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Every weekday, NPR's best political reporters are there to explain the big news coming out of Washington and the campaign trail. They don't just tell you what happened. They tell you why it matters. Every afternoon.Political wonks - get wonkier with The NPR Politics Podcast+. Your subscription suppo...
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Sources & Methods: Trump's counterterrorism plan
From NPR's Sources & Methods:
The attack at a mosque in San Diego underscores larger problems: the rise of far right extremism and the ri...
Some Republicans in Congress are standing up to Trump
Tensions between congressional Republicans and the White House caused leaders on the Hill to delay a vote on immigration funding. We discuss what's at...
Why these swing voters give Trump a pass on the economy
NPR reporters observed focus groups of 12 North Carolina voters who backed President Joe Biden in 2020 and President Donald Trump in 2024. We discuss...
Trump's revenge tour ousts Massie in Kentucky. Is Texas next?
President Trump wasn't on the ballot in Tuesday’s primaries, but he notched a victory when the challenger he backed defeated Kentucky Republican Rep....
Trump creates $1.8 billion ‘anti-weaponization fund’
President Trump is creating a nearly $1.8 billion fund to compensate people who say they were victims of the “weaponization” of the Justice Department...
Trump goes after GOP foes in Louisiana, Kentucky primaries
Louisiana Republican Sen. Bill Cassidy lost his primary last Saturday to a challenger backed by President Trump, and Kentucky Rep. Thomas Massie faces...
What did Trump accomplish in China?
President Trump returned from a long awaited trip to China on Friday. We discuss what the United States got out of the meetings with Chinese leaders....
Inflation is up, job growth is flat, and voters don’t like it
In the last week, we’ve gotten seemingly conflicting economic data — inflation is up, consumer spending is up slightly and the job market is holding s...
Could one Nebraska House race alter the Electoral College?
A day after Nebraska held its primary election, the result in the Democratic race to fill one of the most competitive House seats in the country is st...
Mr. Trump goes to Beijing
President Trump is headed to Beijing to meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping. We discuss what each side hopes to accomplish and how the Iran war has...
Democrats face disadvantage after redistricting setbacks
The U.S. House map looks particularly bleak for Democrats after Virginia’s Supreme Court overturned the map voters approved last month, on top of a re...
How rising oil prices are foiling Trump’s energy policy
Oil prices continue to climb as a result of the Iran war. We discuss how that has interfered with President Trump’s planned energy policy. Plus, will...
How Trump is undermining the fight against public corruption
The Trump administration has taken multiple actions that experts warn are undermining the fight against public corruption. We discuss what that looks...
Trump approval is worst ever in new poll
President Trump said he would punish the Republican state senators in Indiana who voted against redistricting, and in Tuesday’s primary, almost all of...
Is the Strait of Hormuz Trump’s biggest political headache?
Iran and the United States have exchanged fire in the Strait of Hormuz in the last couple days as the U.S. military tries to provide safe passage to c...
Efforts to renew key spy program keep failing in Congress
Congress has been unable to reach an agreement over the reauthorization of a surveillance program the intelligence community says is vital for spying...
Trump’s retribution tour: Comey, Indiana Republicans, and ABC
President Trump and his allies seem to be — once again — seeking retribution from people who have gotten on the president’s bad side. We discuss the J...
Florida passes new House map; Mills exits Maine Senate race
Florida lawmakers have approved a new congressional district map designed to flip four seats in the U.S. House of Representatives from Democrat contro...
Supreme Court deals another blow to Voting Rights Act
In a landmark ruling Wednesday, the Supreme Court effectively gutted the Voting Rights Act. We discuss what the ruling could mean for Black representa...
Trump mulls a Spirit Airlines bailout. Is this capitalism?
President Trump has suggested the United States “buy” the struggling Spirit Airlines. We discuss other ways Trump has blurred the lines between govern...
DOJ charges suspect in White House Correspondents’ Dinner shooting
The Justice Department has charged 31-year-old Cole Allen with trying to assassinate President Trump during the White House Correspondents’ Associatio...
Trump, Vance evacuated after shots fired at White House Correspondents' Dinner
President Trump, Vice President Vance, and members of the administration were evacuated from the Washington Hilton Saturday night after shots were fir...
DOJ drops Fed chair probe to cap a busy week in politics
It was another busy week in politics. We discuss the Justice Department’s decision to drop its investigation into Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell,...
Civil rights group says federal charges are political
The Justice Department has charged the Southern Poverty Law Center, a prominent civil rights organization, with several financial crimes. We discuss w...
Virginia beats back Trump's redistricting gamble
Virginia voters narrowly approved a ballot measure to redraw congressional district lines, improving Democrats’ odds at winning back the House in Nove...
Trump backs psychedelic drug treatments
President Trump signed an executive order to fast-track medical research into psychedelic drugs, following a push by podcaster and influencer Joe Roga...
Does the president own presidential records?
The Justice Department has declared that the Presidential Records Act is unconstitutional and therefore, President Trump is allowed to destroy any rec...
Why Democrats have little leverage to reform ICE
Most of the Department of Homeland Security has been without funding for two months, but Immigration and Customs Enforcement got billions of dollars f...
These Georgia swing voters do not like the Iran war
NPR reporters observed focus groups of 13 Georgia voters who backed President Joe Biden in 2020 and President Donald Trump in 2024. We discuss what th...
Where Swalwell’s exit leaves the California governor’s race
A crowded governor’s race in California got a little less crowded when Democrat Eric Swalwell ended his campaign — and resigned his seat in Congress —...
The president versus the pope
President Trump launched new attacks at Pope Leo XIV over the weekend, calling the religious leader “Weak on Crime, Weak on Nuclear Weapons,” in a soc...
How does a blockade in the Strait of Hormuz help Trump?
Negotiations with Iran over the weekend ended without a deal. In response, President Trump announced that the U.S. military would effectively close th...
Is MAGA fracturing?
Leaders in the Make America Great Again, or MAGA, coalition are pushing back against President Trump’s decisions regarding the Iran war. We discuss th...
JD Vance stumps for Hungary’s Orbán
Vice President JD Vance was in Hungary this week campaigning for Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, who faces a tough path to reelection. We discuss why the...
What did the United States and Iran just agree to?
In the last day and a half, President Trump threatened to wipe out Iranian “civilization,” then announced a two-week ceasefire. We discuss what we kno...
Voters decide whether Virginia enters redistricting fight
Voting ends April 21 in Virginia's special election that will decide whether the state redraws its congressional districts to favor Democrats. We disc...
Trump says Iran can be "taken out" in one night
President Trump held a press conference at the White House Monday. He discussed the latest developments in the war with Iran, as well as other topics....
Trump tries to sell the Iran war, a month after it started
It was a particularly busy week in politics. We discuss President Trump’s prime-time address about the Iran war, Pam Bondi’s exit as attorney general,...
Trump tries to shape mail-in voting with executive order
President Trump signed an executive order that seeks to create federal lists of eligible voters and directs the U.S. Postal Service not to send mail-i...
Trump addresses war with Iran
In a televised, primetime address, President Trump discussed the ongoing U.S. war with Iran, and said the war would be over "shortly." We analyze what...