Politics

Secret Service Struggles To Pay Agents Who Hit Overtime Caps Protecting Trump

4:42pm August 21, 2017

The Secret Service is in the middle of a pay crunch. NPR's Robert Siegel talks to Kevin Johnson, the reporter who broke the story for USA Today, about how thousands of agents have already reached federal salary caps.

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LGBT Community Continues To Feel Targeted In Age Of Trump

4:42pm August 21, 2017

by Stina Sieg

A group of LGBT people in Arizona discuss the recent stances the Trump administration has taken related to sexual orientation and gender identity as part of our Kitchen Table Conversation series.

Trump Confronts Major Choice On How To Proceed In Afghanistan

4:42pm August 21, 2017

by Tom Bowman

President Trump addresses the nation Monday night on "the way forward" in Afghanistan. NPR looks at the range of options available to the president and the situation on the ground.

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Past Presidents Used Prime Time Addresses To Outline Afghanistan Strategy

4:42pm August 21, 2017

As President Trump prepares to deliver an address Monday night on his strategy for the war in Afghanistan, NPR looks back on previous presidential addresses to the nation regarding this war.

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Retired Army Gen. David Petraeus Describes Trump's Options In Afghanistan

4:42pm August 21, 2017

President Trump will give a speech Monday night on Afghanistan. NPR's Robert Siegel talks to David Petraeus, a retired U.S. Army general and former commander of troops in Afghanistan, about the state of the war in Afghanistan.

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The Secret Service has added about 800 agents and officers in the past year in an effort to cut overtime costs.

Politics & Government

At A Breaking Point: Stretched Secret Service Says It Needs Help To Protect Trumps

3:16pm August 21, 2017

by Scott Horsley

The agency charged with protecting the president is seeking help from Congress to cover excess overtime costs. Officers put in a lot of extra hours, keeping up with Trump and his well-traveled family.

President Trump and first lady Melania Trump walk across the tarmac before boarding Air Force One at Morristown Municipal Airport Sunday to return to Washington.

Trump Returns To Washington, Seeking New Afghanistan Policy And Overall Reset

11:48am August 21, 2017

by Scott Horsley

After a none-too-restful "working vacation," President Trump is back in the White House today. He's planning a prime-time address to the country on his latest strategy for the war in Afghanistan.

Morning News Brief: Trump's Afghan Strategy, Total Solar Eclipse

7:49am August 21, 2017

In a televised address Monday night, President Trump will lay out his strategy for Afghanistan. And for the first time in nearly a century, the moon will completely block the sun in parts of the U.S.

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White House Resets: Bannon Out, Path Forward In Afghanistan

7:49am August 21, 2017

The White House starts the week without chief strategist Steve Bannon, who left on Friday. President Trump will speak to the nation Monday night about the path forward in Afghanistan.

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A group of protesters, made up mostly of women, rally against then-Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump outside of Trump Tower in New York City on Nov. 3, 2016.

Women Are A Huge Reason Why Trump's Poll Numbers Are So Bad

5:00am August 21, 2017

by Danielle Kurtzleben

Democratic and independent men are far less supportive of the idea of a Trump impeachment than Democratic and independent women. But Republicans are united across gender.