Bipartisan Senators Try To Regulate Social Media. Will They Succeed?
Four senators — two Democrats, two Republicans — are joining forces on a bill to regulate how social media companies can interact with users under the age of 18. They're one of many groups in Congress...
15 Touko 202314min
Debt, Ohio & A Really Old Dog
Lawmakers have yet to reach a deal to avert U.S. default, which could come as soon as next month. In Ohio, Republican lawmakers are attempting to amend the state's constitution to waylay reproductive ...
12 Touko 202321min
The Dwindling Pot Of Money That Could Plunge Seniors Into Poverty
Social Security provides retirement money to U.S. workers who have paid into the system via taxes. The program could be forced to cut payments within the next decade if Congress doesn't act to shore u...
11 Touko 202316min
Trump "Sexually Abused" E. Jean Carroll In 1990s, Jury Says
This episode includes discussion of sexual violence.Jurors found former President Donald Trump liable for battery and defamation in the civil lawsuit brought by writer E. Jean Carroll, who says Trump ...
10 Touko 202315min
The US Is Flirting With Financial Calamity: What You Need To Know
Congress has long directed the government to spend more money than it collects in taxes. That means the government has to borrow money to meets its obligations, which it does by selling Treasury secur...
9 Touko 202317min
White House Message To Migrants: "The Border Is Not Open"
As a major pandemic-related immigration policy is scheduled to end, the Biden administration is warning the tens of thousands of migrants hoping to cross into the U.S. via its southern border that the...
8 Touko 202314min
Jan. 6 Militia Leader Convicted Of Seditious Conspiracy
A jury in Washington, D.C., has convicted former Proud Boys chairman Enrique Tarrio and three others of seditious conspiracy, handing the Justice Department a key victory in its Jan. 6 probe. And as t...
5 Touko 202319min
Republican Statehouses Are Flexing Their Muscles To Rein In Cities
Statehouses have long passed legislation in order to curtail or overrule local governments, but there is a renewed focus in many Republican-controlled legislatures to enforce conservative cultural pri...
4 Touko 202313min
