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.
Data Difficulty: How DOGE Could Hurt The Census And More
The Trump administration team that calls itself the Department of Government Efficiency has gathered...
EscucharHow President Trump's Pardons Are Challenging Political Norms
The federal pardon power is one area where presidents have unchecked authority. President Trump is using...
EscucharExplaining Trump's Fight With Big Law Firms
President Trump has issued executive orders targeting certain law firms, seeking to restrict their business...
EscucharTariff Twists; Diplomatic Deals; Mango Mania
President Trump's trade policies were dealt a blow this week as a court said he could use a 1977 emergency...
EscucharHow Trump Has Reshaped The Federal Workforce
During his 2016 presidential campaign, Donald Trump promised to "drain the swamp." Now that he's in...
EscucharWhy Medicaid Cuts Are In The GOP Tax Bill
Legislation working its way through Congress to codify President Trump's tax cuts would also make big...
EscucharHow The "BIg, Beautiful Bill" Would Change Immigration Policy
From allocating more money to build a wall on the U.S. border with Mexico, to changing provisions on...
EscucharConnecting The Dots On DOGE
It's been six months since President Trump first announced the creation of the Department of Government...
EscucharAnother Turn In Trump's Economic Policy
President Trump announced plans to levy 50 percent tariffs on goods imported from the European Union,...
EscucharImmigrants Without Legal Status May Lose Health Care In States
Democratic governors in California and Minnesota are proposing to roll back health insurance coverage...
EscucharAccusations Of White Genocide Derail US-South Africa Meeting
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa visited the White House Wednesday ostensibly to talk about trade...
EscucharCan Trump Get His Megabill Through Congress?
House Republicans are working to advance a massive bill that essentially wraps up all of President Trump's...
EscucharRepublicans Push For Legislation Limiting Ballot Initiatives
Ballot initiatives are one way for voters to get issues that matter to them enshrined in law, especially...
EscucharRoundup: Trump visits the Middle East
President Trump took his first major trip abroad this week, visiting the Middle East and signing business...
EscucharSCOTUS Hears Birthright Citizenship Case
On his first day in office, President Trump signed an executive order to prevent children born in the...
EscucharWhy Is Trump Involved In Crypto?
His face may not be on any currency issued by the federal government, but President Trump has lent his...
EscucharHow An American Pope May Influence American Politics
For the first time, the leader of the Catholic Church is from the United States. We discuss how Pope...
EscucharTrump's Tariff Turnaround
After saying his tariff policies "will never change," President Trump announced he was reducing tariffs...
EscucharRoundup: Immigration Policies; New Surgeon General Nominee
The Trump administration announced plans, currently on hold, to deport migrants to Libya, even if they...
EscucharWhy The U.S. Bombed Houthi Rebels In Yemen
Both Presidents Biden and Trump launched bombing campaigns against Houthi rebels in Yemen after the...
EscucharHow Trump Is Reshaping U.S.-Canada relations
President Donald Trump hosted Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney at the White House Tuesday. The meeting...
EscucharHow President Trump Is Reshaping The Justice Department
In her Senate confirmation hearing earlier this year, Attorney General Pam Bondi promised that the "weaponization"...
EscucharMaking Sense Of Cents: Setting The Federal Budget
President Trump has called for the government's spending to be wrapped into "one big, beautiful bill"...
EscucharRoundup: Mike Waltz Is Out, Young Democrats Ask What's Next, And Can't Let It Go
Mike Waltz is out as President Trump's National Security Adviser, it's the first major departure for...
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