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
These Georgia swing voters do not like the Iran war
NPR reporters observed focus groups of 13 Georgia voters who backed President Joe Biden in 2020 and President Donald Trump in 2024. We discuss what they had to say about the Iran war, the economy and ...
16 Apr 13min
Where Swalwell’s exit leaves the California governor’s race
A crowded governor’s race in California got a little less crowded when Democrat Eric Swalwell ended his campaign — and resigned his seat in Congress — following allegations of sexual misconduct. We di...
15 Apr 20min
The president versus the pope
President Trump launched new attacks at Pope Leo XIV over the weekend, calling the religious leader “Weak on Crime, Weak on Nuclear Weapons,” in a social media post. We discuss what’s behind the tensi...
14 Apr 23min
How does a blockade in the Strait of Hormuz help Trump?
Negotiations with Iran over the weekend ended without a deal. In response, President Trump announced that the U.S. military would effectively close the Strait of Hormuz to all shipping traffic. We dis...
13 Apr 19min
Is MAGA fracturing?
Leaders in the Make America Great Again, or MAGA, coalition are pushing back against President Trump’s decisions regarding the Iran war. We discuss this apparent fracturing within the MAGA coalition, ...
10 Apr 33min
JD Vance stumps for Hungary’s Orbán
Vice President JD Vance was in Hungary this week campaigning for Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, who faces a tough path to reelection. We discuss why the Trump White House is backing Orbán, and whether t...
9 Apr 21min
What did the United States and Iran just agree to?
In the last day and a half, President Trump threatened to wipe out Iranian “civilization,” then announced a two-week ceasefire. We discuss what we know about the terms the United States and Iran are n...
8 Apr 19min
