The NPR Politics Podcast
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.
Weekly Roundup: Hush Money, Pocket Money
The first week of testimony in Donald Trump's criminal trial in New York centered on David Packer, the...
EscucharAbsolute Immunity?
Months after Special Counsel Jack Smith first asked the Supreme Court to weigh in on Donald Trump's...
EscucharDonald Trump Won Montana By Double-Digits. Can Its Democratic Senator Keep His Seat?
Sen. Jon Tester is an experienced political strategist and capable campaigner whose reputation as a...
EscucharTejano Votes And A Competitive Texas Congressional Race
Texas's 15th Congressional District is held by Rep. Monica De La Cruz, a Republican. Her Democratic...
EscucharSneak Peak: NPR's Electoral College Map Analysis
The 2024 presidential race will come down to two key regions: the industrial Midwest and the Sun Belt,...
EscucharWeekly Roundup: Congressional Bipartisanship, Trump Jury
Foreign aid legislation is advancing to a vote in the House thanks to Democratic support, as a third...
EscucharBiden Is Dramatically Out-Advertising Donald Trump. So Far.
The Biden campaign and allied groups are aggressively advertising to win over persuadable voters. Trump...
EscucharWill Mike Johnson Survive His Own Israel, Ukraine Aid Pitch?
Speaker Mike Johnson has split apart the foreign military aid package sent over by the Senate into separate...
EscucharWas Jan. 6 An Obstruction Of Congress? SCOTUS Will Decide
More than 300 defendants have been charged with obstructing or attempting to obstruct an official congressional...
EscucharDonald Trump's First Criminal Trial Begins In New York
Trump faces 34 felony counts alleging that he falsified New York business records in order to conceal...
EscucharWeekly Roundup: Biden Actions On Guns, Student Loans
The Biden administration unveiled new, targeted student debt forgiveness and new regulations on gun...
EscucharUnderstanding The County That Went For Obama, Trump, And Biden
Erie, Pa., supported Barack Obama in the 2008 and 2012 elections, Donald Trump in 2016 and Joe Biden...
EscucharThe Alabama Election At The Heart Of The Voting Rights Fight
We go deep on Alabama's second congressional district ahead of a primary runoff there next week. The...
EscucharWhat To Know About Trump's Abortion Policy
The presumptive Republican presidential nominee said Monday that abortion access was a state issue and...
EscucharCongress Is Back And As Messy As Ever
Congress is headed back to Washington. With funding deadlines in the review mirror, they are turning...
EscucharRoundup: Biden Calls Bibi; New Poll
In a call Thursday to Israel's prime minister, President Biden told Benjamin Netanyahu the U.S. needed...
EscucharThe Latino & Asian American Voter Registration Gap
In a pivotal election year, U.S. democracy continues to face a persistent challenge among the country's...
EscucharHow Israel's War In Gaza Impacts Congressional Races
As Israel's war with Hamas in Gaza enters its sixth month, Democratic members of Congress who are part...
EscucharHow Florida's Abortion Vote May Impact The Presidential Race
In a pair of decisions Monday, Florida's supreme court ruled the state's six-week abortion ban could...
EscucharU.S. Investigations Into War Crimes Can Get Complicated
The Justice Department launched a team in December 2023 to look into allegations of war crimes committed...
EscucharRoundup: Insurrection Act; Campaign Spending
A bipartisan group of legal experts is sounding an alarm about presidential power this election season....
EscucharSCOTUS Hears Abortion Pill Arguments
The Supreme Court heard a case this week about mifepristone, a drug used in medication abortions. Anti-abortion...
EscucharThe Complicated Relationship Between Biden And Bibi
As the United States tries to seek a resolution to Israel's war in Gaza, we look at the complicated...
EscucharLatest In Trump's N.Y. Civil Fraud Case
Former President Trump got a brief reprieve in his New York civil case, as the amount he owes to secure...
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