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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Koch and his brother Charles built one of the nation's largest private businesses and created a network of secretly funded organizations that attacked Democrats. -
Congress has given initial approval to barring transit agencies from using federal dollars to buy Chinese-made railcars. Backers say the ban will prevent possible Chinese spying.
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The new policy would end the Flores settlement and allow the government to hold families with children without a deadline, in a change from the way cases are handled today. -
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Trump Blasts Dayton Leaders For 'Misrepresenting' His VisitLeaders in Dayton and El Paso were skeptical ahead of President Trump's visits but hoped that he would bring the communities together following mass shootings in both cities over the weekend. -
In a rare political post-presidency statement, former President Barack Obama called for tighter gun laws after the mass shootings in El Paso and Dayton. "We are not helpless here," he said. -
Tuesday morning highlighted the disjoint between President Trump, the political pugilist, and President Trump, the head of state of a large, diverse country. -
The agreement comes after Trump threatened to take "very severe" action against Guatemala, possibly including tariffs and a travel ban.
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The Trump administration is moving jobs and agencies out of Washington. Officials say it's placing those agencies and employees closer to their customers, but critics say its about politics.
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Homeland Security Chief: Agency Has Made 'Significant Strides' On Border, MigrantsActing DHS Secretary Kevin McAleenan appeared before the House Oversight and Reform Committee on Thursday, where Chairman Elijah Cummings said he's wondering "whether there is an empathy deficit."
