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Trump's revenge tour ousts Massie in Kentucky. Is Texas next?
May 20, 2026
President Trump wasn't on the ballot in Tuesday’s primaries, but he notched a victory when the challenger he backed defeated Kentucky Republican Rep. Thomas Massie. We discuss Massie's loss and other…
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Trump creates $1.8 billion ‘anti-weaponization fund’
May 19, 2026
President Trump is creating a nearly $1.8 billion fund to compensate people who say they were victims of the “weaponization” of the Justice Department. We discuss who could get payouts and who makes…
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Trump goes after GOP foes in Louisiana, Kentucky primaries
May 18, 2026
Louisiana Republican Sen. Bill Cassidy lost his primary last Saturday to a challenger backed by President Trump, and Kentucky Rep. Thomas Massie faces a similar challenge in his primary on Tuesday…
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What did Trump accomplish in China?
May 15, 2026
President Trump returned from a long awaited trip to China on Friday. We discuss what the United States got out of the meetings with Chinese leaders. Plus, what should we make of Trump’s prolific…
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Inflation is up, job growth is flat, and voters don’t like it
May 14, 2026
In the last week, we’ve gotten seemingly conflicting economic data — inflation is up, consumer spending is up slightly and the job market is holding steady. We discuss what to make of it, how voters…
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Could one Nebraska House race alter the Electoral College?
May 13, 2026
A day after Nebraska held its primary election, the result in the Democratic race to fill one of the most competitive House seats in the country is still too close to call. We discuss how one…
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Mr. Trump goes to Beijing
May 12, 2026
President Trump is headed to Beijing to meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping. We discuss what each side hopes to accomplish and how the Iran war has changed the power dynamics between the two…
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Democrats face disadvantage after redistricting setbacks
May 11, 2026
The U.S. House map looks particularly bleak for Democrats after Virginia’s Supreme Court overturned the map voters approved last month, on top of a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling that gutted the…
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How rising oil prices are foiling Trump’s energy policy
May 08, 2026
Oil prices continue to climb as a result of the Iran war. We discuss how that has interfered with President Trump’s planned energy policy. Plus, will the Republican presidential ticket have Vice…
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How Trump is undermining the fight against public corruption
May 07, 2026
The Trump administration has taken multiple actions that experts warn are undermining the fight against public corruption. We discuss what that looks like and the implications for democracy and the…
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Trump approval is worst ever in new poll
May 06, 2026
President Trump said he would punish the Republican state senators in Indiana who voted against redistricting, and in Tuesday’s primary, almost all of them lost to Trump-backed challengers. We…
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Is the Strait of Hormuz Trump’s biggest political headache?
May 05, 2026
Iran and the United States have exchanged fire in the Strait of Hormuz in the last couple days as the U.S. military tries to provide safe passage to commercial ships there. We discuss what these…
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Efforts to renew key spy program keep failing in Congress
May 04, 2026
Congress has been unable to reach an agreement over the reauthorization of a surveillance program the intelligence community says is vital for spying on foreign nationals. We discuss what is so…
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Trump’s retribution tour: Comey, Indiana Republicans, and ABC
May 01, 2026
President Trump and his allies seem to be — once again — seeking retribution from people who have gotten on the president’s bad side. We discuss the Justice Department’s new indictment of former FBI…
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Florida passes new House map; Mills exits Maine Senate race
Apr 30, 2026
Florida lawmakers have approved a new congressional district map designed to flip four seats in the U.S. House of Representatives from Democrat control to Republican, giving Republicans better odds…
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Supreme Court deals another blow to Voting Rights Act
Apr 29, 2026
In a landmark ruling Wednesday, the Supreme Court effectively gutted the Voting Rights Act. We discuss what the ruling could mean for Black representation — not just in Congress but at all levels of…
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Trump mulls a Spirit Airlines bailout. Is this capitalism?
Apr 28, 2026
President Trump has suggested the United States “buy” the struggling Spirit Airlines. We discuss other ways Trump has blurred the lines between government and business and whether Republicans have…
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DOJ charges suspect in White House Correspondents’ Dinner shooting
Apr 27, 2026
The Justice Department has charged 31-year-old Cole Allen with trying to assassinate President Trump during the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner Saturday. We discuss what we know about…
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Trump, Vance evacuated after shots fired at White House Correspondents' Dinner
Apr 25, 2026
President Trump, Vice President Vance, and members of the administration were evacuated from the Washington Hilton Saturday night after shots were fired. The dinner, President Trump said, will be…
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DOJ drops Fed chair probe to cap a busy week in politics
Apr 24, 2026
It was another busy week in politics. We discuss the Justice Department’s decision to drop its investigation into Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, the status of negotiations over funding for the…
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Civil rights group says federal charges are political
Apr 23, 2026
The Justice Department has charged the Southern Poverty Law Center, a prominent civil rights organization, with several financial crimes. We discuss what the group is accused of and why it became a…
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Virginia beats back Trump's redistricting gamble
Apr 22, 2026
Virginia voters narrowly approved a ballot measure to redraw congressional district lines, improving Democrats’ odds at winning back the House in November. We discuss what to make of the results in…
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Trump backs psychedelic drug treatments
Apr 21, 2026
President Trump signed an executive order to fast-track medical research into psychedelic drugs, following a push by podcaster and influencer Joe Rogan. We discuss what the research says and how the…
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Does the president own presidential records?
Apr 20, 2026
The Justice Department has declared that the Presidential Records Act is unconstitutional and therefore, President Trump is allowed to destroy any records from his time in office. We discuss how the…
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Why Democrats have little leverage to reform ICE
Apr 17, 2026
Most of the Department of Homeland Security has been without funding for two months, but Immigration and Customs Enforcement got billions of dollars from last year’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act. We…
These Georgia swing voters do not like the Iran war
Apr 16, 2026
NPR reporters observed focus groups of 13 Georgia voters who backed President Joe Biden in 2020 and President Donald Trump in 2024. We discuss what they had to say about the Iran war, the economy and…
Where Swalwell’s exit leaves the California governor’s race
Apr 15, 2026
A crowded governor’s race in California got a little less crowded when Democrat Eric Swalwell ended his campaign — and resigned his seat in Congress — following allegations of sexual misconduct. We…
The president versus the pope
Apr 14, 2026
President Trump launched new attacks at Pope Leo XIV over the weekend, calling the religious leader “Weak on Crime, Weak on Nuclear Weapons,” in a social media post. We discuss what’s behind the…
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How does a blockade in the Strait of Hormuz help Trump?
Apr 13, 2026
Negotiations with Iran over the weekend ended without a deal. In response, President Trump announced that the U.S. military would effectively close the Strait of Hormuz to all shipping traffic. We…
Is MAGA fracturing?
Apr 10, 2026
Leaders in the Make America Great Again, or MAGA, coalition are pushing back against President Trump’s decisions regarding the Iran war. We discuss this apparent fracturing within the MAGA coalition…