Brian Naylor
NPR News' Brian Naylor is a correspondent on the Washington Desk. In this role, he covers politics and federal agencies.
With more than 30 years of experience at NPR, Naylor has served as National Desk correspondent, White House correspondent, congressional correspondent, foreign correspondent, and newscaster during All Things Considered. He has filled in as host on many NPR programs, including Morning Edition, Weekend Edition, and Talk of the Nation.
During his NPR career, Naylor has covered many major world events, including political conventions, the Olympics, the White House, Congress, and the mid-Atlantic region. Naylor reported from Tokyo in the aftermath of the 2011 earthquake and tsunami, from New Orleans following the BP oil spill, and from West Virginia after the deadly explosion at the Upper Big Branch coal mine.
While covering the U.S. Congress in the mid-1990s, Naylor's reporting contributed to NPR's 1996 Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Journalism Award for political reporting.
Before coming to NPR in 1982, Naylor worked at NPR Member Station WOSU in Columbus, Ohio, and at a commercial radio station in Maine.
He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Maine.
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The president said he called the relatives of George Floyd to see how they are doing as they, and the nation, await a verdict in the trial against former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin. -
The president's budget blueprint would increase spending on an array of domestic programs aimed at reducing poverty and fighting climate change, while keeping defense spending relatively flat. -
President Biden declared gun violence a public health crisis and a blemish on the nation in remarks at the White House Rose Garden on Thursday. -
The moves come after recent high-profile mass shootings put added pressure on the president to act on gun violence. -
The Federal Emergency Management Agency is assisting in COVID-19 vaccinations and managing the influx of migrants at the southern border — with natural disasters looming at the same time. -
The Federal Emergency Management Agency is helping the Biden administration administer COVID-19 vaccines and process unaccompanied minors at the border. But could the agency become stretched too thin?
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Harris downplays the role of executive action in tightening gun laws after recent mass shootings, saying legislation would make changes permanent. -
Postmaster General Louis DeJoy announced a 10-year reorganization plan in the postal service, including longer delivery times for some mail, reduced hours at some post offices and a postage rate hike.
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Postmaster General Louis DeJoy proposes slowing some first-class deliveries and increasing postage rates. Without the changes, he warns, USPS will "run out of cash and require a government bailout." -
Karen Gibson and her two top assistants make up the first all-female leadership team since the office was established in 1789.
