Congress

Defeated Democratic congressional candidate Heather Mizeur on lessons learned; Banner reporter Pamela Wood on MD governor-elect Wes Moore, and Post national correspondent Theo Meyer on shifting power in DC .

The editor and a reporter for a new Business Insider series discuss the potential risks of America's aging leadership; then, the director of the Hopkins Human Aging Project weighs in with the latest research.

NPR media correspondent David Folkenflick and Politico's White House Bureau Chief Jonathan Lemire discuss the challenges of reporting on the growing right-wing extremism and disinformation in American politics.

In another of our series of Conversations with the Candidates: 2022, the three-term GOP Maryland delegate explains his bid to represent the state's sprawling 6th district in the US Congress, and his vision for the region, the state and the country.

Washington Post national political correspondent Theo Meyer discusses some of the significant developments in the nation's shifting political landscape, as the January 6th Committee prepares to wrap its investigation, and crucial mid-term elections loom.

Baltimore Sun reporter Jean Marbella helps us size up Maryland's key congressional contests in November's general election.

NPR's Domenico Montanaro on how the leaked SCOTUS ruling striking down abortion rights alters the political landscape in a critical election year.

NPR's White House correspondent helps us unpack Joe Biden's momentous address last night to Congress, the American people, and the world.

We’ll go On the Record with the Washington Post reporter who traced how many slaveholders served in Congress over decades, and with a Johns Hopkins museum curator and a scholar who tell why it’s important to study and honor those who were enslaved at the Homewood estate.

We’ll go On the Record with NPR’s political correspondent Mara Liasson. She recounts the headwinds against Democrats in this year’s elections, and says even if President Biden slims down his social-spending proposals, he can’t count on any Republican votes for them.