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Susan Davis

Political Correspondent, Washington Desk

Susan Davis is a political correspondent for NPR and a co-host of the NPR Politics Podcast. She has covered Congress, elections, and national politics since 2002 for publications including USA TODAY, The Wall Street Journal, National Journal and Roll Call. She appears regularly on television and radio outlets to discuss congressional and national politics, and she is a contributor on PBS's Washington Week. She is a graduate of American University in Washington, D.C., and a Philadelphia native.

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Monday

Supporters cheer as former U.S. president Donald Trump speaks at the Waco Regional Airport on March 25, 2023 in Waco, Texas. Former U.S. president Donald Trump attended and spoke at his first rally since announcing his 2024 presidential campaign. Brandon Bell/Getty Images hide caption

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Can GOP Hopefuls Build A Winning Coalition Without Losing Base?

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Thursday

12 years after combat operations ceased, U.S Senate debates ending Iraq War

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Wednesday

In this photo illustration the social media application logo for TikTok is displayed on the screen of an iPhone in front of a US flag and Chinese flag background in Washington, DC, on March 16, 2023. OLIVIER DOULIERY/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Tuesday

Then-President George W. Bush addressed the nation March 19, 2003, in the Oval Office of the White House. Bush announced the U.S. military struck at "targets of opportunity" in Iraq. Alex Wong/Getty Images hide caption

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Friday

Then-President George W. Bush addresses the nation March 19, 2003 in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC. Bush announced that the U.S. military struck at "targets of opportunity" in Iraq on March 19, 2003 in Washington, DC. Alex Wong/Getty Images hide caption

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Thursday

Mifepristone (Mifeprex) and Misoprostol, the two drugs used in a medication abortion, are seen at the Women's Reproductive Clinic, which provides legal medication abortion services, in Santa Teresa, New Mexico, on June 17, 2022. ROBYN BECK/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Thursday

President Biden hosts a meeting with Washington Mayor Muriel Bowser and others about reducing gun violence in the Roosevelt Room at the White House on July 12, 2021 in Washington, DC. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images hide caption

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Politics Wins Over Principle As Dems Axe DC Crime Code Reforms

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Wednesday

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer speaks during a news conference following a closed-door lunch meeting with Senate Democrats on March 7. Schumer said he will vote yes on a resolution to block a recent District of Columbia crime bill. Drew Angerer/Getty Images hide caption

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The Senate is on track to overturn a plan to overhaul D.C.'s criminal code

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Friday

Activists and students protest in front of the Supreme Court during a rally for student debt cancellation in Washington, DC, on February 28, 2023. ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Will Supreme Court Un-Forgive Student Debt? Seems Like It.

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Thursday

House Minority Leader Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) and U.S. President Donald Trump attend a signing ceremony for H.R. 266, the Paycheck Protection Program and Health Care Enhancement Act, in the Oval Office of the White House on April 24, 2020 in Washington, DC. Pool/Getty Images hide caption

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President Joe Biden and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer speak to reporters as they depart the Senate Democrat policy luncheon at the Capitol on March 2. Stefani Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Wednesday

Scott Paul, President of the Alliance for American Manufacturing testifies before a hearing of the U.S. House Select Committee on Strategic Competition between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party, at the Cannon House Office Building on February 28, 2023 in Washington, DC. Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images hide caption

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Tuesday

A team of scientists and science students from Chulalongkorn University collect a blood sample from a bat on September 12, 2020 in Ratchaburi, Thailand. Lauren DeCicca/Getty Images hide caption

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Monday

A sign welcoming people to East Palestine, Ohio reads The Place to be Come Back Soon, on February 17, 2023 in East Palestine, Ohio. Michael Swensen/Getty Images hide caption

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Friday

Sen. Joe Manchin, Democrat of West Virginia, pictured in the U.S. Capitol Building on February 14, 2023. Devin Speak/NPR hide caption

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Thursday

Florida Governor-elect Ron DeSantis (R) sits next to U.S. President Donald Trump during a meeting with Governors elects in the Cabinet Room at the White House on December 13, 2018 in Washington, DC. Mark Wilson/Getty Images hide caption

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Wednesday

US President Donald Trump holds up a Bible outside of St John's Episcopal church across Lafayette Park in Washington, DC on June 1, 2020. BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Friday

Sailors assigned to Explosive Ordnance Disposal Group 2 recover a high-altitude surveillance balloon on February 5, 2023 off the coast of Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. Handout/Getty Images hide caption

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Tuesday

Friday

A COVID-19 testing site stands on a sidewalk in Midtown Manhattan on December 09, 2022 in New York City. Spencer Platt/Getty Images hide caption

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Thursday

U.S. U.S. Rep. James Comer (R-KY), Chairman of the House Oversight and Reform Committee, Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) participate in a meeting of the House Oversight and Reform Committee in the Rayburn House Office Building on January 31, 2023 in Washington, DC. Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images hide caption

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Wednesday

U.S. President Donald Trump greets U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley during an event celebrating Women's History Month, in the East Room at the White House March 29, 2017 in Washington, DC. Mark Wilson/Getty Images hide caption

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