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NPR’s Steve Inskeep speaks with U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., about President Trump’s budget bill, which is now in the Senate.

President Trump uses a cell phone aboard his Marine One helicopter in Leesburg, Va., on April 24, 2025. Alex Wroblewski/AFP hide caption toggle caption Alex Wroblewski/AFP Congressional Republicans face a …

Many in Virginia’s Culpeper County are unhappy with the president’s pardon of a sheriff convicted of bribery. Trump called him a victim “persecuted by the Radical left monsters and left …

Legislation to enact President Trump’s tax and spending agenda moves to the GOP-controlled Senate this week. Stefani Reynolds/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Stefani Reynolds/Getty Images The Republican-led U.S. Senate …

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., left, and Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., speak to reporters the U.S. Capitol on April 10. The Senate hopes to pass legislation …

Presidential candidate Karol Nawrocki, a conservative historian backed by the right-wing Law and Justice party addresses supporters at his headquarters after the presidential election runoff in Warsaw, Poland on Sunday. …

U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, speaks to reporters as she walks to a Senate luncheons at the U.S. Capitol on Nov. 19, 2024. Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption …

We look at the latest on President Trump’s economic policy: Tariffs, deals, and of course, the massive spending bill which is now before the Senate.

Detainees board a plane chartered by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) at King County International Airport on April 15, 2025 in Seattle, Washington. Semi-regular flights carrying detainees pass through …

Defense Sec. Pete Hegseth signaled that the U.S. will reorient its policy towards “deterring aggression by communist China.” SCOTT DETROW, HOST: On a visit to Asia, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth …