Danielle Kurtzleben
Danielle Kurtzleben is a political correspondent assigned to NPR's Washington Desk. She appears on NPR shows, writes for the web, and is a regular on The NPR Politics Podcast. She is covering the 2020 presidential election, with particular focuses on on economic policy and gender politics.
Before joining NPR in 2015, Kurtzleben spent a year as a correspondent for Vox.com. As part of the site's original reporting team, she covered economics and business news.
Prior to Vox.com, Kurtzleben was with U.S. News & World Report for nearly four years, where she covered the economy, campaign finance and demographic issues. As associate editor, she launched Data Mine, a data visualization blog on usnews.com.
A native of Titonka, Iowa, Kurtzleben has a bachelor's degree in English from Carleton College. She also holds a master's degree in global communication from George Washington University's Elliott School of International Affairs.
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The Trump administration has employed a number of new paths for its tariff regime after the Supreme Court invalidated earlier tariffs.
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President Trump slapped replacement tariffs on 59 countries and the European Union to replace expiring ones.
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The administration timed a new set of tariffs on all of its largest trading partners to take effect at the same time the old, global tariff ended. -
President Trump takes aim at Canada with his latest round of tariffs hitting a variety of goods at 50%.
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President Trump gave a primetime address Thursday night in which he spoke about the integrity of U.S. elections — a topic he has spread disinformation about for much of his political career.
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President Trump is scheduled to deliver a primetime address from the White House focused on election security, though details about the speech are slim.
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President Trump's arrival in Ankara kicks off another potentially tense meeting for NATO. -
President Trump's proposal to have Iran use their unfrozen funds to buy American agriculture products says a lot about where he's worried about lost political support.
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More than three months after the U.S. and Israel launched their war on Iran, the costs and aftereffects are felt around the world. -
President Trump says a deal had been reached to prolong a ceasefire with Iran and open the Strait of Hormuz, but many challenges remain.
