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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Cheney's remarks, which were shared by an attendee on social media, come as the Harris campaign is taking steps to court disenchanted Republican voters. -
A Republican-led House committee says it would issue subpoenas to Columbia University to get documents it requested months ago for its investigation into reports of antisemitism on campus. -
Wexton spoke on the House floor Wednesday using an "augmentative and alternative communication" program. -
Families of hostages still being held in Gaza are hopeful Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu will announce a cease-fire deal that would bring the hostages home during his address to Congress Wednesday. -
The Israeli leader spoke Wednesday to a joint meeting of Congress amid the ongoing Israel-Hamas war in Gaza. Republicans are strongly supportive of Israel, while Democrats are increasingly critical. -
U.S. Secret Service director Kimberly Cheatle has resigned from her job, according to a statement released by the White House. -
Democrats returned to Washington with no clear consensus on whether President Biden should be the party's nominee for president. -
Democrats on Capitol Hill remain divided over doubts about President Biden's fitness for the campaign even as Biden himself says he is not dropping out. -
President Biden spent the weekend after the debate doing damage control, trying to convince supporters he’s still up to the job. -
We look at the Equality Caucus in the US Congress, which aims to increase representation in elected offices and pass laws protecting the LGBTQ community. (Story first aired on ATC on June 21.)
