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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One of the first sitting senators to endorse Jimmy Carter's run for office in 1976 was a young upstart from Delaware named Joe Biden. We explore the relationship between the two men over the years.
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President Biden gave a speech about abortion rights Tuesday, billed as a political event ahead of the upcoming midterm elections.
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NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Maria Maldonado-Morales, clinical social worker at Texas Children's Hospital, about the way Latinos have felt after the shooting in Uvalde.
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NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Alan Pattullo, specialist sports writer at The Scotsman, about the football match between Scotland and Ukraine.
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Democratic Sen. Chris Murphy and Republican Sen. Bill Cassidy first teamed up six years ago on mental health legislation. Now, we check in on this unlikely duo's work to update it.
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Finland and Sweden have long kept a neutral position between the West and Russia. But that changed after Moscow invaded Ukraine. Today, the leaders of the two Nordic nations were at the White House.
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NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Kristy Ironside, a Russia historian at McGill University, about the significance of McDonald's leaving Russia.
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The first recorded sighting of a river otter in the Detroit River in more than 100 years is an indicator that the environment is improving.
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NPR's Adrian Florido talks with journalist Sulochana Ramiah about Sri Lanka's protests, which have turned violent. The country is in crisis, with power blackouts and food shortages.