The Man Who Wrote Mueller’s Rules
The special counsel, Robert Mueller, has followed a set of rules devised to allow for the investigation of a sitting president. Those rules will now be tested. Guests: Neal Katyal, who drafted the reg...
23 Aug 201823min
Implicating the President
Michael Cohen, President Trump’s former personal lawyer, pleaded guilty on Tuesday to campaign finance violations — and said Mr. Trump himself had ordered the crimes. Minutes later, Paul Manafort, the...
22 Aug 201821min
“Divided,” Part 1: How Family Separations Started
The policy began in secret. The Trump administration denied such a policy existed. And when it finally acknowledged that migrant children were being separated from their parents at the border, chaos e...
21 Aug 201833min
Robert Mueller’s Unlikely Witness
The New York Times has found that one of the White House’s own lawyers, Don McGahn, has cooperated extensively in the investigation led by the special counsel, Robert Mueller. And he has shared far mo...
20 Aug 201819min
Nancy Pelosi’s Dilemma
Republicans in this year’s elections are casting one person as the symbol of everything that is wrong with the Democratic Party. Many Democrats are also turning on the same figure. Guest: Alexander Bu...
17 Aug 201823min
A Culture of Secrecy That Perpetuated Abuse
A grand jury report found that Roman Catholic priests had abused more than 1,000 children in Pennsylvania over a period of 70 years. Some church officials say the report reiterates issues that have al...
16 Aug 201821min
The Economic Cost of Authoritarian Rule
Turkey is on the verge of an economic meltdown that could infect the global financial system. We examine how the country’s slide toward authoritarianism helped trigger the crisis. Guest: Jim Tankersle...
15 Aug 201820min
Unearthing the Truth in Myanmar
The country is accused of waging a state-sponsored campaign of massacre, rape and arson against Rohingya Muslims. Why, then, did the government allow a New York Times journalist to tour the epicenter ...
14 Aug 201824min
