The NPR Politics Podcast

After campaigning on a platform to curtail illegal immigration to the United States, Presi... more

Republicans are trying to win back skeptical voters by holding a midterm convention in Dal... more

The U.S. military is now in the oil business and once again targeting what it says are "na... more

Sen. Jon Ossoff is the only incumbent Democratic senator running in a state Donald Trump w... more

Democratic socialists have done well in some Democratic Party primaries ahead of November'... more

You had questions about the upcoming midterm elections, and other political topics. In thi... more

The federal debt is up to $40 trillion and counting. The budget deficit is increasing, too... more

President Trump routinely sows doubt in the credibility of elections in the United States ... more

President Trump has long railed against voting by mail, falsely claiming it is rampant wit... more

Sen. Darline Graham, R-S.C., beat back a close challenge from Rep. Ralph Norman to win her... more

After President Trump announced new tariffs on some Canadian goods, Canada's prime ministe... more

The federal government claims more than 250,000 noncitizens are on voter rolls in four U.S... more

U.S. foreign policy has teased a 'pivot to Asia' for more than a decade, but as the war wi... more

Recent data from the FBI show violent crime has dropped over the last few years. President... more

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