What Now For The Democratic Party?
Democrats lost the race for the White House, and lost control of the Senate, in 2024. But, after holding on to a few competitive seats in the House of Representatives, what lessons can be learned for ...
25 Dec 202415min
Joe Biden's Domestic Policy Legacy
In his four years in office, President Biden managed to get significant legislation passed, but also faced strong headwinds from both his own party and Republican opposition. This episode: political c...
24 Dec 202416min
The Political Legacy Of Joe Biden
Joe Biden has been a national political figure for more than 20 percent of the United States' history. His policies and public figure have evolved over time, in ways that reflect how his Democratic Pa...
23 Dec 202417min
How Trump's early days in 2017 might be different from the upcoming term
NPR senior White House correspondent Tamara Keith has been looking at what Donald Trump did in early 2017 when he first took office, and what might be different this time around. This normally would ...
22 Dec 20245min
Roundup: Spending Bill Fight Continues; TikTok Ban Looms
Lawmakers are up against a deadline of midnight Friday to pass a bill to fund the government. What's behind the hold up?Then, a ban on TikTok heads to the Supreme Court, and we go back to when dinosau...
20 Dec 202424min
How The Spending Bill Died
For a few hours, Congress looked poised to avoid a government shutdown by passing a new short-term spending bill. But, Elon Musk, Vivek Ramaswamy & President-elect Donald Trump voiced opposition, and ...
19 Dec 202417min
Congress, White House Face Year-End Deadlines
Lawmakers face a Friday deadline to fund the federal government through March; will it get passed? And, in the waning days of the Biden administration, what policy objectives does the White House stil...
18 Dec 202416min
Looking At Reproductive Rights In 2024
The effects of the 2022 Supreme Court decision overturning the constitutional right to abortion continue to be felt across the United States. We look at the state of reproductive rights in 2024, and w...
17 Dec 202414min
