US politics and policy from NPR and the national desk: Congress, the administration, court rulings, campaign coverage. Aggregated across the political spectrum, facts over narrative.
Political coverage is most useful when it separates actual decisions from reaction. We track votes, court rulings, agency rules, campaign shifts, and policy proposals that could change incentives beyond the day’s argument.
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Nazira Haji Zada, a lawful permanent resident, conceded to being an "alien terrorist." It marks the first case in the Alien Terrorist Removal Court.
The Trump administration is eyeing a proposal to give childcare subsidies to married couples with a stay-at-home parent. Some Democrats have a similar proposal, with one major difference.
President Trump is working in some Irish diplomacy as he attends a golf tournament at his club in Doonbeg.
President Trump attended a 9/11 memorial service at the Pentagon on Friday after speaking on both nights of a Republican gathering in Dallas.
The assassination of far right activist Charlie Kirk opened the floodgates of neighbor-on-neighbor doxing. A year later, the damage to political discourse in the U.S. remains.
Health Secretary RFK Jr.'s annual financial disclosure is late. When it posts, the public could learn how much he has earned from a vaccine-related lawsuit against Merck, which RFK now regulates.
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