Virginia Republican Puneet Ahluwalia, conservative commentator Charlie Sykes, and Maryland Democratic Party Chair Kathleen Matthews are in the Barbershop this week with NPR's Michel Martin, discussing President Trump's leadership.
NPR's Michel Martin speaks with White House Director of Strategic Communications Mercedes Schlapp about the Trump administration's view on the shutdown.
On the first anniversary of President Trump's inauguration, the federal government is in a partial shutdown, but it's still unclear which party will ultimately be blamed.
The Democrats are betting that voters will blame President Trump for the government shutdown. NPR's Scott Simon talks to Democratic pollster Geoff Garin about his party's strategy.
Congress is in session, hours after government funding lapsed and a partial shutdown was triggered. An unreachable compromise on immigration continues to be the main hurdle as talks resume.
The economy has improved, health insurance prices continued to climb, and far fewer people have been stopped at the southwestern border. However, not all of it is the president's doing.