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How the Trump administration's defense policies are affecting women in service
As the U.S. military faces a recruiting crisis, women have been consistent enlistees into America’s armed forces. So why is Defense Secretary Pete He…
1 year, 1 month ago
How closely is Trump following the Project 2025 blueprint?
The vast majority of Trump’s executive orders have come from The Heritage Foundation’s Project 2025, and the so-called "America First" plan. How the …
1 year, 2 months ago
The Jackpod: The past is a foreign country
On Point news analyst Jack Beatty on what President Trump does and doesn’t know about U.S. history and what that means for the country today.
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1 year, 2 months ago
Feeding America's insatiable appetite for lumber
The Trump administration wants to expand the American lumber industry by logging more trees in national forests and raising tariffs on lumber imports…
1 year, 2 months ago
Trump's push to shrink FEMA
Hurricane Helene devastated western North Carolina last year. President Donald Trump promised North Carolinians he wouldn’t forget them. But recently…
1 year, 2 months ago
The real story of REAL ID
Starting May 7, you will have to have a REAL ID to board a U.S. domestic flight. But so much has changed in the 20 years since Real ID was first prop…
1 year, 2 months ago
Did 'An Abundance of Caution' during COVID do more harm than good for America's students?
Millions of healthy children didn't set foot in a classroom for more than a year during the COVID pandemic. Journalist David Zweig says those school …
1 year, 2 months ago
The real story of birthright citizenship
President Trump believes that if you're born in the United States, you should not automatically be a citizen.
Historian Heather Cox Richardson says T…
1 year, 2 months ago
The Jackpod: All Americans
On Point news analyst Jack Beatty on the centrality of the rule of law in the U.S.
And the findings of a Pew Research poll that 88% of Americans beli…
1 year, 2 months ago
The transformation of Austin, Texas
Austin, Texas was known as a funky, liberal haven in a deep red state. Now, there’s big tech money pouring in and huge growth. How has life changed t…
1 year, 2 months ago