Trump Is Charged With Inciting An Insurrection—What's His Defense?
The former president's impeachment trial begins next Tuesday. His new attorneys say the Senate doesn't have the grounds to proceed now that he is out of office.And: President Biden has initiated a tas...
2 Feb 202114min
Should President Biden Strike A COVID Compromise?
Ten Republican senators are meeting with President Biden at the White House Monday to discuss their coronavirus relief proposal — which is just one-third the size of the president's plan.And Vice Pres...
1 Feb 202114min
Weekly Roundup: January 29th
Republican strategists close to Kelly Loeffler and David Perdue's failed Senate campaigns tell WABE's Emma Hurt that former President Trump's interference made it hard to win January's runoff election...
29 Jan 202127min
Interview: Tired Of Gridlock, GOP Sen. Rob Portman Won't Seek Reelection
Republican Rob Portman of Ohio talks with NPR's Susan Davis about his retirement from the Senate, the Republican party after Trump, as well as the former president's impeachment trial.Portman says he ...
28 Jan 202115min
Do Biden's Climate Executive Orders Have Teeth?
President Biden will "pause" new federal land leases for oil and gas extraction "to the extent possible" — but how much of an impact will that have on greenhouse gas emissions? Also: the US government...
27 Jan 202114min
Biden Rolls Out Limited Racial Equity Actions, Says More To Come
President Biden signed new executive actions today attempting to address racial inequity. For activists, these initiatives feel like they are lacking and do not tackle critical concerns like policing....
26 Jan 202114min
What We Know About The Senate Impeachment Trial
Today the House will formally deliver an article of impeachment against former President Trump to the Senate, and the upper chamber has already begun to work out the parameters for the coming trial. E...
25 Jan 202114min
Weekly Roundup: January 22nd
President Biden has promised that 100 million doses of vaccines will be administered in his first 100 days — but some public health experts think the country can do much better.Gang of Eight, Gang of ...
22 Jan 202127min
