The NPR Politics Podcast

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

Democrat Graham Platner has announced that he is dropping out of the race to represent Mai... more

While attending a NATO summit in Turkey, President Trump said the ceasefire in Iran is ove... more

The U.S. Supreme Court term that ended last week greatly expanded power not just for Presi... more

President Trump called FIFA President Gianni Infantino to ask for a review of the red card... more

We mark the nation's birthday in the only way we know how.This episode: voting corresponde... more

This weekend, the United States marks its 250th birthday, and what Congress intended to be... more

Colorado Democrats brought an anti-incumbency streak to their primaries this week. In Colo... more

The U.S. Supreme Court has affirmed that virtually all babies born in the United States ar... more

The Supreme Court issued rulings in a few major cases Monday, and the results were a mixed... more

Federal courts ruled this week that President Trump has a lot of power over immigration, b... more

Congress overwhelmingly approved a bipartisan bill aimed at lowering the cost of buying a ... more

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani played kingmaker in his state's primary election Tuesda... more

Super PACs with ties to the artificial intelligence industry are spending millions to infl... more

President Trump is angry that Senate Republicans haven't passed the Save America Act, a st... more