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1818 episodes transcribedFulfilling a campaign promise, President Trump pardoned more than 1,500 people who had been charged with or convicted of crimes associated with the Ja...
"I return to the presidency, confident and optimistic that we are at the start of a thrilling new era of national success," Trump said after being swo...
Senate confirmation hearings for President-elect Trump's cabinet picks continued Friday, as Gov. Kristi Noem (R-S.D.) took questions about immigration...
After more than a year of fighting, President Biden announced a ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas had been reached. What's in the deal, and...
President-elect Trump's picks to run the Departments of Justice and State faced senators today in confirmation hearings. Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), th...
The Department of Justice's long-awaited election interference report against Donald Trump, released early Tuesday, said the evidence against the pres...
The Los Angeles area has been devastated by wildfires over the past week. As officials work to get the two biggest fires contained, president-elect Tr...
President-elect Donald Trump was sentenced today in his New York hush money case. While there weren't any real consequences, he does walk away a convi...
Former president Jimmy Carter was honored today at Washington's National Cathedral. The funeral brought together all five living presidents, including...
When he took office, President Biden promised to diversify the federal bench. During his four years in office, he succeeded in making that promise a r...
President-elect Donald Trump held a press conference today from his home in Mar-a-Lago. Topics of discussion included his dissatisfaction with the out...
Every four years, Congress meets to certify the results of the previous November's presidential election in what is usually a calm and straightforward...
The FBI continues investigating the motivation of Shamsud-Din Jabbar, who drove a truck into a crowd in New Orleans on New Year's Day, killing at leas...
Donald Trump's 2016 presidential campaign did not place him at the ideological center of the Republican Party, but the center quickly moved to him. Ho...
From The Indicator from Planet Money:President-elect Donald Trump made a lot of economic promises on the campaign trail, but none as sweeping as his p...
Trump campaigned on mass deportation, sweeping tariffs & other widespread changes to U.S. policy. How many of those changes are achievable? This episo...
Though he only served one term, Jimmy Carter occupies a unique place among U.S. presidents. His presidency was defined by challenges at home and abroa...
We look back on some of the highlights from 2024 that we just can't stop thinking about, politics or otherwise.This episode: political correspondent S...
As president, Biden sought to restore faith in the United States' abilities as a world leader, but was tested by a number of significant crises and wa...
In his four years in office, President Biden managed to get significant legislation passed, but also faced strong headwinds from both his own party an...
