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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Speaker Nancy Pelosi is calling for bipartisan support for the upcoming House vote on the Senate-amended legislation. Such support is unlikely, as Republicans are fiercely opposed to the package. -
The House speaker calls for establishing an independent panel to investigate "the facts and causes" related to the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol. And she says more money is needed to boost security. -
Impeachment managers argued that not taking action against former President Donald Trump jeopardizes the country's standing in the eyes of the global community. -
House impeachment managers played new video and audio documenting the violent mayhem at the Capitol on Jan. 6. -
Six Republicans voted with all Democrats to advance the Senate impeachment trial. -
The Senate trial began Tuesday on one article the House approved, charging former President Donald Trump with incitement of insurrection for the Capitol riot. Most senators want a short trial. -
Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy did not take the robust action Democrats and some Republicans were calling for, so the whole chamber took up a resolution on her racist and inflammatory comments. -
After the meeting, the White House said the president "will not slow down work on this urgent crisis response, and will not settle for a package that fails to meet the moment." -
Biden has signed 15 executive actions on priorities including COVID-19, climate change, racial justice — and rolling back Trump rules. -
A Democratic majority, even a thin one, allows the party to set the chamber's legislative agenda and makes it easier to confirm President Biden's Cabinet picks. -
The Senate majority leader's remarks are his strongest against the president since the Jan. 6 riot. -
With nine days left in the Trump presidency, Speaker Nancy Pelosi and House Democrats are forging ahead with plans to remove Trump from office.
