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203 episodes transcribedCritics warn that despite President Trump's call to end weaponization of the DOJ, the department has become more politicized in the president's first...
We examine Trump's actions and missteps in first 100 days on the economy, immigration and foreign policy, with NPR's Franco Ordonez, Ximena Bustillo,...
Republicans on the House education committee publicly unveiled their plan Tuesday to remake the federal student loan system while also cutting more th...
NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Marc Short, former chief of staff to Vice President Mike Pence, about the differences in President Trump's second-term ag...
The federal government has cancelled about 11 billion dollars worth of university research funding, and is threatening to cut more. When the federal g...
The Trump administration is moving quickly to arrest, detain and remove people from the country. But critics say such actions can violate the due proc...
Many oil and gas company executives, particularly the larger ones, initially celebrated Trump's return to the White House. But lately, that optimism f...
Most — but not all — political scientists are deeply troubled by the president's attempts to expand executive power, according to a national survey. N...
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth continues to find himself in controversy. He shared details with his wife and brother minutes after being updated on th...
The Supreme Court blocked the Trump administration from deporting a group of immigrants in Texas under the Alien Enemies Act in an uncharacteristic mi...
The Trump administration is substantially scaling back the State Department's annual reports on international human rights to remove longstanding crit...
A federal judge has ruled that there is "probable cause" to find the Trump administration in contempt for violating his order last month to immediatel...
What does Kilmar Abrego Garcia's case tell us about the relationship between the Trump administration and the courts? NPR's A Martinez asks Kate Shaw,...
Soybean farmers are urging the White House to abandon its tariffs on China to protect their industry. NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with Caleb Ragland, pre...
The Trump administration has ordered the National Institutes of Health to study the physical and mental health effects of undergoing gender transition...
Facing pressure from world markets, President Trump stepped back from his plans to slap steep tariffs on a broad range of countries — except for China...
President Trump is getting the first physical of his second term on Friday at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center. NPR's Tamara Keith has mor...
President Trump's trade war is rattling businesses and financial markets around the world, and many investors are eager to see an off-ramp. NPR's Scot...
Many Americans are worried that their First Amendment right to free speech is fading. NPR's Morning Edition has talked to legal experts, activists, im...
The federal government has added hundreds of thousands of immigration arrest warrants to a national database used by local police, meaning cops are mo...
