The Latest: The ‘Public Interest’
In the question-and-answer stage of the Senate impeachment trial, Alan Dershowitz, the celebrity lawyer on President Trump’s legal team, made an argument that stunned many who heard it. Say that Mr. T...
30 Jan 20208min
Chuck Schumer on Impeachment, Witnesses and the Truth
Today, we sit down with Senator Chuck Schumer, the minority leader, to discuss what it’s like to be the leader of a party out of power at this moment in the impeachment trial of President Trump. For m...
29 Jan 202023min
What John Bolton Knows
A firsthand account by John R. Bolton, the former national security adviser, directly linked President Trump to a quid pro quo in the Ukraine affair, undercutting a central plank of the defense’s argu...
28 Jan 202022min
A Small Town’s Fight Over America’s Biggest Sport
Across the United States, parents and school districts have been wrestling with the question of whether the country’s most popular and profitable sport is too dangerous for children. Today, we explore...
27 Jan 202031min
The Swing Issue That Could Win a Swing State
Three Rust Belt swing states are critical to winning the presidency this year — Wisconsin, Michigan and Pennsylvania. In Pennsylvania, there is one issue that could be decisive: fracking natural gas.O...
24 Jan 202031min
Harry and Meghan. (And Why Their Saga Matters.)
In a moment of national insecurity, with the future of the United Kingdom seemingly hanging in the balance, a new royal couple offered the vision of a unified, progressive future. But the same forces ...
23 Jan 202027min
The Latest: ‘Let Us Begin’
Opening arguments in the Senate impeachment trial are underway. For House impeachment managers, that means an opportunity to formally make their case, uninterrupted, for three straight days. For Presi...
23 Jan 20205min
The Moderates’ Impeachment Moment
After nearly 12 hours of vicious debate, the Senate voted early Wednesday to adopt the rules that will govern the rest of the impeachment trial. But in a Republican-controlled chamber, why weren’t the...
22 Jan 202023min
