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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Former President Donald Trump credited the "grace of God" for his survival of the assassination attempt in Butler, Pennsylvania on July 13 in his return to the site for a rally on Saturday. -
The rally will mark Trump's first time back in the Pennsylvania city since the failed assassination attempt against him in July. The guest list will include a shooting survivor, as well as Elon Musk. -
In a pair of weekend events in key swing states, Trump claimed Harris is "mentally disabled" and went on to suggest police violence could curb crime. -
Donald Trump has spent the last several months speaking with popular male influencers and podcasters like Logan Paul and Theo Von. The appearances are part of a strategy to turn out young men. -
Two political conventions, two contrasting displays of masculinity: Republicans with defiant, dominating approaches to manhood and Democrats highlighting roles as fathers and husbands.
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While Democrats hold their convention in Chicago, former President Donald Trump is traveling across the country hoping to get his message across to voters as to why they should choose him in November.
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Former President Donald Trump is traveling across the country this week to highlight what he sees as the differences between his campaign and the Harris-Walz ticket. He's in Michigan on Tuesday.
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The Trump campaign is hoping to draw some attention to the GOP candidate, and is speaking out against the Harris-Walz campaign in Pennsylvania.
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It was typical Trump fare in an X conversation between the former president and Tesla CEO Elon Musk Monday night. Starting late due to technical issues, the friendly political chat lasted two hours. -
Trump has famously been almost entirely off X since early 2021. But he has agreed to do an interview with X CEO Elon Musk.
