Trump's Immigration Order Stops Far Short Of Total Ban
Late Monday night, President Trump tweeted that he would sign an executive order suspending all immigration into the United States. The proclamation that came on later in the week stopped well short o...
23 Apr 202012min
Despite Protests, Most Americans Still Support Coronavirus Restrictions
Demonstrations supported by national conservative groups have begun to spring up across the country. They are protesting the severe restrictions that public health experts say are necessary to prevent...
22 Apr 202014min
Another Half-Trillion: Senate Reaches Deal On Rescue Package
The $484 billion bill is expected to approved by the Senate Tuesday afternoon. The largest component of the legislation, according to a summary obtained by NPR, is more than $320 billion for the Paych...
21 Apr 202013min
Former Staffer Accuses Joe Biden Of Sexual Assault
Note: This podcast contains an explicit description of an alleged sexual assault.Tara Reade, a former junior staffer in Joe Biden's Senate office, has accused the presumptive Democratic presidential n...
20 Apr 202012min
Weekly Roundup: April 17th, 2020
The White House has now issued guidance about when communities can begin to reopen, a phased plan based on downward trends in positive cases. But for that plan to be safely executed, testing will have...
17 Apr 202027min
Unemployment Claims Remain Sky-High, All But Undoing 10 Years Of Job Gains
5.2 million people filed for unemployment benefits last week, bringing the four-week total to 22 million — nearly wiping out all the job gains made since the Great Recession. Retail spending, another ...
16 Apr 202012min
Trump, Governors Weigh How To Reopen Country
President Trump is impatient to get the country reopened. The administration's public health experts and the governors of California and New York say testing will have to become more widespread for th...
15 Apr 202014min
Obama Endorses Biden For President—So What?
Barack Obama endorsed Joe Biden in a twelve-minute video shared online Tuesday morning. So what does the former president's endorsement mean in an election cycle where Democrats have moved to his left...
14 Apr 202013min
