Category: Politics

NPR’s Michel Martin talks to Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick, R-Penn., and Rep. Tom Suozzi, D-N.Y., about what they believe is the nation’s current greatest problem: gerrymandering.

FILE – CIA Director John Ratcliffe, accompanied by President Donald Trump, speaks with reporters in the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House in Washington, April 6, 2026. Julia Demaree Nikhinson/AP hide caption toggle caption Julia Demaree Nikhinson/AP HAVANA — CIA Director John Ratcliffe met with Cuban officials including Raúl Castro’s grandson during […]

Abortion-rights activists protested outside of the Supreme Court in March 2024, when the overall FDA authorization of the abortion pill mifepristone was challenged. It remained available after that case. Jose Luis Magana/AP hide caption toggle caption Jose Luis Magana/AP The Supreme Court decided to keep the status quo in place for medication abortion access Thursday. […]

Abortion-rights activists protested outside of the Supreme Court in March 2024, when the overall FDA authorization of the abortion pill mifepristone. It remained available after that case. Jose Luis Magana/AP hide caption toggle caption Jose Luis Magana/AP The Supreme Court decided to keep the status quo in place for abortion access Thursday. The high court’s […]

NPR’s Mary Louise Kelly speaks with China correspondent Jennifer Pak and White House correspondent Franco Ordonez about the relationship between President Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping.

U.S. Rep. Cleo Fields, D-La., attends a public comment session on congressional redistricting at the Louisiana state Capitol in Baton Rouge on May 8. The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that Fields’ district is an unconstitutional racial gerrymander, in a major decision that weakens the Voting Rights Act. Annie Flanagan for NPR hide caption toggle caption […]

Former national security official Rush Doshi says President Trump’s sky-high tariffs on Chinese goods sparked a clash in which China prevailed. We look at the current state of U.S.-China relations.

Objection! / May 14, 2026 Red states aren’t just gerrymandering away voting rights—they’re working overtime to suppress the vote in as many ways as possible. Ad Policy People wait in line at a polling station on the final day of early voting in the Queens borough of New York, US, on Sunday, Nov. 2, 2025. […]

A candidate from Philadelphia, running in America’s 250th year, has a plan to restore checks and balances on kingly presidents and renew the constitutional authority of Congress. Ad Policy Chris Rabb speaks outside of the Pennsylvania Capitol in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, on February 5, 2025. (Paul Weaver / Sipa USA via AP) Donald Trump’s particular brand […]

The mayor’s new budget finds him making deals—while trying to keep his promises. Ad Policy Mayor Mamdani presents his FY27 Executive Budget at City Hall in May 2026. (Ed Reed / Mayoral Photography Office) When we last checked in with our young mayor, New York City was still $5.4 billion away from the balanced budget […]