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2023 episodes transcribedA recent Tucker Carlson interview with far-right influencer Nick Fuentes has stirred controversy at the Heritage Foundation, a prominent right-leaning...
The Senate has advanced a plan to end the government shutdown, after a group of Democrats broke with leadership to vote for the deal. We discuss what’...
Democrats had a good day on Tuesday, winning up and down the ballot across the country. We discuss what lessons the down-ballot victories offer, as we...
The Supreme Court heard arguments this week about whether President Trump overstepped the limits of his power when he implemented widespread tariffs t...
Democrats saw major wins in Tuesday’s elections, from California’s redistricting ballot measure to gubernatorial races in Virginia and New Jersey and...
Tuesday is the last day voters in New Jersey and Virginia can cast ballots in their states’ gubernatorial races, as well as the end of voting in Calif...
President Trump recently returned from a week-long trip to Asia. We discuss the president’s speech to military troops in Japan, what came out of Trump...
The NPR Politics Podcast celebrates its 10th anniversary with a special live show. We discuss how unusual mid-decade redistricting efforts could alter...
During a roundtable at the White House earlier this month, President Trump directed Secretary of State Marco Rubio to designate antifa, the far-left m...
Millions of Americans are set to lose federal food assistance on Nov. 1, unless lawmakers step in. We discuss how food banks are handling the imminent...
The Trump administration has said universities that sign a compact agreeing to certain policy priorities will get preferential treatment when it comes...
This week in Washington, President Trump halted trade talks with Canada, announced a private donation to help pay the military and authorized new sanc...
The Trump administration broke ground this week on a new White House ballroom, demolishing the White House’s East Wing in the process. We discuss why...
The Constitution gives Congress the power of the purse and oversight over military actions, but recent actions by the White House appear to step on th...
At the heart of the federal government shutdown is a fight on Capitol Hill over health insurance subsidies. We discuss the likely impact of not extend...
Dominion Voting Systems, the election technology firm at the center of several election-related conspiracy theories in 2020, was sold this month and r...
The Justice Department indicted former National Security Adviser John Bolton on charges related to mishandling classified information. Bolton was a vo...
Gen Z and millennial voters are a significant voting bloc — expected to account for more than half of eligible voters by the next presidential electio...
One task the federal government does a lot of is gathering data -- on prices, on the job market, and on a bunch of other things. When the government i...
Republicans, both in Congress and at the state level, are continuing a push to restrict voting by U.S. citizens living abroad. We discuss what those r...
