Mara Liasson is a national political correspondent for NPR. Her reports can be heard regularly on NPR's award-winning newsmagazine programs Morning Edition and All Things Considered. Liasson provides extensive coverage of politics and policy from Washington, DC — focusing on the White House and Congress — and also reports on political trends beyond the Beltway.
By weakening Voting Rights Act protections against racial discrimination in redistricting, the Supreme Court has paved the way for the largest-ever drop in representation by Black members of Congress.
After clashing with lawmakers over the Iran war, Pete Hegseth returns for second day of testimony, a look at Fed chair Jerome Powell's legacy, SCOTUS strikes severe blow to Voting Rights Act.
In the Apple TV series "Widow's Bay," the mayor of a cursed New England island is trying to boost tourism. NPR's A Martinez speaks with show creator Katie Dippold about the horror-comedy.
The impacts of long deployments in the Middle East and the Caribbean are causing an increasing strain on military families in Navy towns like Norfolk, Virginia.