Fmr. Attorney General Jeff Sessions Expected To Announce Run For Senate

Fmr. Attorney General Jeff Sessions Expected To Announce Run For Senate

Former Attorney General Jeff Sessions is expected to announce his bid for a Senate seat in Alabama despite no backing from the Republican establishment. This episode: political reporter Danielle Kurtzleben, White House correspondent Tamara Keith, and senior political editor and correspondent Ron Elving. Email the show at nprpolitics@npr.org. Find and support your local public radio station at npr.org/stations.

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DOGE's Quest To Reshape Government Continues

DOGE's Quest To Reshape Government Continues

The unit, led by Elon Musk, has run into legal obstacles as it continues its rapid efforts to change the way the federal government functions. We look at the latest developments.This episode: White Ho...

13 Feb 202512min

Navigating Trump's Foreign Policy

Navigating Trump's Foreign Policy

On the campaign trail, Donald Trump promoted an "America First" approach. How does that translate to how the U.S. works with other countries? This episode: White House correspondents Asma Khalid and F...

12 Feb 202516min

How Canada & Mexico Respond To Trump's Tariffs

How Canada & Mexico Respond To Trump's Tariffs

Alongside newly announced universal tariffs on aluminum and steel imports, President Trump has levied tariffs, currently on hold, on a number of goods from Canada and Mexico. How are those countries r...

11 Feb 202515min

Trump's Latest Target: The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

Trump's Latest Target: The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

The government agency formed in the wake of the Great Recession acts to regulate financial products, like credit cards & mortgages. But, conservatives have never liked the CFPB, and its new acting dir...

10 Feb 202514min

Friday Roundup: Trump's Efforts To Overhaul Bureaucracy, FBI

Friday Roundup: Trump's Efforts To Overhaul Bureaucracy, FBI

The Trump administration's offer for federal employees to resign now and keep their pay and benefits through September has been paused for now. What happens next with the so-called fork in the road. T...

7 Feb 202523min

Trump Wants To Turn Gaza Into The 'Riviera Of The Middle East'

Trump Wants To Turn Gaza Into The 'Riviera Of The Middle East'

At a Tuesday press conference with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, President Trump said he wanted the U.S. to own Gaza and he would transform it into the "Riviera of the Middle East." What ...

6 Feb 202513min

Congressional Republicans OK With Shifting Power Dynamics

Congressional Republicans OK With Shifting Power Dynamics

Congress is supposed to hold the power of the purse. So what do Republicans in Congress think about what appears to be President Trump and Elon Musk's "cut first, ask later" approach? This episode: Wh...

5 Feb 202514min

Elon Musk's DOGE Takes Control Of Federal Spending

Elon Musk's DOGE Takes Control Of Federal Spending

Elon Musk is keeping his campaign promise of trying to cut $2 trillion of federal spending through his unit, DOGE. After some questions about his role, the White House announced that he is now a "spec...

4 Feb 202515min

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