The NPR Politics Podcast

Oil prices continue to climb as a result of the Iran war. We discuss how that has interfer... more

The Trump administration has taken multiple actions that experts warn are undermining the ... more

President Trump said he would punish the Republican state senators in Indiana who voted ag... more

Iran and the United States have exchanged fire in the Strait of Hormuz in the last couple ... more

Congress has been unable to reach an agreement over the reauthorization of a surveillance ... more

President Trump and his allies seem to be — once again — seeking retribution from people w... more

Florida lawmakers have approved a new congressional district map designed to flip four sea... more

In a landmark ruling Wednesday, the Supreme Court effectively gutted the Voting Rights Act... more

President Trump has suggested the United States “buy” the struggling Spirit Airlines. We d... more

The Justice Department has charged 31-year-old Cole Allen with trying to assassinate Presi... more

President Trump, Vice President Vance, and members of the administration were evacuated fr... more

It was another busy week in politics. We discuss the Justice Department’s decision to drop... more

The Justice Department has charged the Southern Poverty Law Center, a prominent civil righ... more

Virginia voters narrowly approved a ballot measure to redraw congressional district lines,... more

President Trump signed an executive order to fast-track medical research into psychedelic ... more

The Justice Department has declared that the Presidential Records Act is unconstitutional ... more

Most of the Department of Homeland Security has been without funding for two months, but I... more

NPR reporters observed focus groups of 13 Georgia voters who backed President Joe Biden in... more

A crowded governor’s race in California got a little less crowded when Democrat Eric Swalw... more

President Trump launched new attacks at Pope Leo XIV over the weekend, calling the religio... more

Negotiations with Iran over the weekend ended without a deal. In response, President Trump... more

Leaders in the Make America Great Again, or MAGA, coalition are pushing back against Presi... more

Vice President JD Vance was in Hungary this week campaigning for Prime Minister Viktor Orb... more

In the last day and a half, President Trump threatened to wipe out Iranian “civilization,”... more

Voting ends April 21 in Virginia's special election that will decide whether the state red... more

President Trump held a press conference at the White House Monday. He discussed the latest... more

It was a particularly busy week in politics. We discuss President Trump’s prime-time addre... more

President Trump signed an executive order that seeks to create federal lists of eligible v... more

In a televised, primetime address, President Trump discussed the ongoing U.S. war with Ira... more

At issue in the case is whether children born in the United States to people in the countr... more