Weekly Roundup: May 8th, 2020

Weekly Roundup: May 8th, 2020

After months of wrangling following the Russia probe, prosecutors will not go ahead with the case against Michael Flynn based on the former national security adviser's false statements to the FBI. And U.S. employers shed a record number of jobs in April, as the unemployment rate climbed to the highest since the Great Depression.

This episode: campaign correspondent Asma Khalid, political reporter Danielle Kurtzleben, justice correspondent Ryan Lucas, and national political correspondent Mara Liasson.

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DOJ charges suspect in White House Correspondents’ Dinner shooting

DOJ charges suspect in White House Correspondents’ Dinner shooting

The Justice Department has charged 31-year-old Cole Allen with trying to assassinate President Trump during the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner Saturday. We discuss what we know about A...

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Trump, Vance evacuated after shots fired at White House Correspondents' Dinner

Trump, Vance evacuated after shots fired at White House Correspondents' Dinner

President Trump, Vice President Vance, and members of the administration were evacuated from the Washington Hilton Saturday night after shots were fired. The dinner, President Trump said, will be resc...

26 Apr 52min

DOJ drops Fed chair probe to cap a busy week in politics

DOJ drops Fed chair probe to cap a busy week in politics

It was another busy week in politics. We discuss the Justice Department’s decision to drop its investigation into Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, the status of negotiations over funding for the s...

24 Apr 27min

Civil rights group says federal charges are political

Civil rights group says federal charges are political

The Justice Department has charged the Southern Poverty Law Center, a prominent civil rights organization, with several financial crimes. We discuss what the group is accused of and why it became a ta...

23 Apr 17min

Virginia beats back Trump's redistricting gamble

Virginia beats back Trump's redistricting gamble

Virginia voters narrowly approved a ballot measure to redraw congressional district lines, improving Democrats’ odds at winning back the House in November. We discuss what to make of the results in Vi...

22 Apr 19min

Trump backs psychedelic drug treatments

Trump backs psychedelic drug treatments

President Trump signed an executive order to fast-track medical research into psychedelic drugs, following a push by podcaster and influencer Joe Rogan. We discuss what the research says and how the p...

21 Apr 17min

Does the president own presidential records?

Does the president own presidential records?

The Justice Department has declared that the Presidential Records Act is unconstitutional and therefore, President Trump is allowed to destroy any records from his time in office. We discuss how the m...

20 Apr 20min

Why Democrats have little leverage to reform ICE

Why Democrats have little leverage to reform ICE

Most of the Department of Homeland Security has been without funding for two months, but Immigration and Customs Enforcement got billions of dollars from last year’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act. We dis...

17 Apr 27min

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