Tamara Keith
Tamara Keith has been a White House correspondent for NPR since 2014 and co-hosts the NPR Politics Podcast, the top political news podcast in America. Keith has chronicled the Trump administration from day one, putting this unorthodox presidency in context for NPR listeners, from early morning tweets to executive orders and investigations. She covered the final two years of the Obama presidency, and during the 2016 presidential campaign she was assigned to cover Hillary Clinton. In 2018, Keith was elected to serve on the board of the White House Correspondents' Association.
Previously Keith covered congress for NPR with an emphasis on House Republicans, the budget, taxes, and the fiscal fights that dominated at the time.
Keith joined NPR in 2009 as a Business Reporter. In that role, she reported on topics spanning the business world, from covering the debt downgrade and debt ceiling crisis to the latest in policy debates, legal issues, and technology trends. In early 2010, she was on the ground in Haiti covering the aftermath of the country's disastrous earthquake, and later she covered the oil spill in the Gulf. In 2011, Keith conceived of and solely reported "The Road Back To Work," a year-long series featuring the audio diaries of six people in St. Louis who began the year unemployed and searching for work.
Keith has deep roots in public radio and got her start in news by writing and voicing essays for NPR's Weekend Edition Sunday as a teenager. While in college, she launched her career at NPR Member station KQED's California Report, where she covered agriculture, the environment, economic issues, and state politics. She covered the 2004 presidential election for NPR Member station WOSU in Columbus, Ohio, and opened the state capital bureau for NPR Member station KPCC/Southern California Public Radio to cover then-Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger.
In 2001, Keith began working on B-Side Radio, an hour-long public radio show and podcast that she co-founded, produced, hosted, edited, and distributed for nine years.
Keith earned a bachelor's degree in philosophy from the University of California, Berkeley, and a master's degree at the UCB Graduate School of Journalism. Keith is part of the Politics Monday team on the PBS NewsHour, a weekly segment rounding up the latest political news. Keith is also a member of the Bad News Babes, a media softball team that once a year competes against female members of Congress in the Congressional Women's Softball game.
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President Trump plans to break a long-standing tradition of presidents staying out of Fourth of July festivities when he gives remarks from the Lincoln Memorial on Thursday. -
On the Fourth of July, President Trump plans to deliver a speech on the National Mall — a break from how Independence Day festivities in the capital are traditionally celebrated.
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At the heart of the Trump campaign are the president's big flashy rallies, but the Republican Party is working with the campaign to leverage these events to recruit volunteers and register voters.
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As a candidate, President Trump argued that the government should work to lower drug prices. As president, his administration is finding that his promise is more complicated to keep than expected.
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President Trump declared the start to his 2020 campaign Tuesday night, trying to define Democrats as extreme. He called on familiar themes of grievance and promises of greatness.
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President Trump chose Orlando, Fla., for the official kickoff of his reelection campaign. Also, he tweeted about an intensified immigration enforcement effort.
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The president threatens Mexico with new tariffs as pressure to crack down on migration. Mexican President Andrés Manuel López says the foreign minister will go to Washington to help resolve the issue.
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The president is hitting Mexico with new tariffs to pressure it to crack down on the migrant surge. Luis de la Calle, a former minister at the Mexican Embassy in Washington, weighs in on the topic.
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As the trade war between China and the U.S. escalates, President Trump announced a new plan on Thursday to offer additional financial aid to farmers whose export markets have closed off to them.
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In a wide-ranging interview with NPR, presidential hopeful Mayor Pete Buttigieg answers questions about everything from trade and the use of military force to love and marriage.
