Eric McDaniel
Eric McDaniel edits the NPR Politics Podcast. He joined the program ahead of its 2019 relaunch as a daily podcast.
Since coming to NPR in 2016, McDaniel has worked across NPR's newsmagazine shows as an editor and producer. Most recently, he was planning editor at Up First and helped launch a Saturday version of the program.
A native of Richmond, Virginia, he earned undergraduate and graduate degrees in English Literature from the University of Virginia.
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Congress is back after a week-long break and is poised to move ahead with Republicans' plan to fund immigration enforcement for the next three years.
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Republicans are proposing $1 billion for White House security, insisting the funding would be put toward long overdue upgrades, and not President Trump's desired ballroom.
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Congress returns this week with added pressure to find a deal to end the partial DHS shutdown. It also needs to find a way to end the impasse over FISA surveillance legislation.
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The shooting at the White House Correspondent's Dinner comes at a time of increased threats towards lawmakers and fears of political violence.
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Congress returns this week after a two-week recess and they have a long to-do list.
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Congress is back Monday with a big to-do list: DHS funding, renewal of section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, and 1.5 trillion dollars for the Department of Defense.
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While the two candidates have been crisscrossing the swing states for weeks, this is the first time they are literally crossing paths, with each of them holding events in the suburbs north of Detroit. -
Robert Hur is scheduled to testify Tuesday before the House Judiciary Committee on his investigation into President Biden's handling of classified documents.
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Congress is supposed to pass the yearly government funding laws by September. Why is the House stuck renewing a 2022 spending plan, and what will Speaker Johnson do about it this time?
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A bipartisan majority of 70 U.S. Senators voted to advance $95 billion in military aid to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan. The package now heads to the House of Representatives.
