Page Updated: Wednesday, July 15, 2026 9:35 AM ET

NPR - Politics

Subscribe to Politics Newsletter

1 year ago

CDC director nominee Erica Schwartz faces Senate for confirmation hearing

4 hours ago

Todd Blanche faces high-stakes confirmation hearing for attorney general

4 hours ago

Trump will speak on elections in Thursday primetime address

7 hours ago

In the aftermath of deadly shootings, ICE pauses most traffic stops

17 hours ago

'The Trojan Teddy Bear': The promise and peril of childhood in the age of AI

1 day ago

Some states will ask voters to make it harder to pass constitutional amendments

1 day ago

Platner's voters are reeling as Maine Democratic Party races to choose his replacement

1 day ago

Trump's National Guard deployment in D.C. has been extended until 2029

1 day ago

Darline Graham, the sister of Lindsey Graham, is sworn in to serve out his term

18 hours ago

He was having a mental health crisis. Memphis task force agents came and shot him

2 days ago

To win over young voters, some politicians are trying a new approach: debating them

17 hours ago

McConnell says a fall led to his hospitalization, breaking weeks of silence

2 days ago

An artist brought 'I.C.E. pops' to a Texas campus. The show was shut down in days

3 days ago

Political text messages could get more effective and annoying. Blame AI

2 days ago

Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, Trump ally and foreign policy hawk, dies at 71

3 days ago

Justice Department subpoenas New York Times reporters over Air Force One reporting

3 days ago

Minnesota is pulling troops early from D.C., as pressure grows on Michigan

4 days ago

Graham Platner makes it official in Maine, submitting paperwork to leave Senate race

4 days ago

Largest housing affordability bill in decades becomes law without Trump's signature

4 days ago

Trump leans on 'communist' messaging as economic angst drives Democrats

5 days ago

One U.S. visa program is growing rapidly. No one is happy with it

5 days ago

For Mitch McConnell and Congress, health transparency is a choice, not a requirement

4 days ago