Eric McDaniel
Eric McDaniel edits the NPR Politics Podcast. He joined the program ahead of its 2019 relaunch as a daily podcast.
Since coming to NPR in 2016, McDaniel has worked across NPR's newsmagazine shows as an editor and producer. Most recently, he was planning editor at Up First and helped launch a Saturday version of the program.
A native of Richmond, Virginia, he earned undergraduate and graduate degrees in English Literature from the University of Virginia.
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President Trump is causing headaches for Senate Republicans once again -- this time over his pick for director of national intelligence.
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Senators wanted to fast-track President Trump's pick for Director of National Intelligence. But Trump now says he wants to delay until they pass voting legislation that already failed in the Senate. -
The Senate Intelligence Committee is set to consider the nomination of Jay Clayton to be the next director of national security.
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President Trump has nominated Jay Clayton, the former chairman of the SEC, to serve as director of national intelligence. It follows a pick for acting director that caused an uproar on Capitol Hill.
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The announcement follows Trump's decision to nominate an ally and political attack dog to serve as acting director. The pick sparked a backlash that doomed efforts to renew a key intelligence tool. -
Pulte's appointment has scrambled talks to renew a spy tool known as FISA 702, as lawmakers in both parties have been vocal about his lack of national security experience and role as a Trump loyalist. -
The Senate passed a major immigration enforcement funding bill. Now, the measure goes to the House. Lawmakers must also decide the future of a surveillance program set to expire next week.
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Congress returns to Washington with a long to-do list, including disentangling immigration enforcement funding from the President's weaponization fund.
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Congress returns to town with the same problems they left before Memorial Day: immigration funding, opposition to a new Justice Department fund, and questions about Iran war oversight.
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The Primary used to be just the first step in the electoral process — now the primary has transformed, in many places into the moment when the election is all but decided. It's shaping Congress.
