Jason Breslow
Jason Breslow is an editor with NPR's Washington Desk, where he edits coverage of Congress and other news out of the nation's capital.
Before joining NPR in 2018, he led the award-winning digital team at FRONTLINE, where he managed a staff of reporters, developers and designers. In his time as the series' digital editor, he and his team were recognized with multiple honors, including an Emmy for outstanding new approaches to documentary; the World Press Photo Interactive of the Year award; an Online Journalism Award for excellence and innovation in visual storytelling; and a Scripps Howard prize for excellence in multimedia journalism.
He began his journalism career writing for The Chronicle of Higher Education, but has also reported and produced for Bloomberg News, PBS NewsHour, The Boston Globe and NPR member station WBUR in Boston.
He holds a master's degree from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University and a bachelor's in communications from American University. [Copyright 2025 NPR]
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The Republican megabill cuts trillions in taxes, while scaling back spending on Medicaid and other federal programs. It now heads to the House, where some GOP lawmakers are signaling major objections. -
The coronavirus has killed at least 55 people in Kansas and infected 1,275. Three of the state's 12 clusters of cases have stemmed from church gatherings, according to health officials. -
The coronavirus is hitting African Americans especially hard. Jahmil Lacey, a researcher on health disparities, says distrust of the medical establishment is a big reason why.
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In what he calls a "worst-case" scenario, Mayor Bill de Blasio says the city will be unable to meet the demand for medical workers without help from the federal government. -
Phil Murphy says he asked for 2,500, but has so far received only 850. And of those, some "were not at the level they needed to be." -
Dr. Mitchell Katz, who runs New York City's public hospitals, warned on Friday that the city will soon need "massive infusions" of ventilators and protective equipment.
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As the State Department faces ongoing questions over Marie Yovanovitch's treatment as U.S. envoy to Ukraine, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo tells NPR, "I've defended every single person on this team." -
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex also will stop receiving public funds for royal duties and will not use their "royal highness" titles. -
The top Republican on the House Judiciary Committee tells NPR the Trump administration should take part in the process but says Democrats have made cooperation all but impossible. -
On March 27, the special counsel told Attorney General William Barr that his public description "did not fully capture the context, nature, and substance of this Office's work and conclusions."
