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1268 episodes transcribedGeorgia held its primary yesterday, and in a state where officials have been accused of voter suppression, the elections were rife with issues. Pollin...
Democrats in Congress introduced the Justice In Policing Act yesterday, which includes a ban on chokeholds, a ban on no-knock warrants, and makes it e...
Minneapolis City Council members have said they intend to disband the Minneapolis Police Department and replace it with a community-based public safet...
Trump’s former Defense Secretary Jim Mattis published a scathing indictment of his presidency, and he’s been backed up by Republican Senator Lisa Murk...
Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison has upgraded charges against George Floyd’s killer Derek Chauvin by adding a charge of second-degree felony m...
Trump’s threat to deploy military to states to help squash unrest would require him to use the Insurrection Act of 1807. We discuss that law’s history...
Protests against racial violence continued in well over 100 cities, leading local officials to continue to take drastic measures like curfews and call...
Protests in response to the police killing of George Floyd continued throughout the weekend. There were demonstrations in over 75 American cities, lea...
President Trump signed an executive order aimed at social media companies yesterday. We explain what's behind it and why legal experts don't think it'...
The planned site of the Republican National Convention this August is North Carolina, one of the states where coronavirus case numbers are currently o...
George Floyd was killed by police officers in Minneapolis this week, in an abusive and excessive show of force. We discuss his murder and the incident...
The US has imposed a ban on flights from Brazil because of a dangerous surge in COVID-19 cases and deaths. This comes after Brazilian President Jair B...
China’s leaders are poised to impose a controversial new national security law in Hong Kong. The law would reportedly ban secession, subversion of sta...
The CDC has quietly posted a report with detailed suggestions about how to reopen. We dig into it and how the states might or might not use it.More th...
Contact tracing apps have been adopted in countries around the world to track the spread of COVID-19, but they’re not being used as much in the US. Am...
Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin and Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell will testify this morning about the economic crisis and response. We preview...
Democrats in Congress are launching an inquiry into Trump’s firing of an inspector general at the State Department. It comes after three other inspect...
Today the House is set to vote on a $3 trillion coronavirus relief package that Senate Republicans say is dead on arrival. They’ll also vote on rules...
Former vaccine chief Dr. Rick Bright will testify before a house subcommittee today—he’s the guy who says he was removed from his job because he didn’...
Top U.S. health officials took questions from the Senate Health Committee yesterday on coronavirus. The partially teleconferenced testimonies featured...
