Weekly Roundup: July 9th
President Biden gave a defensive speech Thursday updating the American public on his plan for withdrawal from Afghanistan. He said that the United States accomplished its mission in Afghanistan, thoug...
9 Heinä 202126min
Trump's Social Media Lawsuit Is Mostly Messaging, But Tech Regulation Is Coming
Former president Donald Trump filed a lawsuit this week claiming that his rights are violated by social media bans, claims legal experts say are spurious. But there has long been a push for big tech r...
8 Heinä 202114min
How An Increase In Violent Crime Is Changing The Political Landscape
Though crime rates remain well-below historic highs, assaults and murders have spiked since the pandemic began. Democrats in New York picked ex-cop Eric Adams as their mayoral nominee; he's likely to ...
7 Heinä 202114min
Six Months Later, There Is A Lot We Don't Know About The Attack On The Capitol
More than five hundred people have been charged in what is on track to be one of the largest criminal investigations in the country's history. Now, a House committee is charged with an impossible task...
6 Heinä 202114min
How Democratic Is American Democracy?
By 2040, 70% of Americans could be represented by just 30 Senators. And twice in the last two decades, a Republican president has lost the popular vote but won the White House. America's government wa...
5 Heinä 202115min
The Docket: The First Term With A New Conservative 6-3 Majority On The Supreme Court
Chief Justice John Roberts used to be seen as a solid conservative, but as the center of conservative politics moved to the right so did the justices appointed after him. Now with a 6-3 conservative s...
3 Heinä 202115min
Weekly Roundup: July 2nd
President Biden did not meet his goal of 70% of Americans having one shot of the vaccine by July 4th, and some hot spots are flaring up in red states with a new variant looming. But there are signs ac...
2 Heinä 202125min
Trump Organization, CFO Are Criminally Charged. What Does It Mean For Trump?
Former President Donald Trump's family business and its longtime chief financial officer, Allen Weisselberg, have been criminally charged by the Manhattan district attorney's office in a case involvin...
1 Heinä 202116min
