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1958 episodes transcribedThe states both have long histories of Republican control, but the two pairs of senators have taken remarkably different tactics in Congress. Arizona'...
A new NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist poll out Monday reveals how Americans view race after a white police officer was found guilty of George Floyd's murder.M...
Escalating Israeli-Palestinian violence presents a new hurdle for an administration that has tried to stay laser-focused on its own legislative agenda...
The president said the country's fuel supply will return to normal soon and that there was no cause for a run on gas stations. And a consumer goods pr...
She served as the Republican Conference Chair, the third-ranking leadership position among Republicans in the House. She intends to remain in Congress...
The president's Civilian Climate Corps proposal is a reboot of a New Deal era program that employed young men to build trails, parks, and other nature...
House Republican bomb throwers Marjorie Taylor Greene and Matt Gaetz threw a rally at The Villages retirement community in Florida this weekend. It sh...
Wyoming Representative Liz Cheney currently sits as the third highest ranking Republican in the House, but that may not last long. She's at odds with...
Technical expertise and supply chains shortages will pose huge challenges for global manufactures hoping to manufacture coronavirus vaccines, despite...
Facebook's moderation board has upheld the company's decision to suspend Donald Trump's account because of posts expressing support for rioters, thoug...
Reeling from the political fallout after Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's death, some liberal groups are pushing for Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer...
President Biden has touted his desire to bring transformational change to American society, but his pursuit of compromise might curb what's possible o...
This week, California's secretary of state confirmed that there are enough valid signatures to trigger a recall election of Gov. Gavin Newsom, a Democ...
The first round of Census numbers out this week will help to determine each community's electoral clout and share of federal resources. An ongoing aud...
In his first address to a joint session of Congress, President Biden detailed how he says his two multi-trillion dollar legislative proposals will res...
The Docket is a new ongoing series from The NPR Politics Podcast where we examine the major legal questions of our time. Where does a law come from, a...
As President Biden nears his 100th day in office, how much credit is he due for curbing the pandemic and what challenges remain?This episode: congress...
In a 94-to-1 vote, the Senate passed a bill aimed at reducing hate crimes directed at Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders. And more than half of Ame...
Ahead of the meeting, the US announced its goal to halve emissions from 2005 levels by the end of this decade. It was one of a number of pledges annou...
One day after a jury convicted former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin on murder charges, the U.S. Justice Department launched an investigatio...
