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President Trump and his allies seem to be — once again — seeking retribution from people who have gotten on the president’s bad side. We dis...

Florida lawmakers have approved a new congressional district map designed to flip four seats in the U.S. House of Representatives from Democ...

In a landmark ruling Wednesday, the Supreme Court effectively gutted the Voting Rights Act. We discuss what the ruling could mean for Black...

President Trump has suggested the United States “buy” the struggling Spirit Airlines. We discuss other ways Trump has blurred the lines betw...

The Justice Department has charged 31-year-old Cole Allen with trying to assassinate President Trump during the White House Correspondents’...

President Trump, Vice President Vance, and members of the administration were evacuated from the Washington Hilton Saturday night after shot...

It was another busy week in politics. We discuss the Justice Department’s decision to drop its investigation into Federal Reserve Chair Jero...

The Justice Department has charged the Southern Poverty Law Center, a prominent civil rights organization, with several financial crimes. We...

Virginia voters narrowly approved a ballot measure to redraw congressional district lines, improving Democrats’ odds at winning back the Hou...

President Trump signed an executive order to fast-track medical research into psychedelic drugs, following a push by podcaster and influence...

The Justice Department has declared that the Presidential Records Act is unconstitutional and therefore, President Trump is allowed to destr...

Most of the Department of Homeland Security has been without funding for two months, but Immigration and Customs Enforcement got billions of...

NPR reporters observed focus groups of 13 Georgia voters who backed President Joe Biden in 2020 and President Donald Trump in 2024. We discu...

A crowded governor’s race in California got a little less crowded when Democrat Eric Swalwell ended his campaign — and resigned his seat in...

President Trump launched new attacks at Pope Leo XIV over the weekend, calling the religious leader “Weak on Crime, Weak on Nuclear Weapons,...

Negotiations with Iran over the weekend ended without a deal. In response, President Trump announced that the U.S. military would effectivel...

Leaders in the Make America Great Again, or MAGA, coalition are pushing back against President Trump’s decisions regarding the Iran war. We...

Vice President JD Vance was in Hungary this week campaigning for Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, who faces a tough path to reelection. We discu...

In the last day and a half, President Trump threatened to wipe out Iranian “civilization,” then announced a two-week ceasefire. We discuss w...

Voting ends April 21 in Virginia's special election that will decide whether the state redraws its congressional districts to favor Democrat...

President Trump held a press conference at the White House Monday. He discussed the latest developments in the war with Iran, as well as oth...

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 attorne...

President Trump signed an executive order that seeks to create federal lists of eligible voters and directs the U.S. Postal Service not to s...

In a televised, primetime address, President Trump discussed the ongoing U.S. war with Iran, and said the war would be over "shortly." We an...

At issue in the case is whether children born in the United States to people in the country without legal status should receive U.S. citizen...

The Supreme Court is set to hear oral arguments Wednesday in Trump v. Barbara , a case challenging President Trump’s executive order denying...

There was a glimmer of hope for the Department of Homeland Security after the Senate passed a funding bill early Friday morning. Then the Ho...

This year’s Conservative Political Action Conference, or CPAC, lacks many of the big-name conservative stars typically in attendance, but th...

Thursday marks the 41st day since funding for the Department of Homeland Security lapsed, and congressional negotiators seem to be at a stal...

President Trump began the week with an announcement that administration officials were having “very good and productive conversations” with...

Democrats are hoping for an upset in Alaska’s Senate race. U.S. Rep. Mary Peltola, a Democrat, is trying to unseat Republican incumbent Sen....

President Trump could soon have his face on two separate coins, a commemorative one to honor the country's 250th birthday and a $1 coin. We...

The United States has entered the third week of its war with Iran, but the end game is no clearer today than it was at the start of the war....

President Trump’s pick to run the Department of Homeland Security, Oklahoma Republican Sen. Markwayne Mullin, advanced past the Senate Homel...

President Trump says he won’t sign any legislation until Congress passes the “SAVE America Act,” legislation that would require proof of cit...

It’s Primary Day in Illinois, where 15 Democrats, spanning three generations, are vying to succeed longtime Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky in...

There have been three incidents of political violence in the last two weeks — an attack on a synagogue in Michigan, a shooting at Old Domini...

It was another busy week in the world of politics. We discuss record turnout among Democrats in Texas’ Senate primary, long airport security...

NPR reporters observed focus groups of 12 swing voters from Michigan. We discuss their thoughts on the war in Iran and what they wish Presid...

The United States’ war in Iran is roiling global oil markets. We discuss how that affects the American economy — not just at the gas pump —...

Immigration and Customs Enforcement has been using a variety of tools to keep tabs on not just immigrants the agency intends to deport but a...

A majority of Americans oppose the United States' military action in Iran, according to a new NPR/PBS News/Marist poll . However, that oppos...

It was another busy week in Washington. We discuss Kristi Noem getting fired from her position as Secretary of Homeland Security and the new...

In less than a week, the Trump administration's justifications for the war in Iran have already changed several times, as have the administr...

The results are in from the first primaries of the midterm election cycle, and Senate races are starting to take shape. We discuss key takea...

President Trump continues to suggest the federal government should take control over how elections are run. We discuss what he has said abou...

The United States is now at war with Iran. President Trump says to expect the conflict to last four to five weeks and more American casualti...

From the NPR podcast Sources and Methods : Overnight, the United States and Israel launched military strikes against Iran. The strikes targe...

The United States has not yet reached a deal with Iran over that country's nuclear program, despite continued talks this week. We discuss wh...

The nationwide push to redraw congressional districts mid-decade has not led to a big advantage for either political party, but it has creat...