House and Senate members have officially wrapped up business for 2023
Lawmakers headed home after a dramatic year on Capitol Hill, even if very little of it had to do with passing legislation.
Politics & Government
Biden campaign directs ads to Black and Latino voters in key swing states
The Biden reelection campaign is already facing headwinds, with concerns about the candidate's age and his second-place showing to Donald Trump in early polls.
How will issues at the U.S. southern border shape political battles in 2024?
NPR's Michel Martin talks with Angela Kelley of the American Immigration Lawyers Association about how politics is shifting the discourse on immigration.
Trump asks appeals court to toss election interference case, arguing that he's immune
The legal filing late Saturday comes after the U.S. Supreme Court declined to fast track a dispute on whether the former President is immune from prosecution.
Legal challenges to the Voting Rights Act continue into the new year
The landmark Voting Rights Act has had a wild year in the courts. In 2024, ongoing legal challenges are threatening to make it harder to protect the voting rights of people of color.
U.S. declines to vote on UN resolution to send aid to Gaza
NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks to Matt Duss, vice president at the Center for International Policy, about the latest UN resolution on aid to Gaza.
Politics chat: Influx of migrants at southern border; Gaza aid; economic hope
Migrants at the southern border are an immediate political challenge for the White House while the economy is an increasingly bright spot.
In their own words, new U.S. citizens look to voting in 2024
For some newly naturalized U.S. citizens in Arizona, they see voting in next year's elections as an important responsibility.
This week in Trump's trials
The Supreme Court refused to take up Special Counsel Jack Smith's request to decide whether former President Donald Trump is immune from prosecution for alleged crimes committed while in office.
Week in politics: Trump's language around immigration, Colorado Supreme Court ruling
We look at former President Donald Trumps characterization of immigrants as well as the Colorado Supreme Court's decision on whether he can participate in the state's presidential primary.