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1268 episodes transcribedThe Supreme Court issued more rulings on Wednesday — one of which dramatically increased the power that states have over Native American tribes and tr...
The latest House January 6th hearing was perhaps the most explosive to date with testimony from Cassidy Hutchinson, the top aide to former White House...
The Supreme Court issued more rulings on Monday. There have also been several legal challenges to the trigger laws set to go into effect in states lik...
The Supreme Court ruled 6-3 to overturn Roe v Wade on Friday, and throughout the weekend people took to the streets. We hear from you, our listeners,...
The Supreme Court announced more rulings on Thursday — one of which dealt a huge blow to gun control advocates. The court struck down a New York State...
The Senate unveiled a highly-anticipated, bipartisan gun control bill on Tuesday. The chamber voted 64-34 in a procedural vote to allow for its quick...
The January 6th House committee held its fourth hearing on Tuesday, and we learned more about the effort to overturn the election by former President...
We're about halfway through the January 6th committee hearings scheduled for this month. Yesterday, the committee focused on former President Trump’s...
The Supreme Court released opinions on Wednesday in six different cases across a range of issues including veterans’ benefits, Medicare reimbursements...
Inflation is at a four-decade high, and on Monday, stocks fell to their lowest levels since March 2021. We break down what’s happening in the economy,...
The second public January 6th hearing was yesterday. The House committee focused on the lie that the election was stolen and how that fueled the attac...
Protesters in hundreds of cities around the country rallied against gun violence, last weekend. And on Sunday, a bipartisan group of Senators announce...
Last night was the first of several public hearings by the January 6th House committee, with the purpose to get the insurrection and the bigger effort...
The January 6th House committee finally begins its hearings tonight. The committee intends to lay out what happened on the day of the insurrection, th...
Congressmembers yesterday and today are hearing from the family members of the victims of recent mass shootings across the country. They’re there to e...
As abortion access continues to decline on the local level, lawmakers and advocates across the country are devising new ways to protect abortion acces...
There were at least five mass shootings this weekend in a matter of 27 hours, according to the Gun Violence Archive. This slate of recent mass shootin...
June is Pride Month, the unfortunate time when many corporations claim they support LGBTQ+ people, but also support politicians who actively work agai...
A jury found that both Johnny Depp and Amber Heard were liable for defamation in their lawsuits against each other. But the jury awarded significantly...
The first of several funeral services started for the victims killed by a gunman at a school in Uvalde, Texas. And over the weekend, the Justice Depar...
