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Tamara Keith

@tamarakeithnpr.bsky.social
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Senior White House Correspondent, NPR, co-host of the NPR Politics Podcast, Politics Monday on PBS NewsHour. Carries a big fuzzy microphone. Loves concerts, cooking, running and my boys.

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John Moe @johnmoe.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
Here are some of the people involved: @petersagal.bsky.social @hodgman.bsky.social @joshgondelman.bsky.social @mike-eagle.bsky.social @tamarakeithnpr.bsky.social @jessethorn.bsky.social, Paget Brewster, John Ross Bowie, @ophirae.bsky.social @rhettmiller.bsky.social maximumfun.org/episodes/sle...
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Sleeping with the U.S. Constitution featuring SO MANY STARS | Maximum Fun
Pretty big celebrity this week: the document that forms the spine of the United States. The one that members of the military pledge loyalty to instead of the President. The words that serves as a manu...
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Tamara Keith @tamarakeithnpr.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
Hey, @bigcases.bots.law are you following? Civil Case No. 25-4316 (RJL)
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Tamara Keith @tamarakeithnpr.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
NPR Exclusive: new numbers from Kathryn Dunn Tenpas and Brookings on high level-level staff and cabinet turnover a year into Trump’s new term. There’s been less personnel drama than 2017 but turnover is still sky high compared to other recent presidents. www.npr.org/2026/01/20/n...
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Less personnel drama but still sky high turnover one year into Trump's new term
A large share of the departures so far this term were on the National Security Council staff.
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Tamara Keith @tamarakeithnpr.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
ISO real live swing voters, for instance Biden ‘20>Trump ‘24. If this is you please fill out this form or send it to a family member. I’m looking for people willing to tell us about your lives and have thoughtful convos about politics. www.npr.org/2025/12/05/g...
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Tamara Keith @tamarakeithnpr.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
Happy first snow day of the year!
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Tamara Keith @tamarakeithnpr.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
Happy first snow day of the year!
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Tamara Keith @tamarakeithnpr.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
White House tours are back just in time for the holidays, after a three month hiatus for to President Trump’s planned ballroom project. The tour is shorter because the East Wing is gone. www.npr.org/2025/12/01/n...
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Tamara Keith @tamarakeithnpr.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
There’s more new gold stuff on the colonnade at the White House. New since this morning. So many pieces of flair.
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Tamara Keith @tamarakeithnpr.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
Very excited to get my friend John Davis’s new book in the mail. As someone who was also introduced to punk rock through mix tapes in the 90s, this is a fun read.
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Tamara Keith @tamarakeithnpr.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
President Trump is hosting his first event in the newly decked-out Rose Garden tonight. Here’s my story about the renovation and the history of the iconic garden (turned patio). Trump makes over the Rose Garden, Mar-a-Lago style www.npr.org/2025/08/23/n...
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Tamara Keith @tamarakeithnpr.bsky.social · 30/08/2025
Mark Knoller truly was a legend, a White House correspondent I was very lucky to work alongside. Even long after he retired, Mark would pull up his word doc of presidential statistics when I needed help for a story. He is going to be so sorely missed. www.cbsnews.com/news/mark-kn...
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Mark Knoller, longtime CBS News correspondent, dies at 73
Mark Knoller was, to put it simply, a legend. For decades, everyone in the White House press corps knew him as the unofficial presidential historian and statistician.
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Tamara Keith @tamarakeithnpr.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
President Trump plans to build a ballroom at the White House. It’s an idea he’s been pitching for at least 15 years. www.npr.org/2025/07/30/n...
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Why Trump is obsessed with building a White House ballroom
As President Trump bends the federal government to fit his agenda, he is also gilding the White House to suit his aesthetics. And there's one more thing he really wants: a ballroom.
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Tamara Keith @tamarakeithnpr.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
Rose Garden paving project update. It is coming along. The stone is bright white.
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Tamara Keith @tamarakeithnpr.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
A lot of people have been asking how to help public radio/TV weather this current storm. One of my concerns has been making sure the most vulnerable stations that serve small populations in rural areas get the support they need to keep going. This new site offers a roadmap. adoptastation.org
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Adopt A Station - Rescue Public Media
Help preserve independent journalism and community programming across America by adopting a public media station. Congress has voted to rescind public media's funding.
