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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Once upon a time, Republicans spoke of free trade in glowing terms. With his constant threats of tariffs and a history of implementing them, President-elect Donald Trump has flipped that on its head. -
Going into election day, pollsters predicted a possible record-setting gender gap. That didn't quite happen, but polls showed young men swung hard toward Trump, boosted by new voters and Latino men.
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President-elect Trump has tapped Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk to lead what he's calling the "Department of Government Efficiency," or DOGE. Still, only Congress can create a new federal agency.
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Over the months of campaign speeches, Donald Trump has made a lot of promises, especially about what he'll do on "Day One." So what might it look like?
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Across the country, voters are casting ballots that will determine which party controls Congress, who the governor will be in 11 states and plenty of ballot initiatives.
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Vice President Harris ended her day with a concert on the "Rocky Steps" in Philadelphia. Former President Trump wrapped up in Grand Rapids, Mich., — where he also closed out his 2016 and 2020 races. -
There's a divide between men and women voters driven by a host of factors like the presidential candidates' genders, abortion and campaign strategy.
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Just six days out from the final day of voting, both Harris and Trump are hitting the campaign trail hard. Trump is deflecting controversy that arose from his Sunday rally at Madison Square Garden.
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Former President Donald Trump's New York City rally Sunday included racist, sexist and inflammatory remarks from various speakers:
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Donald Trump put on a splashy rally at New York's hallmark Madison Square Garden, but repeated insults and at times racist and misogynistic remarks from speakers threatened to grab the most attention.
