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Reconciliation is the key to unlocking Trump’s agenda. Here’s how it works

Republicans in Congress plan to use a tool of the budget process, known as reconciliation, to pass portions of President Trump's agenda without the need for votes from Democrats in the Senate. Zayrha Rodriguez for NPR The House Republican leadership plans...

Top Trump trade adviser says tariffs will ‘level the playing field for American businesses’

Peter Navarro arrives at the E. Barrett Prettyman Courthouse on Jan. 25, 2024 in Washington, D.C. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images) President Trump said this week that tariffs on Mexico and Canada will proceed when a 30-day suspension period ends next week. He...

Who is Alice Marie Johnson, Trump’s newly appointed ‘pardon czar’?

Alice Marie Johnson, who had her sentence commuted by President Donald Trump after she served 21 years in prison for cocaine trafficking, speaks during a celebration of the First Step Act in the East Room of the White House...

5 signs that a U.S.-Europe split is widening

Vice President JD Vance talks in front of the NATO logo at the Munich Security Conference in Munich, Germany, on Feb. 14. Tobias Schwarz/AFP via Getty Images Following the Russian invasion of Ukraine three years ago, there was plenty of talk...

Supreme Court orders new trial for death row inmate in Oklahoma

Anti-death penalty activists rally outside the U.S. Supreme Court on Sept. 29 in an attempt to prevent the execution of Oklahoma inmate Richard Glossip. Larry French/Getty Images The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday threw out the conviction and death penalty for Richard Glossip,...