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Barbara Sprunt

Producer, Washington Desk

Barbara Sprunt is a producer on NPR's Washington desk, where she reports and produces breaking news and feature political content. She formerly produced the NPR Politics Podcast and got her start in radio at as an intern on NPR's Weekend All Things Considered and Tell Me More with Michel Martin. She is an alumnus of the Paul Miller Reporting Fellowship at the National Press Foundation. She is a graduate of American University in Washington, D.C., and a Pennsylvania native.

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Friday

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton faces an impeachment trial next week

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Thursday

Thursday

President Biden waves to onlookers as he rides his bike through Gordons Pond State Park in Rehoboth Beach, Del., on Tuesday. Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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What a beach vacation looks like for President Biden

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Wednesday

What a Delaware beach vacation looks like for President Biden

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Friday

Thursday

President Biden speaks about the heat wave on July 27, 2023. He announced some new measures to address extreme heat, including more inspections to protect workers. Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Sunday

Surrounded by members of Congress, civil rights leaders and members of the Till family, President Biden signed a proclamation establishing the Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley National Monument. Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Wednesday

Israeli president's speech was applauded by some in Congress, boycotted by others

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Israeli President Isaac Herzog arrives to speak to a joint meeting of Congress on Wednesday morning at the Capitol in Washington, as Vice President Kamala Harris and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy of Calif., look on. Jacquelyn Martin/AP hide caption

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Israeli president focuses on 'friendship' with U.S. as progressives boycott speech

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Tuesday

Donald Trump speaks to supporters from The Ellipse near the White House on January 6, 2021, in Washington, DC. BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Trump Says He's Likely To Face Criminal Charges Over Jan. 6

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Monday

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The politicization of the National Defense Authorization Act

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The House of Representatives voted on multiple amendments to the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) that pertain to issues related to Ukraine funding, abortion access for members of the military and climate change. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images hide caption

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Tuesday

A noose is seen on makeshift gallows as supporters of Donald Trump rioted at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Monday

Wednesday

The House voted on GOP Rep. Anna Paulina Luna's latest resolution to censure Democratic Rep. Adam Schiff, seen here during a Judiciary hearing on Wednesday. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images hide caption

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Special Counsel John Durham testifies before the House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday. Durham was tasked by former Attorney General William Barr to investigate the origins of the FBI's investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. elections. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images hide caption

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Friday

Justice Department special counsel Jack Smith delivers remarks on a recently unsealed indictment against former President Donald Trump on Friday. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images hide caption

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Thursday

U.S. Supreme Court Justices John Roberts and Brett M. Kavanaugh attend the State of the Union address by President Joe Biden to a joint session of Congress in the U.S. Capitol House Chamber on March 1, 2022 in Washington, DC. Pool/Getty Images hide caption

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Tuesday

Thursday

House approves the debt ceiling measure as the default deadline looms

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Wednesday

Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy talks to reporters as he walks to the House floor for a procedural vote ahead of the final vote for H.R. 3746 - Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023 on May 31. Drew Angerer/Getty Images hide caption

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House Speaker Kevin McCarthy projected confidence Tuesday, saying he has the votes to pass a compromise piece of legislation to raise the debt ceiling. Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images hide caption

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