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2080 episodes transcribedToday, the first of a two-part investigation from NPR's Embedded.Sgt. Joshua Abate's career in the Marine Corps seemed to be taking off. He was about...
Federal investigations into Donald Trump's actions surrounding the Jan. 6, 2021 insurrection & allegations of improper retention of classified documen...
In a post on Truth Social Monday evening, President-elect Trump announced he plans to enact tariffs on goods from Canada, China and Mexico on his firs...
President Biden has long supported Ukraine in its war with Russia. But, with a new Congress — and president — taking office in January, the future of...
Republicans gained among voting groups largely seen as part of the Democratic base. What's behind the shift, and is it a fluke or a realignment? This...
The former Florida congressman's nomination encountered controversy from the start, over allegations that he participated in sex parties, used illegal...
Well before we know who wins the presidential election, a clock is ticking, counting down to the next administration. The transition between one presi...
Even though many voters said they didn't like Kamala Harris or Donald Trump, very few who voted decided to cast their ballots for other candidates. Th...
President-elect Donald Trump has suggested he could rely on recess appointments to get his preferred cabinet picks into position if the Senate won't c...
President-elect Trump has named Pete Hegseth to run the Department of Defense, Matt Gaetz to run the Department of Justice and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. t...
Republicans will control both chambers of Congress and the White House, giving President-elect Trump broad latitude to enact his agenda. But Congress...
Donald Trump's election win took the wind from the sails of his election fraud conspiracy movement. Following Vice President Harris' concession, the e...
Evangelical Latino voters at one Pennsylvania church told NPR that they thought Donald Trump would stick up for their values in office. And throughout...
Suffice it to say the economy is quite complicated and making sense of the specific impact of any one policy is quite difficult. But a number of the p...
Almost the whole country shifted right since 2020, but the degree to which different groups changed says a lot about how the race was decided. And wha...
Vice President Harris conceded the race to President-elect Trump and implored her supporters to carry on the fight to make the country better. What fo...
Donald Trump is heading back to the Oval Office, according to the Associated Press. Vice President Harris failed to overcome the drawbacks of being pa...
Donald Trump is poised to win the election and will likely return to the White House as the 47th president. How will he govern and what does it mean f...
In our final podcast before voting concludes, we discuss the small boost Vice President Harris saw in the latest NPR/PBS News/Marist poll. The race is...
On today's NPR Politics Podcast: Math Edition, we look at Vice President Harris' possible paths to 270 votes in the electoral college. We then discuss...
