Political Violence In America
Episode Date: September 12, 2025The search for a suspect in Charlie Kirk's death continues. The FBI released some grainy photos of a person of interest wearing sunglasses and a baseb...
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1442 episodes transcribedThe search for a suspect in Charlie Kirk's death continues. The FBI released some grainy photos of a person of interest wearing sunglasses and a baseb...
On Wednesday, 31-year-old conservative activist Charlie Kirk was shot and killed during an on-campus event near Salt Lake City, Utah. He was there as...
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Third Way, a center-left think tank, released a list of words it thinks Democrats should stop using on Friday. The list included words like “intersect...
On Thursday, California lawmakers passed a redistricting plan aimed at winning Democrats up to five more U.S. House seats in the 2026 elections. It wa...
The White House announced it's leading a "comprehensive internal review of selected Smithsonian museums and exhibitions" to ensure that the museums "c...
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The conversation surrounding artificial intelligence in the US is hard to avoid right now. Powerful companies like Nvidia are making AI chips, doctors...
The Trump administration’s crackdown on universities across the country for alleged antisemitism has made its way from the East Coast to the West Coas...