The NPR Politics Podcast

Democratic voters in many races faced choices between moderate and progressive candidates,... more

While it may not be the swing state it once was, the candidates and outcomes in Florida's ... more

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt leaves the post at the end of August. We look... more

When President Trump left the NATO summit in Turkey last month, he covertly switched plane... more

This year's primary contests have given Democratic voters a chance to choose between left-... more

Voting wrapped up in several states’ primaries on Tuesday, and the results were a mixed ba... more

More women than men have voted in every election in Maine in the last decade, and women ar... more

President Trump has said repeatedly, publicly and privately, that he doesn't want to be co... more

It was another busy week in the world of politics. We discuss a Senate committee's vote to... more

President Trump has taken a particular interest in Paramount's plan to acquire Warner Bros... more

Progressive Abdul El-Sayed narrowly defeated Congresswoman Haley Stevens to win the Democr... more

The president's party typically loses seats in a midterm election, and President Trump's l... more

The economy is growing very slowly, and wages aren't keeping up with inflation, which is k... more

Some Senate Republicans are refusing to approve President Trump's attorney general pick un... more

This podcast was taped at 1:15 p.m. Eastern time on Thursday, July 30, 2026.State Assembly... more

Overwhelming majorities of voters think that corruption is a problem, according to researc... more

The Democratic Party's progressive and moderate wings are squaring off in Michigan as vote... more

Maine Democrats selected Troy Jackson, a former gubernatorial candidate and president of t... more

House Republicans had a busy week before heading out for an August recess. We discuss what... more

Campaigns across the country are leaning into immigration issues, spurred in part by recen... more

President Trump attended the dignified transfer on Wednesday of four U.S. soldiers killed ... more

The next presidential election is more than two years away, but it's not too early to star... more

Tuesday is Primary Day in Arizona. We discuss the Republicans hoping to unseat Democratic ... more

In the summer of 2020, sixteen-year-old Antonio Mays Jr. traveled a thousand miles to join... more

In a national address Thursday night, President Trump said he has new evidence of fraud in... more

NPR reporters observed focus groups of 12 Pennsylvania voters who backed former President ... more

President Trump has been pushing a new warning lately: communism is coming. He’s referring... more

The next presidential election is more than two years away, but it’s not too early to star... more

Longtime South Carolina Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham died suddenly over the weekend at a... more

It was another busy week in politics. We discuss Kentucky Republican Mitch McConnell’s ext... more