Susan Davis
Susan Davis is a congressional correspondent for NPR and a co-host of the NPR Politics Podcast. She has covered Congress, elections, and national politics since 2002 for publications including USA TODAY, The Wall Street Journal, National Journal and Roll Call. She appears regularly on television and radio outlets to discuss congressional and national politics, and she is a contributor on PBS's Washington Week with Robert Costa. She is a graduate of American University in Washington, D.C., and a Philadelphia native.
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Voters in 11 states this month will elect their nominees to run in November. In the 2018 GOP primaries, one question is dominating all the rest: Who will be the most loyal to President Trump? -
The resolution to terminate the president's national emergency declaration sets up the likely first veto confrontation between Congress and the White House since President Trump took office. -
Under Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis., the vice president enjoyed ceremonial office space on the House side of the U.S. Capitol. He still has an office on the Senate side as president of the Senate. -
Reps. Mark Meadows, R-N.C., and Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., engaged in a tense back and forth during a Wednesday hearing over allegations of what constitutes racist behavior. -
Democrats are also planning court challenges to fight the president's use of executive authority to redirect federal funds and build a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border. -
The House voted Tuesday to block President Trump from using a national emergency to build a border wall. Even if the GOP-controlled Senate approves the resolution, Trump has vowed to veto it.
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NPR's Rachel Martin talks to Rep. Chuck Fleischmann, R-Tenn., about the president's decision to sign a spending deal and his plans to declare a national emergency for a border wall.
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House and Senate leaders aim to vote by the Friday deadline on a seven-bill spending package that includes a $1.375 billion in funding for 55 miles of fencing along the U.S. border with Mexico. -
Bipartisan negotiators are working on a border security funding deal — but both sides are still sorting out what kind of "wall" or "barrier" is in and whether President Trump will sign it. -
North Carolina Rep. Walter Jones died Sunday at the age of 76. The Republican lawmaker was known for initially supporting the war in Iraq before changing his mind and becoming a fierce opponent.
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Speaker Nancy Pelosi and other House leaders had called on the Minnesota Democrat to apologize for comments on social media about Israel.
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Immigrants, Border Patrol agents and the first beneficiary of a new criminal justice law will be among those attending President Trump's prime-time address.
