Barbara Sprunt
Barbara Sprunt is a producer on NPR's Washington desk, where she reports and produces breaking news and feature political content. She formerly produced the NPR Politics Podcast and got her start in radio at as an intern on NPR's Weekend All Things Considered and Tell Me More with Michel Martin. She is an alumnus of the Paul Miller Reporting Fellowship at the National Press Foundation. She is a graduate of American University in Washington, D.C., and a Pennsylvania native.
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The driver told a U.S. Capitol Police officer he was "on patrol" and spoke about white supremacy. A machete and bayonet were found inside his pickup outside Democratic National Committee headquarters. -
Attorney General Merrick Garland said the Texas law clashes with Supreme Court precedent and could be a model for how states could put other constitutional rights in jeopardy.
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Capitol Police Lt. Michael Byrd is coming forward and talking about the threats he's received since the Capitol insurrection.
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Despite the deadly attack, President Biden pledged that the U.S. evacuation of Afghanistan will continue.
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Speaker Nancy Pelosi pushed through a $3.5 trillion budget framework Tuesday after an impasse with centrist Democrats threatened to derail progress on President Biden's domestic agenda.
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Republicans excoriated the White House's strategy, while Democrats criticized the haphazard manner of the U.S. withdrawal.
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After intense pressure from progressives, the CDC has announced a more limited eviction moratorium days after an earlier freeze on evictions expired.
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Republicans need to gain just five seats in next year's midterm elections to take control of the U.S. House. It's New York Congressman Sean Patrick Maloney's job to make sure that doesn't happen.
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Despite the failed vote, a broad group of senators said they "are close to a final agreement."
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The Senate passed the plan Wednesday on party lines, but the legislation still needs to be written. Democrats aim to expand the child tax credit, expand Medicare and invest in climate programs.
