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2096 episodes transcribedWith Venezuela in crisis, its most vocal opposition leader, Leopoldo López, is under house arrest, unable to act. What happens if he does? Guest: Wil...
Hush money. Catch-and-kill deals. The threat of blackmail. An elaborate system has developed to silence women who level accusations against powerful m...
In announcing new protections on steel and aluminum imports, President Trump said he was acting in the interest of national security. But could the re...
South Korea says that the North is willing to talk about giving up its atomic arsenal. What happened to the threat of nuclear war? Guest: Mark Landler...
The New York Times has a new five-part podcast series that tries to solve a real-life problem with a surprising story. So today, instead of or usual s...
In the days since the shooting in Parkland, Fla., a group of teenagers has risen to national prominence for their activism and calls for gun control....
When we spoke with Representative Tom Rooney, a Florida Republican, in July, he said he was starting to feel defeated by the state of politics in Wash...
President Trump stunned lawmakers on Wednesday with calls for gun control and jabs at the National Rifle Association. “They have great power over you...
Republicans have campaigned on gun rights for years. But Democrats running for office have tended to avoid the issue. In the wake of the Florida schoo...
“All he cares about is his gun.”“He could be a school shooter in the making.” Those were among the concerns expressed in calls to law enforcement abou...
At the Conservative Political Action Conference this weekend, one thing was clear: President Trump has taken over the conservative movement. His visio...
President Trump, conservatives and the National Rifle Association have once again tried to steer the national conversation after a mass shooting to th...
The aftermath of a mass shooting has become a familiar cycle in the United States: One side demands change, the other works to block it. But this time...
The indictment secured by the special counsel, Robert S. Mueller III, makes it clear that the most powerful weapon in Russia’s campaign to disrupt the...
In October, four American soldiers were ambushed by militants in a remote desert in Niger. What were they doing in Africa, and who were they fighting?...
The Justice Department charged 13 Russians with illegally trying to disrupt the American political process, in a sophisticated plot to deepen the coun...
The AR-15 rifle used in the shooting that left at least 17 people dead at a high school in Parkland, Fla., was purchased legally, according to a feder...
President Trump has called for an overhaul of immigration that replaces a family-based system with a merit-based one. But what counts as merit? We als...
As a candidate, Donald J. Trump was very critical of the size of the national debt. As president, he has proposed a budget that would add $7 trillion...
The House minority leader, Nancy Pelosi, took to the floor for eight hours last week to protest a spending bill that did not include protections for t...
