Susan Davis

As president, Biden sought to restore faith in the United States' abilities as a world leader, but was tested by a number of significant crises and wars abroad — and by opposition at home.

When I was a kid, the games we played usually had simple rules. Typically, they required little if any equipment. However, we definitely took the time to get the game off to a fair start.

The weather has been up and down lately. One day it will be close to 50 degrees and then a few days later it is in the teens.

We look back on some of the highlights from 2024 that we just can't stop thinking about, politics or otherwise.This episode: political correspondent Susan Davis, voting correspondent Miles Parks, political reporter Elena Moore, senior political editor and correspondent Domenico Montanaro, and politics podcast staff Jeongyoon Han, Casey Morell & Kelli Wessinger.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.

Trump campaigned on mass deportation, sweeping tariffs & other widespread changes to U.S. policy. How many of those changes are achievable? This episode: political correspondent Susan Davis, White House correspondent Franco Ordoñez, and senior White House correspondent Tamara Keith.The podcast is produced by Kelli Wessinger, and edited by Casey Morell. 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.

We had snow for Christmas. It was so pretty with the blue skies. One night this week before I went to bed, I looked at the thermometer and it said 10 below. Now that’s too cold. It was time to build a wood fire in our wood furnace. Mark came up and started it for me and I kept it going. This week we got temperatures in the 40s and a lot of rain. Like I said before, I don’t like rain in winter, but we don’t have any say in it.

My husband, Ben, loves to give me a hard time about attending Padroni School. I can still hear him ask me, “When you opened the front door, did you get a draft through the whole school?” My reactio…

Every four years, Congress meets to certify the results of the previous November's presidential election in what is usually a calm and straightforward event.

The Board of Education will hear three presentations Tuesday at its first meeting of 2025.

Haven't we all been in a restaurant, the grocery store, church, or another public place when a child decided to throw a loud tantrum? At first, everyone tries to ignore the commotion. If the tantrum continues on for too long, I sense people get annoyed and are thinking the same thing I am, “That kid is spoiled rotten!”