The NPR Politics Podcast

Every weekday, NPR's best political reporters are there to explain the big news coming out of Washin

Episodes

Total: 1810

Interview: EMILY's List President On Electing Democratic Women
2021/9/16

The group was founded in 1985 to get Democratic women who back abortion access elected to office and

With Big Plans And Small Margins, Can Democrats Pull Off Their Agenda?
2021/9/15

Progressives feel as though their job compromising on the $3.5 trillion dollar budget bill is done,

Here Are The Tough Questions Congress Asked About Biden's Afghanistan Withdrawal
2021/9/14

Secretary of State Antony Blinken appeared before both the House and the Senate this week, where he

Should Athletes Be Activists? WNBA Star Nneka Ogwumike Says They Have To Be
2021/9/13

The WBNA's political activism helped to reshape the political landscape in Washington. NPR's Franco

Listen: How The Country Remembered 9/11, Two Decades Later
2021/9/11

There were remembrance ceremonies in New York City, Pennsylvania, and at the Pentagon. The reading o

Weekly Roundup: September 10th
2021/9/10

The number of new COVID cases hasn't been this high since before the vaccine was widely available. A

Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer Told Us He Isn't Retiring. Yet.
2021/9/9

In a conversation with NPR's Nina Totenberg, Justice Breyer, 83, says he plans to retire from the Hi

There's A Chance That California Will Soon Have A Republican Governor
2021/9/8

Voting ends Tuesday in California's recall election, where voters are deciding whether or not to rem

Cutting Unemployment Aid Didn't Get Many Unemployed Americans Back To Work
2021/9/7

Some twelve million Americans saw their expanded unemployment assistance expire Monday as the delta

Do School Mask Bans Violate The Rights Of Children With Disabilities?
2021/9/6

The Biden administration is investigating several states over their bans on mask mandates in schools

Sacred Ground: A 9/11 Story
2021/9/3

On Sept. 11, 2001, United Airlines Flight 93 was hijacked by four al-Qaida terrorists. The passeng

For Now, 73 Percent Of Americans Support Allowing Afghan Refugees Resettle in U.S.
2021/9/2

President Joe Biden's approval rating has dropped to a new low, 43 percent, according to a new poll

Abortion Is All But Banned In Texas
2021/9/1

A state law took effect Wednesday banning abortion after about six weeks, before many women even kno

After Two Decades And More Than A 150,000 Dead, America Has Left Afghanistan
2021/8/31

The withdrawal effort managed to evacuate 124,000 people before the last U.S. service member left Af

How Will Biden Respond To US Crises?
2021/8/30

Much of the country is reeling from natural disasters as COVID hospitalization rates hit levels not

Weekly Roundup: August 27th
2021/8/27

President Biden has warned there could be more violence coming over the weekend in Afghanistan. Yest

More Than A Dozen Americans Dead After Attack At Kabul Airport
2021/8/27

President Biden addressed the nation to offer condolences to the families of the U.S. military perso

Tens of Thousands Evacuated⁠—And Many Thousands More To Go
2021/8/25

The U.S. has only a few more days to evacuate as many as 1,500 Americans and many thousands of Afgha

Today Proved How Hard It Will Be For Democrats To Pass These Huge Bills
2021/8/24

Moderate House Democrats want to vote on infrastructure before negotiations continue on the big Bide

Vets Are Worried Their Afghan Allies Will Be Killed Before They Can Evacuate
2021/8/23

The U.S. is evacuating thousands of people a day from Kabul, prioritizing Americans and citizens of