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

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Six months in, how do Americans grade Trump?
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. …

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

9 months, 3 weeks ago

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

9 months, 3 weeks ago

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Why Congress might claw back money it already approved
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,…

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

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

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

9 months, 4 weeks ago

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Why the Texas floods were so deadly
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.

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

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