Scott Detrow
Scott Detrow is a White House correspondent for NPR and co-hosts the NPR Politics Podcast.
Detrow joined NPR in 2015. He reported on the 2016 presidential election, then worked for two years as a congressional correspondent before shifting his focus back to the campaign trail, covering the Democratic side of the 2020 presidential campaign.
Before NPR, Detrow worked as a statehouse reporter in both Pennsylvania and California, for member stations WITF and KQED. He also covered energy policy for NPR's StateImpact project, where his reports on Pennsylvania's hydraulic fracturing boom won a DuPont-Columbia Silver Baton and national Edward R. Murrow Award in 2013.
Detrow got his start in public radio at Fordham University's WFUV. He graduated from Fordham, and also has a master's degree from the University of Pennsylvania's Fels Institute of Government.
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The Democratic nominee appears to be making a final pitch to voters as polls show a race turning more in his favor. -
The president's coronavirus diagnosis forced the Biden to adjust his campaign. He's continuing to hold events, and using his speeches to urge people to wear masks.
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On Tuesday, the Democratic nominee shared the debate stage with President Trump, who has tested positive for the virus.
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Kamala Harris made her national reputation as a sharp, partisan questioner in Senate hearings. As a vice presidential nominee, that may not be her approach in the next Supreme Court confirmation. -
President Trump continues to float the possibility of a vaccine before the election, while the Democratic ticket urges caution about the president's messaging on health.
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"The future of our democracy is at stake. The future of our economy is at stake. The future of our planet is at stake," Sanders said of this year's presidential election. -
The selection will make Harris the third woman and first Black and first Asian American candidate to be nominated for vice president by a major political party. -
The platform includes large swaths of a recent report authored by joint Joe Biden-Bernie Sanders policy task forces. -
Joe Biden has always prioritized person-to-person engagement in foreign policy. How would his administration conduct diplomacy in a world where that isn't possible? -
Joe Biden's latest policy proposal would aim to make both child care and elder care more accessible and affordable.
