Sam Gringlas
Sam Gringlas is an NPR Congressional Reporter.
He returned to NPR in 2025 after four years at NPR member station WABE in Atlanta where he reported on Georgia politics, including the 2022 and 2024 elections, the Georgia election interference case against President Donald Trump and the funeral of former President Jimmy Carter.
Gringlas was previously a producer for NPR's All Things Considered, contributing to coverage of politics, immigration, the pandemic, impeachments and news from across the country and abroad. He also helped cover the 2020 election with NPR's Washington Desk.
Originally from Michigan, Gringlas earned a degree in public policy from the University of Michigan.
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With just a few weeks to spare, the House approved legislation extending funding through mid-December. -
A high-profile primary contest takes place Tuesday in Michigan, where Haley Stevens will face Abdul El-Sayed to decide who will be the Democratic nominee for Senate.
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As Haley Stevens and Abdul El-Sayed vie for the Democratic nomination, voters are debating which way the party should go: establishment or insurgent; progressive or more moderate; new media or old. -
Longtime Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham has died at the age of 71. The foreign policy hawk and former critic-turned-ally of President Trump was running for re-election in South Carolina.
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It's been nearly four weeks since Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., was hospitalized. It's not the first time this year that a member of Congress has been absent for weeks with scant details. -
Divides over what GOP priorities should be ahead of this fall's midterm elections are testing the relationship between President Trump and Senate Majority Leader John Thune.
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Some Republicans' frustration with President Trump has been on display in Congress this week, first with Trump's "anti-weaponization fund" and then the war with Iran.
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South Carolina is the latest Southern state that may redraw congressional maps after the Supreme Court weakened a key section of the Voting Rights Act. The new district lines could squeeze out an institution in South Carolina and national politics: 17-term Congressman Jim Clyburn.
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As Republicans work to approve a reconciliation bill to fund ICE, some in the party are pushing back against a proposal to include $1 billion in funding for Secret Service and Trump's ballroom.
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Louisiana Sen. Bill Cassidy is the latest casualty in President Trump's campaign to vanquish Republicans he sees as disloyal. What does it mean for primaries this week?
