Amy Coney Barrett Nominated And Expected To Be Confirmed To Supreme Court
The former Antonin Scalia clerk currently serves on the federal bench after a fifteen-year stint as a law professor at Notre Dame. The Senate will now consider her nomination, where Republicans appear...
27 Sep 202014min
Weekly Roundup: September 25th
There was bipartisan backlash after Trump suggested that he would have to see the results before committing to a peaceful presidential transition. And Ruth Bader Ginsburg is the first woman in U.S. hi...
25 Sep 202026min
200,000 Americans Are Dead — And It Will Take More Than A Vaccine To Halt Pandemic
It is hard to conceptualize 200,000 lives lost. Hundreds more die each day. And a vaccine, with partial efficacy and patchwork adoption, won't be enough to end the pandemic. That would take more testi...
23 Sep 202013min
It's Been Months Since Congress Last Passed Coronavirus Aid. Americans Are Struggling.
As Republicans secure the votes to move forward on a Supreme Court nomination, government funding negotiations hit a snag. And Americans are struggling after months with no new federal coronavirus sup...
22 Sep 202014min
Who Are The Women Under Consideration To Replace RBG?
"Most of them [the potential nominees] are young, and they've gone through the [nomination] process very recently," Trump said. He noted that one person he is considering for the vacancy is 38 years o...
21 Sep 202014min
Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Progressive Icon, Dead At 87
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg died Friday. The Supreme Court announced her death, saying the cause was complications from metastatic cancer of the pancreas. OUR COVERAGE: - Obituary, by Nina Totenberg -...
19 Sep 202018min
Weekly Roundup: September 18th
A steady presidential race remains steady: Joe Biden's lead is in the high single-digits nationally. But Trump's messaging tying Joe Biden to socialism is finding purchase with Latino voters in Florid...
18 Sep 202025min
Bad News/Good News: Vaccine Access Months Away, But Masks Really Help
The head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention told Congress that a widely-available vaccine probably won't be available until well into 2021. But he did say that masks are perhaps even mo...
17 Sep 202014min
