Leila Fadel is a host of Morning Edition, as well as NPR's morning news podcast Up First. As a national correspondent, Fadel consistently reported on the fault lines of this divided nation. She ...

Mike DeWine signed Ohio’s new budget late Monday, leaving in place more than $1 billion in flat income tax cuts. Anna Staver ...

Capitol Hill arson suspect sets more fires after release from jail, authorities say D.C. police and fire investigators say they're looking for him again after he set more fires in the area.

A look at the parallels between Hungary and the U.S. By Leila Fadel, Steve Inskeep Published June 10, 2025 at 5:02 AM EDT Listen • 7:01 ...

We're tracking several developing headlines on Capitol Hill, including lawmakers debating President Donald Trump's "one big beautiful bill" and another measure allowing schools to serve whole and ...

Living through famine By Leila Fadel Published June 2, 2025 at 4:13 AM EDT Listen • 3:16 ...

The political world needs to pause, reassess and come to terms with the apparent fact that there are no actual Republican moderates on Capitol Hill.

Leftist protesters disrupted a Capitol Hill office building for a short time Wednesday as the House moves toward a vote on the President Trump-backed "big, beautiful" budget bill.

FADEL: NPR's Deirdre Walsh is at the Capitol, and she joins me now. Good morning, Deirdre. DEIRDRE WALSH, BYLINE: Good morning, Leila.

Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vt., speaks during a hearing of the Senate Committee on Finance on Capitol Hill, March 6. Fadel: Israel is starting to allow a basic quantity of aid to Gaza.