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 Consideredand Tell Me Morewith 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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Dozens of House Democrats have called on President-elect Joe Biden to make the New Mexico congresswoman the first Native American Cabinet secretary in U.S. history. -
Francis has been outspoken in his calls for more global action on confronting climate change and helping immigrants and refugees — positions shared by the president-elect.
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"We're going to do exactly what we'd be doing if [President Trump] had conceded and said we've won, which we have," the president-elect said.
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Reactions from Republican lawmakers on President Trump's claims that the election isn't over and that Democrats are trying to "steal" the election have varied.
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The Biden team has launched a transition website that lists their key priorities once they assume office: the pandemic, economic recovery, racial equity and climate change.
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The president-elect called for cooperation among Americans of all stripes, saying, "Let this grim era of demonization in America begin to end here and now."
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"I think it's terrible when we can't know the results of an election the night of the election in a modern-day age of computers," Trump said. But the vote totals are never fully counted the same day.
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The president makes five stops in five different swing states Sunday, while his Democratic rival focuses on Pennsylvania.
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The 48-year-old judge solidifies the court's conservative majority, filling Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's seat just about a week before Election Day.
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A 51-48 cloture vote in the Senate on Sunday sets the stage for a final confirmation vote Monday evening — just over a week before the general election.
