Biden Reverses On Debt Cancellation For Hundreds of Thousands
In a remarkable reversal, the U.S. Department of Education has quietly changed its guidance around who qualifies for President Biden's sweeping student debt relief plan. People who took out Perkins lo...
3 Okt 202213min
Weekly Roundup: September 30th
The scope of Hurricane Ian's damage remains to be seen, but millions were left without power and much of Florida's west coast saw devastating floods. Florida's governor, Ron DeSantis, and President Bi...
30 Sep 202225min
Brazil's President Sows Distrust In Election — Sound Familiar?
As Brazilians head to the polls to vote for president, they're being deluged by a wave of falsehoods that echo Donald Trump's claims of a stolen election. Are there lessons to be learned ahead of futu...
29 Sep 202215min
Oath Keepers Militia Members Face Seditious Conspiracy Charges
Jury selection has begun in the trail of five members or associates of the far-right group over their alleged role in the Jan. 6th riot at the U.S. Capitol. The charges are the most serious that the J...
28 Sep 202212min
Final Jan. 6 Hearing Is Coming — Here's Everything We've Learned
The ninth and final scheduled meeting of the House committee investigating the January 6th, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol will occur in the coming weeks.In this special episode from July, we revisit...
27 Sep 202248min
How Did Russia's War On Ukraine Drive Up U.S. Energy Bills?
European utilities, which used to purchase lots of natural gas from Russia, are buying from the United States instead. That has driven power costs higher at home — and could become politically relevan...
26 Sep 202210min
Weekly Roundup: September 23rd
Puerto Rico has — five years after Hurricane Maria killed thousands — again been hit by a devastating storm. Trump was broadly criticized for a mismanaged response; will President Biden prove more cap...
23 Sep 202225min
Trump Faces Setbacks In Mar-a-Lago Case — And More Litigation In New York
A panel of judges from the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals allowed the Justice Department to resume reviewing classified documents seized at Mar-a-Lago without the supervision of a special master. M...
22 Sep 202211min
