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Back to SearchSep. 14, 2022: Did Lindsey Graham just score an own goal on abortion?
Episode 1443
After the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in June, most Republicans stuck to a simple message: The decision merely sent the issue back to the st…
3 years, 7 months ago
Sep. 13, 2022: What the VP told activists about abortion
Episode 1442
Back in July, a coalition of civil rights and reproductive rights groups pushed President Joe Biden for “continued leadership” in the wake of the Su…
3 years, 7 months ago
Sep. 12, 2022: Washington revs up for a stacked week
Episode 1441
We’re keeping our eyes on three big things this week when senators return this afternoon:
1. The brewing Manchin-Sanders faceoff.
2. The status of the …
3 years, 7 months ago
Sep. 9, 2022: DOJ offers Judge Cannon a new deal
Episode 1440
As expected, the Justice Department said on Thursday that it will likely move forward with an appeal of Judge Aileen Cannon's recent decision largely…
3 years, 7 months ago
Sep. 8, 2022: Why same-sex marriage is on the cusp of passing the Senate
Episode 1439
It would have been unthinkable just a few months ago, let alone a decade ago, but senators of both parties are increasingly optimistic they can overc…
3 years, 7 months ago
Sep. 7, 2022: Legal world fires at Judge Cannon
Episode 1438
Legal pundits have had another day to digest Monday’s confounding opinion from Judge Aileen Cannon.
Recall that the 41-year-old Trump appointee (who w…
3 years, 7 months ago
September 6: Welcome to the general election
Episode 1437
Labor Day has long served as the unofficial kickoff of election season: More voters start to pay attention, political TV ads become inescapable, volu…
3 years, 7 months ago
September 2: Biden pulls an eager Trump onto center stage for 2022
Episode 1436
There was a lot going on in President Joe Biden's 24-minute primetime speech at Philadelphia’s Independence Hall Thursday night. If you felt some whi…
3 years, 7 months ago
September 1: Alaska rejects Palin, Mississippi confronts a crisis
Episode 1435
It's a shocker in Alaska as Democrat Mary Peltola won Alaska’s special election on Wednesday, making her “the first Alaska Native in Congress,” the A…
3 years, 7 months ago
August 31: Trump likely obstructed classified records probe, DOJ says
Episode 1434
Just minutes before a midnight deadline, the Justice Department filed a stunning response to former President Donald Trump’s request for an independe…
3 years, 7 months ago