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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Democrats are playing a weak hand in the battle over Trump's nominee to the Supreme Court. Unlike Republicans, Democrats have not played the long game when it comes to focusing on the judiciary.
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After Google search results erroneously said the Utah senator had died in 2017, Hatch's staff had fun on social media showing that their boss was alive and well.
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Demand Justice launched this year to oppose President Trump's judicial nominees. Now the group is reaching out to left-leaning activists before hearings begin to replace Justice Anthony Kennedy.
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In an interview with Fox News, Trump said his advisers told him not to ask potential Supreme Court nominees whether they would overturn Roe v Wade. "But I'm putting conservative people on," he said.
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State dinners are a chance for first ladies to express their tastes and make a statement. But historically these diplomatic dinners have had their share of mishaps.
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Stephen Miller made headlines recently for his combative turn during a briefing with reporters about immigration policy. That type of verbal sparring has been a Miller trademark since high school.
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Rep. Steve Scalise, R-La., remains in critical condition after being shot Wednesday during a morning baseball practice.
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On Wednesday, the Senate majority leader threw cold water on some of Trump's plans.
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Election Day is finally here, and NPR has everything you need to know about poll closing times.
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The Democrat will already make history with her own nomination for president. Now the question is whether she wants to do it again with her choice of running mate by picking a second woman or Latino.