Brian Naylor
NPR News' Brian Naylor is a correspondent on the Washington Desk. In this role, he covers politics and federal agencies.
With more than 30 years of experience at NPR, Naylor has served as National Desk correspondent, White House correspondent, congressional correspondent, foreign correspondent, and newscaster during All Things Considered. He has filled in as host on many NPR programs, including Morning Edition, Weekend Edition, and Talk of the Nation.
During his NPR career, Naylor has covered many major world events, including political conventions, the Olympics, the White House, Congress, and the mid-Atlantic region. Naylor reported from Tokyo in the aftermath of the 2011 earthquake and tsunami, from New Orleans following the BP oil spill, and from West Virginia after the deadly explosion at the Upper Big Branch coal mine.
While covering the U.S. Congress in the mid-1990s, Naylor's reporting contributed to NPR's 1996 Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Journalism Award for political reporting.
Before coming to NPR in 1982, Naylor worked at NPR Member Station WOSU in Columbus, Ohio, and at a commercial radio station in Maine.
He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Maine.
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Postmaster General Louis DeJoy faced lawmakers on Capitol Hill who wanted to know why Americans are still experiencing delays in getting their mail. Only the USPS board of governors can oust DeJoy.
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Louis DeJoy testified about shortfalls at the U.S. Postal Service. Despite calls for his resignation, DeJoy said he plans to follow through on an overhaul plan. "Get used to me," he said.
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With his agency facing continued delivery delays and financial issues, Postmaster General Louis DeJoy will appear before a congressional panel Wednesday. He's working on reform, but some want him out.
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The video was laden with violence and obscenities shouted by the pro-Trump mob that stormed the Capitol building on Jan. 6.
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"Fire everybody at the top," one Democratic congressman says. Other advocates just want Biden to appoint new members to the Postal Service's board of governors.
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The U.S. Postal Service is overseen by a board of governors, all of whom were appointed by former President Donald Trump. Now there are calls for President Biden to reevaluate the board.
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President Biden on Tuesday signed four executive actions aimed at upholding one of his key campaign themes.
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Alejandro Mayorkas, who would be the first Latino and first immigrant to lead DHS, was previously the head of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services.
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As federal, Capitol Hill, and D.C. authorities assess the failure to secure the U.S. Capitol, they have to turn to securing President-elect Biden's inaugural festivities.
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The article of impeachment references Trump's repeated false claims of widespread voter fraud, as well as comments during a rally ahead of the riot. Read the full text of the resolution.
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Garland is a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. He is likely best known as a nominee for the U.S. Supreme Court who was refused a hearing by Senate Republicans.
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The FEC has not been able to operate since July, and there's a lot to do. Complaints against the Trump campaign and Mike Bloomberg are among the cases awaiting action.