What comes after the NRA

Just over seven years ago, we launched this daily news podcast from The Washington Post.Our goal was to bring you inside our newsroom, sharing our reporting with listeners to help make sense of what was happening in the world. We’ve published hundreds of episodes. We’ve covered e ...  Show more

In his second term, President Donald Trump has gone on a mission to reinvent the Kennedy Center, the beloved performing arts venue in Washington, D.C.Trump promised to overhaul the center’s programming. He installed loyalists on the board who made him chairman. In December, Trump ...  Show more

One of the same far-right groups behind this spring's anti-quarantine protests also plays a big role in a burgeoning "No Compromise" gun rights movement. Its members see the NRA as too amenable to gun control measures. Two reporters begin their journey to understand the Dorr Brot ...  Show more

 Joe Spoke with Bloomberg's Joe Carroll live from the NRA convention in Houston, Bloomberg Congress reporter Steven Dennis discussed negotiations for a gun control package in Congress, and panelists Adam Goodman, Republican media strategist, and Edward R. Murrow senior fellow at ...  Show more

A show of strength and unity kicks off the 2019 Annual Convention, but behind the scenes, the NRA is nearing a civil war. 

How did the National Rifle Association, America’s most influential gun-rights group, amass its power?

A New York Times investigation has revealed the secret history of how a fusty club of sportsmen became a lobbying juggernaut that would compel elected officials’ allegia ...