The Legacy and Presidency of Jimmy Carter
Jimmy Carter, who won the Oval Office after the Watergate scandals by portraying himself as an earnest evangelical, dies at age 100. The 39th president served only one term, which was marred by an ene...
30 Dec 202421min
Joe Biden's Death Row Commutations and the Pardon Power
The president spares 37 of the 40 inmates facing the federal death penalty, commuting their sentences to life in prison. Is this an appropriate use of the pardon power, issuing mass clemency based on ...
27 Dec 202423min
Donald Trump’s New Manifest Destiny
Donald Trump has seemingly put the expansion of the United States on his agenda with threats of reclaiming the Panama Canal, acquiring Greenland, and wanting to make Canada the 51st state. How much of...
26 Dec 202420min
GOP Lessons From the Christmas Shutdown Brinkmanship
Congress passes a bill to fund the government, narrowly averting a shutdown over the holidays, but what did Donald Trump and Elon Musk accomplish by going nuclear on the initial legislation? Is this a...
24 Dec 202423min
All Things with Kim Strassel: The Ones Who Got it Right in 2024
On this episode of All Things, Kim Strassel looks back at some of the podcast’s 2024 all-stars, including candidates who correctly predicted their own victories, as well as at experts who called the i...
24 Dec 202427min
The House Ethics Committee's Report on Matt Gaetz
Former Rep. Matt Gaetz, who was Donald Trump's first choice to be Attorney General, denies illegal wrongdoing, but a House investigation into his past conduct finds "substantial evidence" of drug use,...
23 Dec 202424min
A Republican Backup Plan for Keeping the Government Open
Speaker Mike Johnson scrambled to avoid a government shutdown, after Donald Trump and Elon Musk blew up his first deal and a floor vote on a slimmed-down alternative failed package failed. What will b...
20 Dec 202421min
How Donald Trump and Elon Musk Blew Up The Funding Bill
After a bipartisan agreement was reached to keep the government funded until mid-March, Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s criticisms killed the deal, put Congress on the precipice of a government shutdown,...
19 Dec 202418min
