Susan Davis
Susan Davis is a congressional correspondent for NPR and a co-host of the NPR Politics Podcast. She has covered Congress, elections, and national politics since 2002 for publications including USA TODAY, The Wall Street Journal, National Journal and Roll Call. She appears regularly on television and radio outlets to discuss congressional and national politics, and she is a contributor on PBS's Washington Week with Robert Costa. She is a graduate of American University in Washington, D.C., and a Philadelphia native.
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Democrats are targeting seats with first-term GOP incumbents in states where access to abortion rights could resonate with swing voters. -
Senate negotiators are continuing to work on a bipartisan border deal even after Minority Leader Mitch McConnell suggested the politics around the agreement have shifted. -
House Democrats plan to campaign on abortion rights in key districts that will determine control of the chamber. Their efforts may be boosted by ballot initiatives in states like Arizona and Florida.
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The president is most unpopular among members of Generation X, who lean more conservative than those in other generations. -
Democrats need to win every single competitive Democratic-held seat in 2024 to defend their narrow majority in the Senate. Even then the party could lose control if Republicans win the White House. -
The Louisiana Republican has deep ties to evangelical leaders, including pastors who hold anti-democratic views and helped fuel the Jan. 6 Capitol riot as a battle for God to save America. -
Louisiana Republican Mike Johnson, a relatively unknown member of the House GOP conference, has been elected Speaker of the House.
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There are eight candidates vying to be House speaker, and behind closed doors Republicans will narrow down the choices. The House has been without a speaker for nearly three weeks.
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Republicans met behind closed doors and took a secret ballot to see if lawmakers wanted Jim Jordan to stay in the race for speaker of the House. They did not, and Jordan dropped out.
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Ohio Republican Jim Jordan says he will call for a third ballot vote in his bid to become speaker of the House.
