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1804 episodes transcribedDespite a strong jobs report last month, the economy is still really struggling. That means there's a lot of energy behind Democrats' COVID relief pac...
The Supreme Court seems poised to uphold voting restrictions in Arizona, setting the stage for Republican legislatures to try to make it more difficul...
President Biden announced yesterday an accelerated vaccination timeline in the United States, but some states are already moving to fully reopen—a mov...
FBI Director Christopher Wray defended his department saying it warned law enforcement ahead of the insurrection at the capitol. He also emphasized t...
The former president's speech at the Conservative Political Action Conference is confirmation that Donald Trump won't go quietly into retirement—loyal...
President Biden hasn't reinstated family separation policies, but his choice to keep migrant children in a shelter facility has drawn criticism from a...
Many young progressive groups were openly hostile to Joe Biden's primary campaign, but they rallied to support him once he secured the nomination. Now...
Vaccination rates are trending up and deaths are trending down since President Biden took office—but another hundred thousand Americans have died sinc...
Under questioning from senators about the attack on the Capitol, the law enforcement officials who oversaw the building's security were quick to lay b...
In his confirmation hearing to serve as Attorney General, Merrick Garland emphasized loyalty to the people of the United States over fealty to the pre...
Millions of Texans have been without power or potable water for days following unusually harsh winter weather. The Republican governor blamed the outa...
President Biden has made reopening schools a benchmark for how his administration is handling the pandemic. It is a politically tricky goal, since tho...
In a statement former President Donald Trump called Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell a "dour, sullen, and unsmiling political hack" and said Rep...
House Democrats are putting the finishing touches on their Covid-19 relief package. It is expected to include everything from direct payments to a $15...
Seven Republican senators voted to convict former President Donald Trump of inciting an insurrection, making this impeachment the most bipartisan in h...
All fifty members of the Democratic caucus and seven Republicans said Donald Trump is guilty of inciting an insurrection at the Capitol — that's ten v...
In a combative but brief showing, former president Trump's defense team highlighted past uses of fight metaphors by Democratic politicians to suggest...
The House impeachment managers concluded their case against Donald Trump by characterizing a Senate conviction as a way to prevent of future violence...
The Democratic impeachment managers played a series of graphic videos demonstrating just how close senators came to encountering violent extremists in...
Six Republicans voted with Democrats that it is constitutional to try a former president in the Senate after he or she has left office. But it would t...