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Tamara Keith @tamarakeithnpr.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
Our very special "Independence Day" tradition lives on in today's episode of the NPR Politics Podcast...also a roundup of a very busy week in political news, including President Trump's big legislative win. www.npr.org/2025/07/03/1...
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Congress delivers Trump a win with tax and spending bill : The NPR Politics Podcast
Congress narrowly passed President Trump's massive tax and spending bill this week. We discuss what the GOP victory could mean for the 2026 midterm elections. And, we look at the message the…
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Tamara Keith @tamarakeithnpr.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
Just getting a little rain here at the White House. (Sarcasm font, it’s a lot) @capitalweather
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Tamara Keith @tamarakeithnpr.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
Just getting a little rain here at the White House. (Sarcasm font, it’s a lot) @capitalweather
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Tamara Keith @tamarakeithnpr.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
The annual @cwsoftballgame is coming up on July 16. This year I am playing for my friend Dr. Patricia Gaffney, who has metastatic breast cancer. The game raises money for the @youngsurvivalcoalition, which helps young women facing breast cancer. Buy tix: www.gofevo.com/event/2025CWSG
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Tamara Keith @tamarakeithnpr.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
The Rose Garden demolition is underway. “We’re going to put a beautiful stone surface down so that people -- for instance, we had something the other day and it actually didn't rain for three or four days and the women were still getting stuck in the grass,” Trump said May 4.
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Tamara Keith @tamarakeithnpr.bsky.social · 10/05/2025
This is really just a test. But, Happy Friday to all.
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Tamara Keith @tamarakeithnpr.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
In honor of Senator Durbin's @durbin.senate.gov retirement announcement, I share the greatest House floor speech of all time via @c-span.bsky.social. www.c-span.org/clip/house-p...
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Dick Durbin floor speech on baseball bats
Dick Durbin floor speech on baseball bats #
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Tamara Keith @tamarakeithnpr.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
OK. This is pretty cool, from today's @washingtonpost.com o. Sorry for the spoiler!
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Tamara Keith @tamarakeithnpr.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
Very cool to win an Ambie! A giant thank you to the Podcast Academy and our dedicated, engaged listeners who come to us for political news.
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Tamara Keith @tamarakeithnpr.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
"Today the U.S. government wants to control the AP’s speech. Tomorrow it could be someone else’s." Julie Pace lays out the stakes in AP's suit to restore access to cover the president. They are fighting for all of us. www.wsj.com/opinion/the-...
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Opinion | The AP’s Freedom of Speech—and Yours
A brazen attempt to punish us for using words Trump dislikes.
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NPR @npr.org · 18/03/2025
15-year-old fire survivor Abel Rivera's home in Altadena burned down in January, and he lost everything — including his medal for finishing the 2024 LA Marathon.
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He lost his first LA Marathon medal in the fires -- this weekend he got his second
15-year-old fire survivor Abel Rivera's home in Altadena burned down in January, and he lost everything — including his medal for finishing the 2024 LA Marathon.
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Emily Feng @emilyzfeng.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
Hi! I’m a longtime foreign correspondent for @npr.org covering China, Taiwan, and the broader Asia Pacific. I’m now based in DC after a decade abroad to cover foreign policy and also the international impacts of the U.S. federal restructuring. DM/Signal me (emilyzfeng.96) with tips + feedback!
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David Folkenflik @davidfolkenflik.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
News: "Bloody Saturday" for Voice of America and other U.S.-funded international networks Mass indefinite suspensions at Voice of America, Radio/TV Marti Federal contracts severed for Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, Radio Free Asia & more My NPR story www.npr.org/2025/03/15/n...
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'Bloody Saturday' at Voice of America and other U.S.-funded networks
Federal officials placed 1,000 employees at Voice of America on indefinite paid leave, while severing contracts with Radio Free Asia and other U.S.-funded networks.
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stephen fowler @stphnfwlr.com · 25/02/2025
The latest update led by @shannonbond.bsky.social features contributions from across @npr.org's newsroom (!) : @andreahsu.bsky.social @pien-huang.bsky.social, Tom Bowman, @gbrumfiel.bsky.social, @tamarakeithnpr.bsky.social, Megan Lim, @hansilowang.bsky.social @jennamclaughlin.bsky.social and more.
