Podcast Episodes

Why some of Trump’s big Supreme Court wins remain a mystery

The House approved Trump’s plans to claw back $8 billion in approved funding for foreign aid. Experts told NPR the administration has provided little to no evidence to justify the cited claims of was…

Published on 5 months, 1 week ago

From Elmo to emergency alerts: The impact of public media cuts

The Senate just passed a bill that would cut more than $1.1 billion in previously allocated federal funds for public media. The Wall Street Journal reports. The president of PBS tells the Washington …

Published on 5 months, 1 week ago

Why Congress might claw back money it already approved

The Senate voted to advance legislation that would claw back over $9 billion dollars for foreign aid and public media that both chambers of Congress, and President Trump himself had previously approv…

Published on 5 months, 1 week ago

Bugs, heat, broken toilets: life inside “Alligator Alcatraz”

New reporting from the Miami Herald reveals that a significant portion of detainees held at an immigration detention facility in the Florida Everglades do not have criminal charges. Reporter Ana Ceba…

Published on 5 months, 1 week ago

One year on, what we know about the Trump assassination attempt

It’s one year since the assassination attempt against Trump, and a damning Senate committee report just described the event as a “preventable tragedy.” Carol Leonnig at the Washington Post explains w…

Published on 5 months, 1 week ago

ICE agents are hiding their faces during raids. Is that legal?

Trump is expected to visit Texas today, amid longer-term questions over the future of FEMA. Zack Colman from Politico takes us through them.

The president has recently expressed frustration with Russ…

Published on 5 months, 2 weeks ago

Why the Texas floods were so deadly

Why were the Texas floods so deadly, and could more have been done to warn victims? Emily Foxhall at the Texas Tribune explores the issue.

Today, a federal judge will hear new legal arguments against…

Published on 5 months, 2 weeks ago

Trump promised 90 tariff deals in 90 days. We’ve got two. What happened?

Trump extended his deadline for countries to make tariff deals, and sent a host of letters threatening new measures. Brian Schwartz at the Wall Street Journal brings us up to speed.

Mary Ilyushina wi…

Published on 5 months, 2 weeks ago

After Texas’s abortion ban, miscarriages became more life-threatening

The death toll from the Texas floods climbed above 100, as stories of tragedy and heroics continue to emerge. Keri Heath at the Austin American-Statesman gives us the latest from the scene.

The Trump…

Published on 5 months, 2 weeks ago

Tragedy in Texas: how flash flooding devastated a county

Catastrophic flooding in Texas killed at least 80 people, and more rainfall is expected. The Texas Tribune has the latest.

Congressional Republicans passed a sprawling bill that cuts Medicaid, clean-…

Published on 5 months, 2 weeks ago