2024-07-13
22 分钟After this week's NATO summit in Washington, D.C., President Joe Biden held a rare, solo press conference to try and allay concerns over his mental fitness. It came as a new NPR/PBS News/Marist Poll has him in a statistical dead heat with former President Trump to win in November. Plus, Republicans get ready to hold their convention in Milwaukee. We look at what to expect. And, the facial hair of politicians — and NPR personalities. This episode: national political correspondent Susan Davis, White House correspondent Asma Khalid, and senior political editor and correspondent Ron Elving. The podcast is produced by Jeongyoon Han, Casey Morell and Kelli Wessinger. Our intern is Bria Suggs. Our editor is Eric McDaniel. Our executive producer is Muthoni Muturi. Listen to every episode of the NPR Politics Podcast sponsor-free, unlock access to bonus episodes with more from the NPR Politics team, and support public media when you sign up for The NPR Politics Podcast+ at plus.npr.org/politics. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy
The constitution, our founding document, says a lot about how our country has evolved and who we want to be, but it's not set in stone.
So for the next month, we'll be digging into the history behind some of its most pivotal amendments.
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We were college roommates ten years ago, and we keep in touch by listening to the NPR Politics podcast.
This show was recorded at 12:17 p.m.
on Friday, July 12.
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