Roberta Rampton
Roberta Rampton is NPR's White House editor. She joined the Washington Desk in October 2019 after spending more than six years as a White House correspondent for Reuters. Rampton traveled around America and to more than 20 countries covering President Trump, President Obama and their vice presidents, reporting on a broad range of political, economic and foreign policy topics. Earlier in her career, Rampton covered energy and agriculture policy.
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President Biden is pushing Congress to pour another $1.9 trillion into the COVID-ravaged economy. In the meantime, his top economic adviser says, he plans to bump up food stamp benefits. -
Former President Donald Trump's plan has been decried as an attack on people he called the "deep state" when it was announced in October. -
President Trump was impeached for inciting his supporters to storm the U.S. Capitol. The violence and its aftermath will be an enduring symbol of his four years in the White House. -
The actions for Day 1 were laid out in a memo by his chief of staff. The president-elect will extend pauses on student loan payments and evictions, plus send an immigration bill to Congress. -
The president has made it clear that he will spend his remaining days in the White House in the same way he spent much of his term in office: fighting. -
President Trump slumped in polls and fundraising — and lost 10 days when he caught the coronavirus. He threw everything into reaching for a come-from-behind win, but Democrat Joe Biden beat him. -
President Trump is racing across swing states in the homestretch of the election, making his closing arguments as he finds himself down in the polls. -
The vice president says President Trump "sees America for what it is" and has the track record to help the country recover from the pandemic and grapple with protests against racism.
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The first lady, not often one for the spotlight, addressed the Republican National Convention on Tuesday from the White House Rose Garden. Watch her full remarks.
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The president on Monday rejects calls to disband or defund police departments. But he said, "We're going to talk about ideas how we can do it better."
