The White House is getting a new ballroom. A former White House historian reacts.
NPR’s Sarah McCammon talks with Edward Lengel, former Chief Historian of the White House Historical Association, about President Trump’s plans…
August 2025
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Senate confirms ex-Fox News host Pirro as top federal prosecutor for nation’s capital
The Senate confirmed ex-Fox News host Jeanine Pirro as top federal prosecutor for the nation’s capital, after President Trump withdrew…
Week in politics: Trump responds to shaky economic numbers, and continues tariff rollout
President Trump’s decision to fire the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics after a weak jobs report, the latest…
Senate heads home with no deal to speed confirmations as irate Trump tells Schumer to ‘go to hell’
Without a deal in hand, Republicans say they may try to change Senate rules when they return in September to…
‘From the Clinics to the Capitol’ links anti-abortion movement to far-right extremism
NPR’s Sarah McCammon speaks with Carol Mason about her new book, From the Clinics to the Capitol: How Opposing Abortion…