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2080 episodes transcribedThe entity known as DOGE has been used as part of the Trump administration's efforts to radically reshape the federal government. But a whistleblower...
In an Oval Office meeting Monday with El Salvador's president, President Trump said Kilmar Abrego Garcia would not come back to the U.S., despite a Su...
Much of the activism seen on college campuses last year in protest of Israel's war in Gaza is now under increased scrutiny as part of a policy that th...
On Thursday, the Supreme Court ruled the Trump administration must "facilitate" the return of a man it mistakenly deported to El Salvador. How is the...
After days of market turmoil, President Trump walked back some tariffs on some countries, but kept a near universal 10 percent tariff in place and inc...
Earlier this week, President Trump threatened to make the steep tariffs on China even steeper if China did not withdraw its retaliatory measures. Toda...
Dozens of American universities are under investigation by the Trump administration for use of DEI initiatives and alleged anti-Semitism on campuses....
An NPR exclusive: Deportation proceedings are underway for Jose Barco, an Iraq War veteran who was awarded a Purple Heart. Barco came to the U.S. as a...
The tariff plan rolled out by President Trump this week threatens to upend the global economic system. We look at the potential impacts. Then, widespr...
President Trump announced a blanket tariff on all imports to the U.S., and additional, specific tariffs on dozens of countries. How will this change i...
Money poured into races in Florida and Wisconsin at levels usually reserved for elections during a presidential cycle. Republicans held two House seat...
The president has flirted with — and walked back — suggestions he would seek a third term in office, which runs counter to the 22nd Amendment's provis...
Races to fill two vacant seats in Florida's first and sixth congressional districts are getting a lot of attention. Despite Republicans having a long...
President Trump signaled more tariffs would come in April, signed an executive order about voting, & withdrew the nomination of his proposed United Na...
First floated in President Trump's first term, talks of the United States annexing or otherwise acquiring Greenland have escalated in recent weeks. Wi...
The Trump administration's efforts to reshape the federal government have now set their sights on how the Social Security Administration and the Depar...
Before the U.S. carried out missile strikes against Houthi rebels in Yemen, senior Trump administration officials discussed the plan of action. Also p...
The two politicians are pushing a message that is both critical of President Trump & his policies, and of Democrats for not doing enough, in their vie...
President Trump spoke separately to his Russian and Ukrainian counterparts this week to try and hammer out a peace deal to end the war. We explore wha...
Many U.S. farmers have evolved under free trade and grown dependent on exporting food. With tariffs already impacting the cost of U.S. exports, how wi...
