Brian Naylor
NPR News' Brian Naylor is a correspondent on the Washington Desk. In this role, he covers politics and federal agencies.
With more than 30 years of experience at NPR, Naylor has served as National Desk correspondent, White House correspondent, congressional correspondent, foreign correspondent, and newscaster during All Things Considered. He has filled in as host on many NPR programs, including Morning Edition, Weekend Edition, and Talk of the Nation.
During his NPR career, Naylor has covered many major world events, including political conventions, the Olympics, the White House, Congress, and the mid-Atlantic region. Naylor reported from Tokyo in the aftermath of the 2011 earthquake and tsunami, from New Orleans following the BP oil spill, and from West Virginia after the deadly explosion at the Upper Big Branch coal mine.
While covering the U.S. Congress in the mid-1990s, Naylor's reporting contributed to NPR's 1996 Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Journalism Award for political reporting.
Before coming to NPR in 1982, Naylor worked at NPR Member Station WOSU in Columbus, Ohio, and at a commercial radio station in Maine.
He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Maine.
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Trump, Hailing Law Enforcement, Signs Executive Order Calling For Police ReformThe president is facing political pressure to take action following the national outcry over the killing of George Floyd and others at the hands of police.
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Some government employees are starting to return to office work after the coronavirus pandemic. At the IRS, which is preparing for next month's tax filing deadline, workers face a host of challenges.
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"By speaking to you today, maybe I can make sure his life was not in vain," Philonise Floyd told the House Judiciary Committee in a hearing about police brutality and accountability. -
The president intimates that George Floyd, killed by police, would be happy with the lower than expected unemployment rate. -
Even though Election Day 2020 is a little less than six months away, the law requires officials to start planning for the next presidential transition. It may have to be done virtually this year.
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The Senate Banking Committee took its first look at spending under the massive CARES Act approved in March. Sen. Elizabeth Warren said more should have been done to keep U.S. workers on the payroll. -
Pete Gaynor has extensive experience at the local and state level dealing with natural disasters, but he faces something different now. -
President Trump has raised the idea of placing residents of New York, New Jersey and Connecticut under a quarantine to limit the spread of the coronavirus. Can he do that? Experts say: not really.
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Russia and Saudi Arabia have been engaged in a price war that has driven world oil prices down dramatically. -
Federal workers want to be able to telework during the coronavirus pandemic. While the Trump administration says it's encouraging it, in practice it's not so clear federal agencies are.
