CDC messaging, de minimis, Ukraine and Hurricane Katrina
The White House announces a new leader for the CDC as staffers lash out at vaccine messaging. The de minimis duty-free exemption for low-value import packages to the U.S. ends. We look at Trump's fran...
29 Elo 202512min
CDC, Minnesota shooting, DC crime, Kyiv and Tomatina
The CDC leader fired by the White House refuses to quit. A shooter kills two Minneapolis school children in a Catholic church. Federal agents take on local police work in Washington DC. A Russian over...
28 Elo 202512min
Fed showdown, France, Mamdani and Tayvis
Lisa Cook vows to fight President Donald Trump's Fed firing as governor in court, testing the limits of presidential authority. France's government is on the rocks after the prime minister called a su...
27 Elo 202512min
Gaza outcry, Fed firing, Intel and Tesla
International outcry grows after an Israeli airstrike kills 20, including five journalists in an attack on a Gaza hospital. U.S. President Donald Trump is firing a Federal Reserve Governor. And the bu...
26 Elo 202512min
Gaza, Abrego and screwworm
*This episode has been updated with the latest on the Gaza and Kilmar Abrego Garcia stories. Israel strikes a hospital in Gaza, killing at least 20 people, including five journalists who worked for R...
25 Elo 202511min
Chicago, Ukraine, redistricting, Pakistan and Africa’s luxury tourism
The Pentagon is working on plans to deploy the U.S. military to Chicago, the Washington Post has reported. President Donald Trump's push to redraw U.S. House of Representatives districts could set the...
24 Elo 202511min
Pentagon, Powell, Walmart, DC troops and Gaza's children
The Pentagon’s intelligence chief has been fired in the latest purge by President Donald Trump's administration. Fed Chair Jerome Powell hints at a rate cut in September. Walmart’s earnings reveal shi...
23 Elo 202512min
Famine in Gaza, Putin's demands, Russia’s economy and Jackson Hole
* Updated to include details of Jerome Powell's speech in Jackson Hole, and the FBI raid on the home of former Trump adviser John Bolton. A global hunger monitor says famine has struck an area of Gaz...
22 Elo 202511min
