Domenico Montanaro

Presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden has an advantage over President Trump in the states likely to tip the presidential race, but he's still short of solidifying 270 electoral votes needed to win.

After nearly three weeks of protests, several police departments have already moved to make reforms, but when it comes to sweeping national change, it's not clear how far Washington will go.

The president is trailing former Vice President Joe Biden in polls. Biden is heading to Houston to meet with George Floyd's family Monday, while Trump will hold a law enforcement roundtable.

By a 62%-28% margin, Americans view the demonstrations happening around the country as mostly legitimate protests rather than mostly people acting unlawfully, according to a new NPR Marist poll.

Two-thirds of Americans say President Trump has increased racial tensions after the death of George Floyd, according to a new NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist poll.

The NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist survey found Americans see the nationwide protests as legitimate — a big shift from the 1960s — and almost half strongly disapprove of the job President Trump is doing.

Iowa Rep. Steve King faces a strong GOP primary challenger after years of incendiary comments have put him on the outs with his party. Eight states and the District of Columbia vote on Tuesday.

The 213-year-old law allows a president to "call forth the militia for the purpose of suppressing" an insurrection. Trump threatened to deploy the military to states that don't quell violent protests.

President Trump called Floyd's death a "grave tragedy" that "should never have happened." But once he was back on Twitter, he again inflamed tensions, with machismo and politics at the forefront.

"Mask usage is going to help us get this economy reopened," the president's national security adviser said on Sunday.

NPR's Lulu Garcia Navarro discusses the week at the White House and in the Joe Biden campaign with NPR's Domenico Montanaro.

The coronavirus pandemic — and the toll it is taking on the country — have already turned 2020 into an election year like no other.

Three-quarters are concerned that a second wave of the coronavirus will emerge as states reopen, a new NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist poll finds. But Americans' outlooks vary by political party.

President Donald Trump has been criticizing Former President Barack Obama for weeks. And the duel has escalated this weekend, as Obama has leveled some of his sharpest public criticism toward Trump.

President Trump has alleged criminal activity by the Obama administration, while former President Barack Obama said Saturday that some "so-called grownups" are falling down on the job.

The former vice president says he'll pick a woman. California Sen. Kamala Harris, Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren and Nevada Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto are on the list of potential candidates.

The nation's top infectious disease expert spoke remotely during a unique Senate health committee hearing on the coronavirus pandemic.

In recent days, a top Senate Republican has said the coronavirus testing the United States has done so far is "not nearly enough."

New figures show the economy saw its worst slow down in growth since 2008. And, a NPR poll finds 50% of people surveyed say they or someone in their household lost hours or a job due to the pandemic.

In an NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist poll, 50% say they or someone in their household has lost hours or a job due to the pandemic. They also say their governor is doing a better job than the president is.