Politics Wins Over Principle As Dems Axe DC Crime Code Reforms
In principle, Democratic lawmakers support the local Washington, D.C., government's power to make laws for the city's residents — who don't have voting representation in Congress.But, facing the polit...
9 Mar 202313min
Fox News Still Broadcasts Election Lies. It Could Cost Them.
A billion-dollar defamation lawsuit brought by Dominion Voting Systems against the broadcaster is tied to the outlet's full-throated embrace of former president Donald Trump's election lies and conspi...
8 Mar 202315min
How Department of Agriculture Is Reckoning With Racial Inequity
Black farmers have long struggled with discrimination, inequities that persist today despite federal efforts to address them. Now, the USDA is out with a new equity report with a number of recommendat...
7 Mar 202315min
We Traveled With Attorney General Merrick Garland To Ukraine
The U.S. attorney general traveled to Ukraine to discuss war crimes investigations with top justice officials from around the globe. In an exclusive conversation, NPR interviewed Garland about why thi...
6 Mar 202314min
Will Supreme Court Un-Forgive Student Debt? Seems Like It.
Democratic lawmakers and Republican activists both met for messaging conferences this week. The Supreme Court's conservative majority appears poised to strike down President Biden's order cancelling s...
3 Mar 202322min
Tucker Carlson Has Exclusive Access To Jan. 6th Security Tapes
Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy provided access to the footage to Carlson, who has frequently used his Fox News show to spread conspiracies about the attack. There has been a sustained effort on t...
2 Mar 202313min
Cooperation To Confrontation: Why US China Strategy Changed
A new House panel kicked off a series of hearings focused on what lawmakers describe as the threat posed by China's government to the United States. The committee's chair, Republican Mike Gallagher, h...
1 Mar 202316min
Why Scientists, Lawmakers & Diplomats Care Where COVID Began
The Department of Energy has a new report which concludes with "low confidence" that the COVID-19 virus could have originated from a lab in Wuhan, China. The news was first reported by the Wall Street...
28 Feb 202316min