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Tamara Keith @tamarakeithnpr.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
I’m also reachable via Signal if you have story tips or documents to share.
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Tamara Keith @tamarakeithnpr.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
Standing by in the briefing room for President Trump’s first press briefing in this room since he left office.
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Tamara Keith @tamarakeithnpr.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
The first press briefing of the second Trump term and the aisles were so packed it took considerable effort just to get to NPR’s seat.
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Tamara Keith @tamarakeithnpr.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
The funeral for Jimmy Carter is wrapping up in the Washington National Cathedral.
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Tamara Keith @tamarakeithnpr.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
Hello from the Washington National Cathedral, where a memorial for President Carter is set to begin at 10 AM. The seats in the cathedral are already filling in. 1/
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Tamara Keith @tamarakeithnpr.bsky.social · 31/12/2024
Every year the @npr.org Politics Podcast does a Can’t Let It Go extravaganza. It’s a lot of fun. Consider it a palate cleanser as we head into the new year. open.spotify.com/episode/1pNT...
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The Annual Can't Let It Go Year End Extravaganza
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Tamara Keith @tamarakeithnpr.bsky.social · 31/12/2024
I contributed to this one along with the rest of our White House team. President Biden has held fewer formal press conferences than any president since Ronald Reagan, and hasn't taken questions at length since before the election. But there's still time...and we have a lot of questions.
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Tamara Keith @tamarakeithnpr.bsky.social · 30/12/2024
If you are in the DC area, find your way over to Politics and Prose on Friday night! I will be interviewing Colleen Long and Rebecca Little about their engaging, personal and timely book: "I'm Sorry for My Loss: An Urgent Examination of Reproductive Care in America." politics-prose.com/little-long
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Rebecca Little & Colleen Long — I'm Sorry for My Loss: An Urgent Examination of Reproductive Care in America - with Tamara Keith — at Conn Ave
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Tamara Keith @tamarakeithnpr.bsky.social · 26/12/2024
Happy convergence of winter holidays!!
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Tamara Keith @tamarakeithnpr.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
Not entirely sure why I was thinking about this story, but in 2007 I did a piece about learning how to make latkes from my mother in law. I sound a whole lot younger! www.npr.org/2007/12/10/1...
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A Recipe for Latke Failure
Latkes are a traditional food of Hanukkah, but reporter Tamara Keith couldn't figure out how to make them, even with the help of her mother-in-law's recipe. After spending some time in the kitchen wit...
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Brad Heath @bradheath.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
The Justice Department has filed a lawsuit against approximately two dogs.
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Tamara Keith @tamarakeithnpr.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
The French government has announced that President-elect Trump will meet with President Macron in Paris tomorrow (Zelenskyy will meet with Macron too). A whole bunch of international delegations will be there for the re-opening of the Notre Dame Cathedral.
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Tamara Keith @tamarakeithnpr.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
Update: dry brined on Monday. Made an herb rub for game day. Spatchcocked, smoked for 8 hours. One moist and delicious bird. #teamdrybrine
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Tamara Keith @tamarakeithnpr.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
When it comes to Thanksgiving turkey, to brine or not to brine? @scottdetrow.bsky.social and I tested our methods with an actual professional and it turns out that, although confident, we are both a right and a little wrong.
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Tamara Keith @tamarakeithnpr.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
The Trump transition team has signed an MOU with the White House that will give them access to agencies. This is a key document that was supposed to have been signed by October 1. www.npr.org/2024/11/26/n... 1/
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Trump team signs a key transition agreement with Biden White House
This is one of two agreements that was supposed to have been signed by Oct. 1. The Trump team has decided to forgo the second one, saying it has its own systems in place.
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Tamara Keith @tamarakeithnpr.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
When it comes to naming cabinet picks, Trump's second transition is moving at a rapid clip. But the flashy announcements mask real concerns, that the transition has so far skipped FBI background checks, ethics agreements and security briefings. www.npr.org/2024/11/22/n...
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Tamara Keith @tamarakeithnpr.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
Oh hey! @capitalweather.bsky.social is here. My social media life is complete.
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