Sam Gringlas
Sam Gringlas is an NPR Congressional Reporter.
He returned to NPR in 2025 after four years at NPR member station WABE in Atlanta where he reported on Georgia politics, including the 2022 and 2024 elections, the Georgia election interference case against President Donald Trump and the funeral of former President Jimmy Carter.
Gringlas was previously a producer for NPR's All Things Considered, contributing to coverage of politics, immigration, the pandemic, impeachments and news from across the country and abroad. He also helped cover the 2020 election with NPR's Washington Desk.
Originally from Michigan, Gringlas earned a degree in public policy from the University of Michigan.
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While many Republican candidates, even in some critical tossup races, still back President Trump's baseless claims about election integrity, some GOP voters say they are ready to move on. -
President Trump and some Republican battleground candidates are still embracing false claims about widespread election fraud in 2020, even as many GOP voters want them to move on.
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The legislation was named for the late South Carolina Republican. It gives the president authority to impose tariffs on top importers of oil and natural gas from Russia, such as China and India. -
After a bruising Senate primary, Michigan Democrats are trying to unify to hold onto a must-win seat. But healing those fissures is proving not so simple. -
With just a few weeks to spare, the House approved legislation extending funding through mid-December. -
Ossoff should be among the most vulnerable Senate incumbents this year. Instead, the Georgia Democrat has opened a steady lead in polls and is increasingly seen as a potential 2028 contender. -
A high-profile primary contest takes place Tuesday in Michigan, where Haley Stevens will face Abdul El-Sayed to decide who will be the Democratic nominee for Senate.
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As Haley Stevens and Abdul El-Sayed vie for the Democratic nomination, voters are debating which way the party should go: establishment or insurgent; progressive or more moderate; new media or old. -
With Democrats sensing a chance to win back the Senate majority, the debate about the direction of the party is intensifying. Nowhere is that tension more fraught for their voters than in Michigan.
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Darline Graham was sworn in on Tuesday during a brief ceremony on the floor of the Senate. She was appointed to fill the seat of her late brother by South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster.
