Tamara Keith
Tamara Keith has been a White House correspondent for NPR since 2014 and co-hosts the NPR Politics Podcast, the top political news podcast in America. Keith has chronicled the Trump administration from day one, putting this unorthodox presidency in context for NPR listeners, from early morning tweets to executive orders and investigations. She covered the final two years of the Obama presidency, and during the 2016 presidential campaign she was assigned to cover Hillary Clinton. In 2018, Keith was elected to serve on the board of the White House Correspondents' Association.
Previously Keith covered congress for NPR with an emphasis on House Republicans, the budget, taxes, and the fiscal fights that dominated at the time.
Keith joined NPR in 2009 as a Business Reporter. In that role, she reported on topics spanning the business world, from covering the debt downgrade and debt ceiling crisis to the latest in policy debates, legal issues, and technology trends. In early 2010, she was on the ground in Haiti covering the aftermath of the country's disastrous earthquake, and later she covered the oil spill in the Gulf. In 2011, Keith conceived of and solely reported "The Road Back To Work," a year-long series featuring the audio diaries of six people in St. Louis who began the year unemployed and searching for work.
Keith has deep roots in public radio and got her start in news by writing and voicing essays for NPR's Weekend Edition Sunday as a teenager. While in college, she launched her career at NPR Member station KQED's California Report, where she covered agriculture, the environment, economic issues, and state politics. She covered the 2004 presidential election for NPR Member station WOSU in Columbus, Ohio, and opened the state capital bureau for NPR Member station KPCC/Southern California Public Radio to cover then-Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger.
In 2001, Keith began working on B-Side Radio, an hour-long public radio show and podcast that she co-founded, produced, hosted, edited, and distributed for nine years.
Keith earned a bachelor's degree in philosophy from the University of California, Berkeley, and a master's degree at the UCB Graduate School of Journalism. Keith is part of the Politics Monday team on the PBS NewsHour, a weekly segment rounding up the latest political news. Keith is also a member of the Bad News Babes, a media softball team that once a year competes against female members of Congress in the Congressional Women's Softball game.
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NPR White House Correspondent Tamara Keith discusses how the raid against ISIS impacts President Trump's political situation.
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NPR National Security Correspondent Greg Myre and NPR White House Correspondent Tamara Keith discuss the details of the raid.
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In an open letter, influential conservatives urge President Trump to keep his embattled chief of staff and remove the "acting" from his title.
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The top U.S. diplomat in Ukraine William Taylor told lawmakers he came to believe there was a shadow foreign policy operation in the Trump administration, and that aid was withheld for political gain.
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An NPR analysis finds the president's use of heated phrases such as coup, treason, enemy of the people and corrupt media jumped considerably beginning in March. October is on pace to set a record.
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The Trump campaign says recent moves by House Democrats helped supercharge the president's fundraising.
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While a top White House aide insists President Trump doesn't need a dedicated team to fight impeachment, his reelection campaign launched a multimillion-dollar ad buy to defend him.
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The Trump administration releases a memo of a call between President Trump and Ukraine's leader. A big question: did Trump pressure the Ukrainian president to investigate a political opponent?
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The president says he will unveil the unredacted text of his much-discussed July phone conversation with Ukraine's leader. Meanwhile, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced a formal impeachment inquiry.
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The ouster of national security adviser John Bolton again highlights the large number of vacancies at the top levels of the Trump administration.