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 Considered and Tell Me More with 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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The president dismisses the allegation as politically motivated. The Senate Intelligence Committee is scheduled to receive a briefing on the matter Wednesday.
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The Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions convened Tuesday to address plans to reopen schools and workplaces amid the coronavirus pandemic.
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Members of Congress held a hearing to examine the forced removal of peaceful protesters by U.S. Park Police near the White House in early June.
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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.
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The 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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In an upset, Madison Cawthorn defeats President Trump's pick in a GOP primary runoff for a western North Carolina congressional seat vacated by Trump's chief of staff.
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While the president says he authorized the federal government to prosecute those who deface and destroy statues on federal land, the government already had that power thanks to a 2003 law.
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President Trump continues on the campaign trail with stops in Arizona to survey the border wall with Mexico and rally a group of student supporters.
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The White House announces Monday a scaling back of temperature screenings for those entering the building, citing Washington, D.C.'s move to phase two of reopening.
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President Trump will rally supporters on Saturday at an indoor arena, even as COVID-19 cases spike in Oklahoma. The rally had been scheduled for Friday but was moved due to the Juneteenth holiday.
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While statehood for the District of Columbia has long been an uphill battle, there's a renewed effort in the House to make the District the 51st state. The Senate likely won't go along anytime soon.
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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.