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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Madeleine Albright was the first woman to serve as secretary of state and was a role model for generations of girls and women. She died on Wednesday at age 84.
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A bipartisan group of Senators is getting close to finalizing a Russia sanctions bill to deter any aggressive action from Ukraine's eastern neighbor.
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A new report from the think tank Third Way found that a two-parent family of four would save up to $7,400 due to provisions of the Democrats' Build Back Better legislation.
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Republicans are targeting Virginia's 7th Congressional District, currently represented by Democratic Rep. Abigail Spanberger, in next year's midterm elections.
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Lawmakers in the House censured GOP Rep. Paul Gosar of Arizona over an anime video that showed a character killing another character meant to be Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York.
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Leahy, 81, is the longest-serving member of the U.S. Senate.
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The change comes after House moderates said they would not vote on the $1.75 trillion spending package without a score from Congress' budget office.
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The West Virginia Democrat raised concerns about debt and inflation and instead urged House lawmakers to approve a separate bipartisan infrastructure bill.
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Some lawmakers are raising the bar for bipartisan cooperation, in the most unexpected of places.
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The saga over Sen. Joe Manchin's party affiliation comes after an article claimed the West Virginia Democrat had plans to become an independent. Machin has denied the report.