Sarah McCammon
Sarah McCammon is a National Correspondent covering the Mid-Atlantic and Southeast for NPR. Her work focuses on political, social and cultural divides in America, including abortion and reproductive rights, and the intersections of politics and religion. She's also a frequent guest host for NPR news magazines, podcasts and special coverage.
During the 2016 election cycle, she was NPR's lead political reporter assigned to the Donald Trump campaign. In that capacity, she was a regular on the NPR Politics Podcast and reported on the GOP primary, the rise of the Trump movement, divisions within the Republican Party over the future of the GOP and the role of religion in those debates.
Prior to joining NPR in 2015, McCammon reported for NPR Member stations in Georgia, Iowa and Nebraska, where she often hosted news magazines and talk shows. She's covered debates over oil pipelines in the Southeast and Midwest, agriculture in Nebraska, the rollout of the Affordable Care Act in Iowa and coastal environmental issues in Georgia.
McCammon began her journalism career as a newspaper reporter. She traces her interest in news back to childhood, when she would watch Sunday-morning political shows – recorded on the VCR during church – with her father on Sunday afternoons. In 1998, she spent a semester serving as a U.S. Senate Page.
She's been honored with numerous regional and national journalism awards, including the Atlanta Press Club's "Excellence in Broadcast Radio Reporting" award in 2015. She was part of a team of NPR journalists that received a first-place National Press Club award in 2019 for their coverage of the Pittsburgh synagogue attack.
McCammon is a native of Kansas City, Mo. She spent a semester studying at Oxford University in the U.K. while completing her undergraduate degree at Trinity College near Chicago.
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Vice President Harris remembered the victims of the attack by planting a memorial tree at her residence at the Naval Observatory in Washington, D.C., while former President Trump visited a sacred site for Hasidic Jews in Queens, N.Y.
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In a speech to the Israeli-American Council, Trump described himself as Israel's "protector" and warned Jewish voters against voting for Harris. His remarks have sparked pushback from Jewish groups.
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In Tuesday's presidential debate, former President Donald Trump again falsely claimed that Democrats support abortions "after birth" and "executing" babies.
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While former President Donald Trump tries to moderate his message on abortion, Vice President Harris’ campaign is warning voters that another Trump administration would threaten access to reproductive healthcare.
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Americans are three times more likely to be in interfaith relationships today than in the 1960s. So it's no surprise you'll find two — in opposing parties — at the top of the presidential ticket.
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In several recent statements, former President Donald Trump appears to be backpedaling on his opposition to abortion. Those comments are raising concerns among opponents of abortion rights.
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Former President Donald Trump told crowds in Wisconsin and Michigan that he would make IVF treatment free if he wins a second term. “I was always for IVF," Trump told them.
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After indicating he would vote in favor of abortion rights in Florida, telling NBC News, "I'm going to be voting that we need more than six weeks," Trump clarifies on Fox News: "I'll be voting no."
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Anti-abortion rights activists are raising concerns about recent comments from former President Donald Trump, in which he appears to be trying to soften his position on abortion.
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It might have been all that Democrats hoped for and more, but how might the DNC set up candidates — in both parties — for the last leg before the election?