Asma Khalid
Asma Khalid is a White House correspondent for NPR. She also co-hosts The NPR Politics Podcast.
Khalid is a bit of a campaign-trail addict, having reported on the 2014, 2016, 2018 and 2020 elections.
She joined NPR's Washington team in 2016 to focus on the intersection of demographics and politics.
During the 2020 presidential campaign, she covered the crowded Democratic primary field, and then went on to report on Joe Biden's candidacy.
Her reporting often dives into the political, cultural and racial divides in the country.
Before joining NPR's political team, Khalid was a reporter for Boston's NPR station WBUR, where she was nearly immediately flung into one of the most challenging stories of her career — the Boston Marathon bombings. She had joined the network just a few weeks prior, but went on to report on the bombings, the victims, and the reverberations throughout the city. She also covered Boston's failed Olympic bid and the trial of James "Whitey" Bulger.
Later, she led a new business and technology team at the station that reported on the future of work.
In addition to countless counties across America, Khalid's reporting has taken her to Pakistan, the United Kingdom and China.
She got her start in journalism in her home state of Indiana, but she fell in love with radio through an internship at the BBC Newshour in London during graduate school.
She's been a guest on numerous TV programs including ABC's This Week, CNN's Inside Politics and PBS's Washington Week.
Her reporting has been recognized with the Missouri Honor Medal for Distinguished Service in Journalism, as well as awards from the Society of Professional Journalists and the Gracie Award.
A native of Crown Point, Ind., Khalid is a graduate of Indiana University in Bloomington. She has also studied at the University of Cambridge, the London School of Economics, the American University in Beirut and Middlebury College's Arabic school.
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President Biden speaks about the Senate compromise on border policy and Ukraine aid — a plan that appears to be in peril.
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President Biden said it seems like the bill with funding for the border, Ukraine and other national security issues will fail. He vowed to make that failure an election issue.
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The state comes first this year as President Biden looks to energize a key part of his base; Black voters account for about 60% of the Democratic Party's electorate in South Carolina.
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The Arab American community is angry that Biden has not called for a ceasefire in Gaza despite a rising civilian death toll. Some leaders said no to meeting his campaign manager.
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President Biden takes the long view on Middle East peace. But in an election year where Democrats are divided on the issue — and as Gaza casualties mount — his support for Israel could cost him.
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President Biden has firmly allied himself with the Israeli government after the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks. But the progressive wing of his party is increasingly critical about civilian deaths in Gaza.
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GOP presidential hopefuls know that the economy is an important issue — if not the top issue — for voters. That means it's a big talker on the campaign trail and a focus area for winning votes.
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Several top U.S. government officials are traveling to Mexico on Wednesday to discuss border policy and immigration — as another caravan of migrants moves through Mexico toward the U.S.
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U.S. officials travel to Mexico to talk immigration enforcement. U.S. or Israeli confrontations with Iran-backed militias increase. President Biden doesn't seem to benefit from strong economic news.
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Migrants at the southern border are an immediate political challenge for the White House while the economy is an increasingly bright spot.