Election coverage from WYPR and NPR
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Follow along as results come in from the AP for the 2024 Election, including the presidential race, and for statewide races for U.S. House, U.S. Senate and ballot initiatives.
WYPR Coverage of 2024 Elections
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The new book draws heavily from the campaigns of Trump, Biden and Harris, and delves into the inner workings of the Democratic and Republican presidential campaigns.
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He promised a city council dedicated to public safety, justice, and improved city services.
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“In many ways, I think today we mark the closure of that chapter of uncertainty that has plagued our city — and close it for good,” said Mayor Brandon Scott.
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Brandon Scott’s administration has seen high turnover in top offices. But the city has also seen reductions in homicides and vacant housing, issues that have plagued Baltimore for decades.
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Most impoverished communities voted to approve the David Smith-backed measure to shrink the Baltimore City Council from 14 to eight, precinct-level data shows.
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The consulting firm Accenture will research Trump’s proposed agenda and how it will affect the state’s priorities and programs.
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What economic values do voters take to the polls? And why did low- and middle-income voters flock to President-elect Trump?
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We ask two Maryland Republican leaders about where they think things are headed and should be headed after the election.
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Tom Hall speaks with Johns Hopkins psychiatrist Dr. George Everly about ways people can cope with and move forward after the 2024 election year.
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In the wake of this week's election, some Maryland residents received racist text messages from an anonymous sender. Attorney General Anthony Brown says he is is looking for answers.
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“Let me be clear, this fight was about more than just the reduction of the city council or any single policy issue that was about keeping our local democracy intact.”
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As Gov. Wes Moore, a state and national Democratic Party leader, guides Maryland through a Trump presidency, he and fellow lawmakers must consider what’s at stake and what they can protect.
National News
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NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with former Rep. Jackie Speier, who represented a California district as a Democrat, about sexual misconduct on Capitol Hill following the #MeToo movement.
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President Trump wants to do away with the filibuster in order to pass the Save America Act. But many Senate Republicans are reluctant, wary of what it would mean if they were to lose their majority.
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The Trump administration has said that enforcement of the FACE Act by the Biden DOJ represents "the prototypical example" of the weaponization of the law against conservatives.
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TACO is the Wall Street acronym for “Trump Always Chickens Out.” It’s an allegation that the president shrinks from his most extreme threats and an explanation for why the markets have mostly shrugged off his rhetoric.
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A controversial social media post appeared to show Trump as a Christ-like figure, dressed in robes and seemingly performing a healing.
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The 1979 Iran hostage crisis reverberates in how the U.S. deals with the country today.
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With Virginia on board, the National Popular Vote Compact is now enacted in states worth 222 electoral votes. Here's what that means.
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NPR's A Martinez asks Democratic Sen. Chris Van Hollen of Maryland, who serves on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, about the U.S. blockade of Iranian ports.
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House Ethics Committee member Rep. Suhas Subramanyam and law professor Richard Painter break down why controversy might have forced Representatives Eric Swalwell and Tony Gonzales to resign.
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Behind the acid blood and jump scares of the Alien franchise is an even more insidious horror: a single employer with unchecked power. How Weyland-Yutani helps explain monopsony — and the rise of inequality on Earth.