The NPR Politics Podcast

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Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg Optimistic On Supply Chain Problems
2021/10/13

Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg tells NPR that the Biden administration is focused on res

Let's Talk About Young Voters
2021/10/12

Young voters broke for Joe Biden in 2020, but are shirking party affiliations in greater numbers tha

How Much Has The Country Really Changed Since Clinton's Impeachment?
2021/10/11

The TV show Impeachment: American Crime Story dramatizes Bill Clinton's impeachment through

Weekly Roundup: October 8th
2021/10/8

Congress reached a deal to raise the debt ceiling enough to cover the government's spending for a fe

What's Next For The Afghans Now In The United States?
2021/10/7

Tens of thousands of Afghans have been brought to the United States but most have not yet been reset

Why Trump's Former Press Secretary Worries About His Influence In 2022
2021/10/6

Former White House Press Secretary Stephanie Grisham was part of the Trump administration from the b

Hear What A Facebook Insider Told Congress About How Its Apps Hurt Kids
2021/10/5

Former Facebook product manager Frances Haugen told senators that the company knows its products har

Why Does Biden's China Policy Look So Much Like Trump's?
2021/10/4

Biden's top trade official, Katherine Tai, indicated in a Monday speech that tariffs levied against

For White Evangelicals, The Identity Is About More Than Religious Faith
2021/10/2

In the latest installment of the Politics Podcast book club, NPR's Danielle Kurtzleben interviews Ca

Weekly Roundup: October 1st
2021/10/1

Congress kept the government open but Democrats are still working out how to pass the two major pill

Supreme Court Will Consider Abortion, Guns, Religious Liberty Cases This Term
2021/9/30

An empowered conservative majority on the Supreme Court will consider a number of social and cultura

The Docket: After A Half Century, Roe V. Wade Faces An Uncertain Future
2021/9/29

The Supreme Court will hear arguments Dec. 1 in a case from Mississippi that tests whether all state

Military Officials Recommended Trump, Biden Keep Troops In Afghanistan
2021/9/28

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley and Commander

With Biden's Legacy Teetering, Democrats Struggle To Overcome Divisions
2021/9/27

Democratic Party discord threatens what amounts to nearly all of President Biden's domestic agenda,

Democrats Are Running Out Of Time To Negotiate On Major Priorities
2021/9/24

Congressional Democrats are trying to wrap up negotiations on their reconciliation package, fund the

Do Lawmakers Have More Insight Into Stocks Than The Public? TikTok Users Think So.
2021/9/23

Seven House lawmakers are facing ethics complaints for violating the Stock Act, which polices inside

Biden Faces Scrutiny Over Surge of Haitian Migrants
2021/9/22

The Biden administration is expelling hundreds of Haitian migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border, after

Amid Many Global Crises Biden Calls For Togetherness In First U.N. Address
2021/9/21

In his first address to the United Nations General Assembly, President Biden emphasized the importan

As Biden's Approval Rating Dips, Republicans Sharpen Their Message For The Midterms
2021/9/20

The GOP has a good shot at taking at least one if not both chambers of Congress in next year's midte

Weekly Roundup: September 17th
2021/9/17

Saturday's "Justice For J6" rally is being held to protest government treatment of people who partic