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It was another busy week in the political world. We discuss the Supreme Court’s approval of Texas' redrawn congressional map, Democrats' performance i...
State and local elections officials across the country are preparing for a variety of ways the Trump administration could interfere with the 2026 midt...
New questions have emerged surrounding the United States’ military strikes on an alleged Venezuelan drug boat in early September. We discuss what we k...
The Trump administration has announced more restrictions on the country’s refugee and asylum programs after a shooting of two National Guard members l...
President Trump has vowed to seek retribution from his perceived political enemies and to reward his political allies. We discuss how that focus is pl...
In a recent NPR/PBS News/Marist poll, Republicans and Democrats described people in the other political party as "closed-minded" and "dishonest" when...
The lines between what the Republican and Democratic parties believe have blurred since President Trump first became candidate Trump in 2015. We discu...
The Trump administration is attempting to push through a peace deal between Ukraine and Russia that many have criticized as heavily favoring Russia. W...
From a rare political turn-about on the Epstein files, to a judicial slap-back on his redistricting plan in Texas, President Trump had a tough week. I...
The September jobs report, released belatedly on Thursday, shows the United States added 119,000 jobs, beating expectations, but the unemployment rate...
A look at more than 600 immigrants arrested since the Trump administration began amped up immigration enforcement efforts in Chicago finds almost none...
President Trump says he won’t “rule out” sending troops to Venezuela, and over the weekend, the world’s largest aircraft carrier arrived in the Caribb...
The subsidies roughly 22 million Americans rely on to help pay for their health insurance are set to expire at the end of next month unless Congress v...
The House Oversight Committee has released 23,000 pages of documents from the estate of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. We discuss what new in...
The government shutdown is over, after Congress passed a deal Wednesday that funds the government through the end of January. The deal does not extend...
The redistricting arms race continues, with several developments that may blunt President Trump's effort to advantage the Republican Party in the 2026...
A 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...
