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1850 episodes transcribedWhen it comes to whether or not Trump should appear on presidential ballots, there are at least two questions to consider. The first is legal — does t...
The U.S. Immigration system isn't working. The last significant reform was in 1986. Presidents and Congress have been trying to fix it and change it e...
It was a year ago this month that a Norfolk Southern freight train with 38 cars derailed in East Palestine, Ohio.Twenty of those train cars carried ha...
More than 100 people are killed on U.S. roads every day — more than 40,000 people a year. So, it seemed bold, if not crazy, when city leaders across t...
More than two decades of growing internet use has surfaced fears about the social and psychological impacts of nearly unfettered access to pornography...
Former president Donald Trump is facing dozens of criminal charges, including four felony counts on charges of trying to overturn the results of the 2...
For people in the US, 2020 was one of the most dangerous years in decades. The first year of the pandemic saw a huge spike in violence. The number of...
Fox News has been the Republican Party's biggest cheerleader almost since it premiered in 1996.Nearly three decades later, many Republicans perceive F...
Immigration and management of the U.S. Southern Border is always a politically charged issue, but especially at this moment. House republicans are try...
A deadly attack on an U.S. military base in Jordan pulled the United States deeper into a regional conflict that it's trying to avoid. How the U.S. re...
During his time in office, former president Donald Trump talked a great deal about all of the positive changes he was making to improve the economy.Wh...
A look behind the curtain at the Oscar campaign machine and what it takes to bring home the gold.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoi...
Ever since the start of the war between Israel and Hamas almost four months ago, U.S. leaders have been afraid that the conflict will grow. That coul...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has spent a career defying political gravity. Now he's facing his biggest challenge yet.For decades, Netanya...
In a republican primary field that at one time boasted more than a dozen candidates, former South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley and former President D...
Alabama has already tried to execute Kenneth Smith once. On the night of November 17, 2022, he was scheduled to be put to death by lethal injection,...
Just days away from the nation's first primary in New Hampshire, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has suspended his bid for president. What will this mean fo...
The presidential debate has been a right of passage for both primary and general election candidates for more than thirty years.Now in the midst of an...
These days when you think of Boeing, the words that come to mind might be: door plug, 737-max, grounded. But before this month's safety debacle and t...
Since Israel's war against Hamas began, the US has tried to prevent a wider regional war from breaking out. Now, with US attacks against Iran-backed...
