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DOJ drops Fed chair probe to cap a busy week in politics
It was another busy week in politics. We discuss the Justice Department’s decision to drop its investigation into Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell…
5 hours ago
Civil rights group says federal charges are political
The Justice Department has charged the Southern Poverty Law Center, a prominent civil rights organization, with several financial crimes. We discuss …
1 day, 5 hours ago
Virginia beats back Trump's redistricting gamble
Virginia voters narrowly approved a ballot measure to redraw congressional district lines, improving Democrats’ odds at winning back the House in Nov…
2 days, 5 hours ago
Trump backs psychedelic drug treatments
President Trump signed an executive order to fast-track medical research into psychedelic drugs, following a push by podcaster and influencer Joe Rog…
3 days, 5 hours ago
Does the president own presidential records?
The Justice Department has declared that the Presidential Records Act is unconstitutional and therefore, President Trump is allowed to destroy any re…
4 days, 4 hours ago
Why Democrats have little leverage to reform ICE
Most of the Department of Homeland Security has been without funding for two months, but Immigration and Customs Enforcement got billions of dollars …
1 week ago
These Georgia swing voters do not like the Iran war
NPR reporters observed focus groups of 13 Georgia voters who backed President Joe Biden in 2020 and President Donald Trump in 2024. We discuss what t…
1 week, 1 day ago
Where Swalwell’s exit leaves the California governor’s race
A crowded governor’s race in California got a little less crowded when Democrat Eric Swalwell ended his campaign — and resigned his seat in Congress …
1 week, 2 days ago
The president versus the pope
President Trump launched new attacks at Pope Leo XIV over the weekend, calling the religious leader “Weak on Crime, Weak on Nuclear Weapons,” in a so…
1 week, 3 days ago
How does a blockade in the Strait of Hormuz help Trump?
Negotiations with Iran over the weekend ended without a deal. In response, President Trump announced that the U.S. military would effectively close t…
1 week, 4 days ago