Alana Wise
Alana Wise is a politics reporter on the Washington desk at NPR.
Before joining NPR, Alana covered beats including American gun culture, the aviation business and the 2016 U.S. presidential election. Through her reporting, Alana has covered such events as large protests, mass shootings, boardroom uprisings and international trade fights.
Alana is a graduate of Howard University in Washington, D.C., and an Atlanta native.
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"It was a murder in the full light of day, and it ripped the blinders off for the whole world to see [systemic racism]," the president said after the guilty verdict against Derek Chauvin. -
The president said he will move to withdraw American forces from Afghanistan after nearly 20 years of an active U.S. military presence in the country. -
President Biden is doubling his original COVID-19 vaccination goal to 200 million shots in arms by his 100th day in office. -
The president said he would announce his next vaccination goal next week. "We need millions more to get vaccinated," Biden said. -
The cash infusion will go to support the COVAX program, co-run by the World Health Organization, to distribute vaccines to low- and middle-income countries. -
The president spoke to CNN and a small group of socially distanced Americans about his coronavirus response. -
The former president is being tried on one article of impeachment saying he incited the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol. Videos shown during the proceedings may contain profanity and violence. -
President Biden laid out his approach to the pandemic before he took office. On Thursday, he began implementing it, calling the effort a "wartime undertaking." -
Joe Biden and Kamala Harris were sworn in as president and vice president of the United States on Wednesday. Follow live special coverage throughout the day. -
The president-elect on Thursday evening outlined his plan for coronavirus relief 鈥� one of the core issues he hopes to tackle in his first days of office.
