Every weekday, NPR's best political reporters are there to explain the big news coming out of Washin
Democrats took a big gamble: they chose not to raise or eliminate the debt ceiling when they had ful
Join us on an audio tour of the U.S. Capitol complex, through Senate office buildings, press work st
The fiscal parameters of a deal to avert self-inflicted financial catastrophe have been largely hamm
The Florida governor made his campaign official on Wednesday night, in a Twitter Spaces event with E
The latest NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist National Poll shows more than six in 10 Americans are concerned a
Tim Scott, the junior senator from South Carolina, kicked off his presidential campaign in North Cha
After cutting short his trip to Asia, President Biden returned to Washington to meet with Speaker of
Vivek Ramaswamy is a 37 year-old investor and pharmaceutical entrepreneur who is seeking the Republi
As world leaders convene in Japan for the G7 summit, contemporary concerns including climate change
OpenAI head Sam Altman appeared before a Senate panel this week to talk about his ChatGPT product an
Gov. Roy Cooper, a Democrat, vetoed a bill banning abortion in North Carolina after 12 weeks. But as
Four senators — two Democrats, two Republicans — are joining forces on a bill to regulate how social
Lawmakers have yet to reach a deal to avert U.S. default, which could come as soon as next month. In
Social Security provides retirement money to U.S. workers who have paid into the system via taxes. T
This episode includes discussion of sexual violence.Jurors found former President Donald Trump liabl
Congress has long directed the government to spend more money than it collects in taxes. That means
As a major pandemic-related immigration policy is scheduled to end, the Biden administration is warn
A jury in Washington, D.C., has convicted former Proud Boys chairman Enrique Tarrio and three others
Statehouses have long passed legislation in order to curtail or overrule local governments, but ther
The public health policy was implemented by the Trump administration as a way to limit migration to
