Podcast Episodes

How Trump is using tariffs to help a political ally

Trump unveiled a new set of tariffs across the globe as his deadline arrived. Manuela Andreoni from Reuters explains why he hopes higher duties on Brazil and sanctions against a judge will derail the…

Published on 4 months, 3 weeks ago

Why we don’t actually know much about Trump’s trade deals

As President Trump touts trade deals ahead his Friday tariff deadline, Politico’s Daniel Desrochers reports that a lot of the details remain murky.

Washington Post reporter Liz Goodwin explains how an…

Published on 4 months, 3 weeks ago

Tsunami waves reach U.S. after Russian earthquake. What to know.

One of the strongest earthquakes ever recorded struck off Russia’s east coast, setting off tsunami warnings in the U.S., Japan, and elsewhere. Reuters has the latest.

For years, the EPA has regulated…

Published on 4 months, 3 weeks ago

Inside the IRS’s plans to share highly confidential taxpayer data with ICE

According to a ProPublica report, the IRS is building a system that would share taxpayer data with ICE. Investigative reporter William Turton explains his findings.

This week we’ll get a slew of new …

Published on 4 months, 4 weeks ago

What millions of student-loan borrowers need to know this week

Photos of emaciated, starving Palestinians have drawn international condemnation of Israel’s blockade of aid to Gaza. NBC reports. Over the weekend, Israel said it would begin allowing more supplies …

Published on 4 months, 4 weeks ago

What the numbers reveal about Trump’s mass-deportation plan

The Guardian looks at how Trump’s goal to deport 1 million people in his first year in office stands, six months into his term. The paper’s Will Craft has the details.

There has been n a spike in exe…

Published on 5 months ago

Three new developments in the Epstein saga to know about

Trump was briefed in May that his name was among many cited in the files relating to the Jeffrey Epstein case, according to reports from the Wall Street Journal. Meanwhile, a House committee subpoena…

Published on 5 months ago

The unspoken threat in Trump’s Wall Street Journal lawsuit

Trump sued the Wall Street Journal over its report that he wrote a birthday note to Jeffrey Epstein. It’s an unprecedented move for a sitting president, and  CNN chief media analyst Brian Stelter exp…

Published on 5 months ago

They wrote Project 2025. Now they’re dictating some U.S. policy.

Six months in, how have the Trump administration’s actions aligned with Project 2025’s plan? The Atlantic’s David Graham joins the show to assess.

Lawyers representing Harvard University and the Trum…

Published on 5 months ago

Six months in, how do Americans grade Trump?

Six months into Trump’s second term in office, a CNN poll finds that a majority of Americans disapprove of the administration’s deportation program. Philip Bump with the Washington Post examines the …

Published on 5 months ago