoff kicks off with Clemson taking on Oklahoma and Michigan State facing Alabama. Renee Montagne gets a preview from Washington Post columnist Kevin Blackistone.