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 Consideredand Tell Me Morewith 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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Rice's selection to serve in a domestic role is somewhat unexpected given her extensive credentials in foreign policy. The position does not require Senate confirmation. -
The hand recount, which will likely be both less accurate than a machine recount and more costly, must be completed by Friday, Nov. 20. -
In remarks, Joe Biden details his plan to distribute a vaccine for the coronavirus, which he said must be based solely on science. -
She Can't Vote Herself, But This DACA Recipient Is Working To Register OthersMiriam Robles, 24, says she envisions the day she becomes a U.S. citizen and gets to vote the way other people fantasize about their wedding day. -
Amid Campaign Jabs Over Vaccine, Senate Holds Hearing On Treatment DevelopmentThe president has in recent weeks escalated campaign promises to deliver a vaccine by the end of the year, suggesting that a treatment against the coronavirus could be ready by the November election. -
Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden says he would not stand in the way of a future Justice Department pursuing criminal charges against President Trump after he leaves office.
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The presumptive Democratic nominee's proposal includes a $700 billion investment in procurement and research and development for new technologies. -
Washington's lack of congressional representation has prompted some residents — even those who've called the district home for years — to maintain voting registration elsewhere. -
In Historic Vote, House Backs Statehood For D.C.; Trump And The Senate Say NoThe Democrats who control the House want to make a political point with a vote to make the District of Columbia the 51st state. The GOP opposes it.
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Philonise Floyd, brother of George Floyd, testified on Wednesday during a hearing examining racial profiling and police brutality. Watch his full remarks and read the testimony.
