How President Trump Is Reshaping The Justice Department

How President Trump Is Reshaping The Justice Department

In her Senate confirmation hearing earlier this year, Attorney General Pam Bondi promised that the "weaponization" of the Justice Department would stop. Now, over 100 days into Trump's second term, critics worry that the Trump administration is doing just that.

This episode: political correspondent Susan Davis, senior White House correspondent Tamara Keith, and justice correspondent Ryan Lucas.

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Ukrainian Refugees Could Convince Biden To End Pandemic Asylum Restrictions

Ukrainian Refugees Could Convince Biden To End Pandemic Asylum Restrictions

For more than a year, immigration activists have been frustrated that the White House has used the pandemic as a reason to turn away hundreds of thousands of migrants before they can make a request fo...

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy delivered a video address before Congress Wednesday, in which he asked for additional support to protect the country's citizens against Russian military brutali...

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Politics And America's Loneliness Epidemic

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Even before the pandemic, three in five Americans reported feeling like they are left out, poorly understood and lacking companionship.Communities with low social connectedness have higher rates of cr...

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From A Basement In Lviv, The Latest On Russia's Invasion of Ukraine

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The UN says more than 600 civilians been killed, though the true number is likely far higher. Russia's attacks have begun to reach the westernmost parts of the country, including on a military install...

14 Mar 202212min

Once Derided As Graft, Earmarks Just Helped Congress Pass A Bipartisan Budget Deal

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11 Mar 202224min

Exclusive: Attorney General Merrick Garland

Exclusive: Attorney General Merrick Garland

The head of the Justice Department said that he is committed to unraveling the conspiracy behind the attack on the U.S. Capitol on January 6th, and reiterated that political considerations are no reas...

10 Mar 202212min

Why Colorado's Democratic Governor Broke From His Party On Mask Mandates

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Democrat Jared Polis ended Colorado's statewide mask mandate in the summer of 2021 and didn't reinstate it during later coronavirus surges. In an interview with the NPR Politics Podcast, Polis suggest...

9 Mar 202213min

Biden Bans Russian Oil Imports

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The symbolic move was accompanied by an acknowledgement from the president that gas prices are likely to keep rising. Nominally at an all-time high, gasoline prices remain well below their 2008 peak a...

8 Mar 202211min

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