Roberta Rampton
Roberta Rampton is NPR's White House editor. She joined the Washington Desk in October 2019 after spending more than six years as a White House correspondent for Reuters. Rampton traveled around America and to more than 20 countries covering President Trump, President Obama and their vice presidents, reporting on a broad range of political, economic and foreign policy topics. Earlier in her career, Rampton covered energy and agriculture policy.
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The president has made it clear that he will spend his remaining days in the White House in the same way he spent much of his term in office: fighting. -
President Trump slumped in polls and fundraising — and lost 10 days when he caught the coronavirus. He threw everything into reaching for a come-from-behind win, but Democrat Joe Biden beat him. -
President Trump is racing across swing states in the homestretch of the election, making his closing arguments as he finds himself down in the polls. -
The vice president says President Trump "sees America for what it is" and has the track record to help the country recover from the pandemic and grapple with protests against racism.
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The first lady, not often one for the spotlight, addressed the Republican National Convention on Tuesday from the White House Rose Garden. Watch her full remarks.
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Kodak has struggled in the age of digital photography. Its stock soared after the Trump administration announced plans to give the company a $765 million loan to create a pharmaceutical line. -
The president on Monday rejects calls to disband or defund police departments. But he said, "We're going to talk about ideas how we can do it better." -
The president visited a medical supply distributor in Pennsylvania on Thursday and said he will use an international development finance loan agency to boost the U.S. stockpile of medical supplies. -
The authorization, announced by President Trump, comes days after preliminary results from a study of the drug showed it can help patients recover faster. -
Kayleigh McEnany, Trump's fourth press secretary, took her first turn behind the lectern in the cramped confines of the James S. Brady briefing room Friday.
