Weekly Roundup: July 17th
Congress has a lot it wants to take on when lawmakers return to Washington next week—police reform, Confederate names on military bases, and coronavirus relief. How likely are they to get any of it do...
17 Heinä 202025min
GOP Hoped To Diversify. Then Came President Trump.
A report from Republicans after Mitt Romney's loss called for the party to diversify its base. Instead, President Trump won. Now what?This episode: campaign correspondent Scott Detrow, political repor...
16 Heinä 202014min
Polls Show Biden Riding High. Democrats Are Still Worried.
Joe Biden is doing well in the polls: in traditional Democratic strongholds, in swing states, and even in historically Republican bastions. But Democratic strategists and voters both feel worried that...
15 Heinä 202014min
Trump Fights Fauci. Nearly 140,000 Americans Are Dead.
The U.S. continues to break its record daily high of new coronavirus cases. The White House has begun to openly criticize the country's most visible public health expert: Anthony Fauci.And an NPR inve...
14 Heinä 202014min
Trump Uses His Office To Help A Friend
President Trump has commuted the prison sentence of Roger Stone. Stone was convicted by a jury of lying to Congress about his efforts to contact WikiLeaks during Russia's interference in the 2016 elec...
13 Heinä 202014min
Weekly Roundup: July 10th, 2020
Joe Biden has received detailed policy proposals from the joint committees he formed with Bernie Sanders, part of an effort to bring progressives into his campaign's fold. But, with Biden up by double...
10 Heinä 202024min
Absolute Immunity? Presidents Don't Have It.
The U.S. Supreme Court has rejected President Trump's claim that he is "categorically immune" from having his pre-presidential financial records investigated by a New York grand jury. But in a second ...
9 Heinä 202013min
Is It Safe For Kids To Return To School?
The President is insistent: kids must return to school in the fall. But its not his decision to make and school districts are struggling to figure out how to open safely. Also, the Supreme Court allow...
8 Heinä 202013min
