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2251 episodes transcribedThe podcast hits the road and heads to Seattle to talk about the big issues and races our reporters are watching. This episode was recorded before a l...
Tam, Miles and Mara answer questions about the midterms, the state of politics today, and more in this special episode recorded before a live virtual...
Angered by what he perceived as negative coverage, President Trump barred journalists from CNN, MS NOW and Politico from the White House grounds. Thos...
Advertising in this fall's midterms is increasing, and so too is the money being spent to get those ads on the air. We look at how the parties are rai...
President Trump heads to the United Nations General Assembly this week as the organization welcomes world leaders to discuss their work. We preview wh...
Some Republican candidates are using inflammatory and anti-Muslim rhetoric in their campaign ads and public statements. We look at what they're saying...
Ever wondered how we pick some of the key races we watch during elections? Here's your chance. In this special edition of The NPR Politics Podcast, wh...
Evangelists say AI saves time and increases productivity. Doomsayers argue AI will destroy humanity. While the truth may be somewhere in between, lawm...
Voters tell us they're frustrated with the economy, that costs are too high, and that neither Democrats nor Republicans seem able to solve their probl...
Like other Republican-led states, Missouri heeded President Trump's call to redraw congressional maps to try and create new, safe seats for Republican...
September 11th presented a new kind of national security threat, so a new national security architecture was built to confront it. Has it worked? Are...
We reflect on how U.S. domestic and foreign policy have changed since, and continue to be influenced by, the terror attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.This epi...
The activist is credited for increasing support of conservative causes among young voters, but nobody has had a similar influence since Kirk was kille...
After campaigning on a platform to curtail illegal immigration to the United States, President Trump has shifted federal immigration policy to severel...
Republicans are trying to win back skeptical voters by holding a midterm convention in Dallas this week. What will they do there, will the rally work,...
The U.S. military is now in the oil business and once again targeting what it says are "narco terrorist" drug boats. What is the Trump administration...
Sen. Jon Ossoff is the only incumbent Democratic senator running in a state Donald Trump won in 2024. Abdul El-Sayed is running to try and hold on to...
Democratic socialists have done well in some Democratic Party primaries ahead of November's midterm elections. New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani and...
You had questions about the upcoming midterm elections, and other political topics. In this podcast, we try our best to answer some of them.This episo...
The federal debt is up to $40 trillion and counting. The budget deficit is increasing, too. What does that mean for American taxpayers? We explain.Thi...
