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 Senate minority leader condemned the actions taken by Trump on the day of the Capitol insurrection but said he didn't believe the impeachment trial was constitutional.
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Impeachment managers argued that not taking action against former President Donald Trump jeopardizes the country's standing in the eyes of the global community.
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House impeachment managers played new video and audio documenting the violent mayhem at the Capitol on Jan. 6.
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Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy did not take the robust action Democrats and some Republicans were calling for, so the whole chamber took up a resolution on her racist and inflammatory comments.
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After the meeting, the White House said the president "will not slow down work on this urgent crisis response, and will not settle for a package that fails to meet the moment."
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The trial itself will begin on Feb. 9, giving the Democratic House impeachment managers and Trump's defense team two weeks to file briefs and finalize their legal preparations.
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Biden has signed 15 executive actions on priorities including COVID-19, climate change, racial justice — and rolling back Trump rules.
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President-elect Joe Biden's inauguration has been largely downsized because of the coronavirus pandemic and security concerns after the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol.
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The Senate majority leader's remarks are his strongest against the president since the Jan. 6 riot.
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Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., is the first member of House GOP leadership to announce publicly support of impeachment.