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1917 episodes transcribedNegotiations over President Trump's "Big, Beautiful Bill" continue on Capitol Hill — but now, his former ally, Elon Musk, is criticizing both the legi...
President Trump issued a presidential proclamation Wednesday that bans citizens of 12 countries, and severely restricts citizens from seven others, fr...
The Trump administration team that calls itself the Department of Government Efficiency has gathered a ton of data on people in the U.S. — often witho...
The federal pardon power is one area where presidents have unchecked authority. President Trump is using that authority in ways that challenge long-st...
President Trump has issued executive orders targeting certain law firms, seeking to restrict their business endeavors. While some firms have settled,...
President Trump's trade policies were dealt a blow this week as a court said he could use a 1977 emergency law to justify levying tariffs. What comes...
During his 2016 presidential campaign, Donald Trump promised to "drain the swamp." Now that he's in his second term, how have his efforts to shrink th...
Legislation working its way through Congress to codify President Trump's tax cuts would also make big cuts to Medicaid if it is passed. We look into w...
From allocating more money to build a wall on the U.S. border with Mexico, to changing provisions on what public services legal immigrants can use, th...
It's been six months since President Trump first announced the creation of the Department of Government Efficiency initiative, which has dramatically...
President Trump announced plans to levy 50 percent tariffs on goods imported from the European Union, and on iPhones not made in the U.S., causing sto...
Democratic governors in California and Minnesota are proposing to roll back health insurance coverage for immigrants without legal status that they si...
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa visited the White House Wednesday ostensibly to talk about trade policies and the upcoming G20 Summit. But the...
House Republicans are working to advance a massive bill that essentially wraps up all of President Trump's legislative goals. The conference is larg...
Ballot initiatives are one way for voters to get issues that matter to them enshrined in law, especially if lawmakers aren't interested in taking them...
President Trump took his first major trip abroad this week, visiting the Middle East and signing business deals. We talk about what happened. Then, th...
On his first day in office, President Trump signed an executive order to prevent children born in the U.S. to parents in the country without legal aut...
His face may not be on any currency issued by the federal government, but President Trump has lent his support and image to a meme coin, a kind of cry...
For the first time, the leader of the Catholic Church is from the United States. We discuss how Pope Leo XIV's election may play a role in U.S. politi...
After saying his tariff policies "will never change," President Trump announced he was reducing tariffs on imports from China from 145 percent to 30 p...
