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The White House and Congress continue their standoff over whether or not members of the Trump administration will testify before committees. Plus, to...
The Trump 2020 campaign is making a new effort to bring in fundraising help from establishment Republicans who sat out 2016. Plus, while Joe Biden mak...
The Attorney General William did not show up to testify before the House on Thursday setting up a potential showdown over constitutional powers betwee...
On Wednesday, Attorney General William Barr defended his handling of the final stages of the inquiry in a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing that unde...
This is a special episode, recorded in front of a live audience at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia on Friday, April 26th. The cast he...
After months of oscillating speculation former Vice President Joe Biden has announced that he will run for president in 2020. Plus, Democrats subpoena...
The Supreme Court is weighing whether the Trump administration can include a citizenship question on the 2020 census. This episode: White House corres...
A day after the release of the redacted Mueller report Democrats and Republicans are treating the findings as a "choose your own adventure" as they us...
The 448-page document, released after a nearly two-year-long inquiry, says Mueller's investigation did not establish that the Trump campaign "conspire...
The NPR Politics Podcast analyzes exclusive interviews with the 2020 Democratic candidates. Entrepreneur Andrew Yang, former Congressman John Delaney,...
The Justice Department announced Thursday that it is charging Julian Assange, setting the stage for a historic legal showdown with the controversial f...
Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen Nielsen is leaving her post, President Trump announced as he continues to focus on restricting border crossing...
This episode: President Trump is backing down from his threat to shut down the U.S. Southern border .Trump had issued the warning in a bid to curtail...
The first quarter for campaign fundraising ended March 31 and although campaigns aren't required to report their totals to the Federal Election Commis...
Former Vice President Joe Biden on Sunday responded to allegations that he acted inappropriately when he kissed the back of a former Nevada Democratic...
It's been four days since Attorney General Bill Barr delivered his summary of the special counsel's report to Congress. How are Democrats and Republic...
The NPR Politics Podcast analyzes exclusive interviews with the 2020 Democratic candidates. Former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz, Senator Kirsten Gilli...
Special counsel Robert Mueller did not find evidence that President Trump's campaign conspired with Russia to influence the 2016 election, according t...
Attorney General William Barr received a report on Friday by special counsel Robert Mueller about the findings from Mueller's investigation into the R...
