13 Dec 2022

USA correspondent Ron Elving

From Nine To Noon, 9:45 am on 13 December 2022

Ron says there's lots of talk in Washington about the makeup of Senate majority due to one Democrat who is now an independent. 

There are ongoing questions about whether Republicans will be able to organise and run the House, the Parties are at odds about the swap of basketballer, Brittney Griner for a Russian arms dealer, and expectations are rising for criminal charges against Donald Trump on document theft and possibly also seditious conspiracy.

US basketball player Brittney Griner, who was detained at Moscow's Sheremetyevo airport and later charged with illegal possession of cannabis, waits for the verdict inside a defendants' cage during a hearing in Khimki outside Moscow, on 4 August, 2022.

Photo: AFP / Pool

Ron Elving is Senior Editor and Correspondent on the Washington Desk for NPR News.