Jessica Taylor
Jessica Taylor is a political reporter with NPR based in Washington, DC, covering elections and breaking news out of the White House and Congress. Her reporting can be heard and seen on a variety of NPR platforms, from on air to online. For more than a decade, she has reported on and analyzed House and Senate elections and is a contributing author to the 2020 edition of The Almanac of American Politics and is a senior contributor to The Cook Political Report.
Before joining NPR in May 2015, Taylor was the campaign editor for The Hill newspaper. Taylor has also reported for the NBC News Political Unit, Inside Elections, National Journal, The Hotline and Politico. Taylor has appeared on MSNBC, Fox News, C-SPAN, CNN, and she is a regular on the weekly roundup on NPR's 1A with Joshua Johnson. On Election Night 2012, Taylor served as an off-air analyst for CBS News in New York.
A native of Elizabethton, Tennessee, she graduated magna cum laude in 2007 with a B.A. in political science from Furman University.
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The Iowa Democratic Party said Tuesday that "the underlying data" collected at caucus sites "was sound" despite the smartphone app malfunction. The party expects to report results later Tuesday. -
Tom Steyer and Mike Bloomberg have used their own fortunes to outspend other candidates in the Democratic primary race. But so far, most voters aren't buying what they are selling.
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Former President Andrew Johnson's home in Greeneville, Tenn., has seen a recent surge in visitors, similar to a spike observed after former President Bill Clinton was impeached in the late 1990s. -
The Feb. 4 speech could be awkward for the president if the Senate is still considering articles of impeachment in a trial at the same time. It's also one day after the Iowa caucuses. -
Lawmakers took to the House floor in roughly six hours of debate Wednesday before passing two articles of impeachment against the president. -
The committee convened to mark up the legislation that the House would use to impeach President Trump, possibly by Christmas. -
With Kentucky's gubernatorial inauguration on Tuesday, Democrats are nearing parity with the GOP after a historic low point in 2016. That could have a big impact on redistricting and other key issues. -
When Kentucky's new governor, Andy Beshear, is sworn-in to office on Tuesday, he will be the 24th Democratic governor in the country, a long way from the 16 in office just three years ago.
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The embattled California congressman was only narrowly reelected in 2018 despite the heavy GOP tilt of his San Diego district. Former Rep. Darrell Issa was already primarying against Hunter for 2020. -
The Belgian Malinois helped U.S. special forces track Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi down a tunnel during the successful raid in Syria last month.
