NPR's Steve Inskeep asks former associate director at the Office of Management and Budget, James Capretta, what it means that the Trump administration tried to pause federal loans and grants.

The president's nominee for secretary of defense is, once again, facing allegations of alcohol abuse and misconduct. LEILA FADEL, BYLINE: Yeah. Pete Hegseth endured a round of questions about his past ...

The U.S. has funded support services on the ground during Uganda's Ebola outbreak, the DRC's mpox outbreak and in the humanitarian crisis in Ukraine. What happens now as foreign aid is being cut?

President Trump is trying to dramatically reshape the federal government, including remaking the federal workforce itself. While his directives are sweeping, they are facing legal challenges.

TikTok is still running thanks to an order by President Trump. It was banned in a law passed and upheld with rare speed by all branches of government. So what's his authority under the law to do that?

NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks to Tim Heaphy, a lead investigator for the House Ccommittee on the U.S. Capitol attack, about President Trump's clemency for all of the Jan. 6 defendants.

NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with Democratic U.S. Sen. Patty Murray, vice chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, following the White House's withdrawal of an order to pause federal spending.

As a Republican-controlled Senate prepares to hold confirmation hearings for Trump's Cabinet picks, NPR asks Jessica Taylor of the Cook Political Report which proceedings she'll be watching closely.

Steve Inskeep of NPR's Morning Edition on ... RUBENSTEIN: How does he become the nominee of a relatively new Republican Party for president? INSKEEP: When you have lots of qualifications as ...

And with President-elect Donald Trump due to take office next Monday, and Republicans in control of the House and Senate, the GOP will soon ... Johnson told NPR's Steve Inskeep.

Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) has joined some of his fellow GOP lawmakers in calling for conditions on California wildfire aid. NPR’s Steve Inskeep asked Johnson on Wednesday’s “Morning Edition ...