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Donald Trump's relationship with the rule of law, and with various investigative bodies has always been tense, at best.
On Today's Show:Andrew Weissmann, professor of practice at NYU School of Law, co-host of the podcast Main Justice and and the co-author of The Trump Indictments: The Historic Charging Documents with Commentary (W. W. Norton & Company, 2024), draws on his experience working with Robert Mueller to reflect on his legacy after his death this past weekend at age 81, and discusses President Trump's recent actions through a legal lens.
Oil prices jumped after overnight attacks on energy facilities in Iran and Qatar.
On Today's Show:John Heilemann, chief political columnist at Puck and host of the podcast "Impolitic with John Heilemann, " and senior national affairs analyst for MS NOW, talks about the latest developments in the war in Iran and the Trump-Netanyahu relationship.
On Today's Show:Daniel Immerwahr, historian, contributing writer at The New Yorker, the Bergen Evans Professor in the Humanities at Northwestern University and the author of How to Hide an Empire (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2019), offers historical context on the war in Iran and Trump's overall foreign policy.
With leadership changes at the Department of Homeland Security, how have conditions changed for migrants in detention centers?
On Today's Show:Jonathan Blitzer, New Yorker staff writer and the author of Everyone Who Is Gone Is Here: The United States, Central America, and the Making of a Crisis (Penguin Press, 2024), talks about the scale of the U.S. immigrant detention program, health and safety issues and expansion plans, following the firing of DHS Sec. Kristi Noem.
As the war in Iran enters its third week, how have structural changes at the Pentagon impacted the U.S. military apparatus?
On Today's Show:Dan Lamothe, U.S. military and Pentagon reporter at The Washington Post, shares his reporting on the latest U.S. military actions in Iran, especially what's happening in the Strait of Hormuz, and more.
With President Trump's agenda including massive priorities like the SAVE act, and the war in Iran, a look at recent news from Congress.
On Today's Show:Burgess Everett, congressional bureau chief for Semafor, talks about the latest news out of Congress this week, including a bipartisan housing bill that passed the Senate, the president's push for the SAVE Act and more.
On Today's Show: David Graham, staff writer at The Atlantic and an author of The Atlantic daily newsletter, plus author of The Project: How Project 2025 Is Reshaping America (Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2025), offers analysis of how President Trump is changing the way he describes the status of the war with Iran, and why his public statements about it have shifted around so dramatically. Plus, Mohammed Sergie, editor of Semafor Gulf, talks about how the war has affected the Gulf states.
The war in Iran has economic consequences in terms of the region's oil exports. But how could prediction markets change the picture?
On Today's Show: John Cassidy, staff writer at The New Yorker and the author of Capitalism and Its Critics: A History: From the Industrial Revolution to AI (Macmillan, 2025), talks about his recent story, "How to Prevent Insider Trading on Trump’s Wars" and other news related to the economic repercussions of the Iran war.
As the war in Iran and across the region continues, a renowned global geopolitics analyst weighs in.
On Today's Show:Christiane Amanpour, chief international anchor and host of CNN's "Amanpour" and PBS' "Amanpour & Company," talks about the recent social and political history of Iran, and the latest news on the war with Iran.
Prior to today's war in Iran, the geopolitically powerful nation has been on the radar of certain hawkish US lawmakers.
On Today's Show:Sabrina Siddiqui, national politics reporter at The Wall Street Journal, talks about the latest news from Washington, especially related to the war with Iran.
The war in Iran could have global implications on trade, including the critical energy market, which draws much of its inventory from Iranian oil.
On Today's Show:Lydia DePillis, New York Times reporter covering the American economy, talks about how the war with Iran could affect the economy at home, as issues with oil prices, supply chains and the massive cost of the war begin to pile up.
The Pentagon is reconsidering its relationship with artificial intelligence company Anthropic, after the company has stated it doesn’t want its technology used in autonomous weapons or government surveillance, and explains the way that AI is reshaping national defense.
On Today's Show:Steven Levy, editor at large for Wired, breaks down the latest reporting on this story.
The primaries in Texas and North Carolina illuminate some political factors that could be at play in the midterms this November.
On Today's Show:Lisa Lerer, national political correspondent for The New York Times, talks about the primary results and issues at play.
Active duty veteran and now member of the House Armed Services committee talks about the parallels between Trump's recent actions against Iran, and the circumstances that led to the invasion and occupation of Iraq.
On Today's Show: Rep. Pat Ryan, U.S. Representative (D, NY-18), offers his take on the conflict, the upcoming vote in the House on war powers and more.
The killing of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei leaves many questions unanswered about the future of Iran and the region.
On Today's Show:Robin Wright, contributing writer and columnist for The New Yorker, talks about what might come next for Iran after its Supreme Leader was killed in an Israeli air strike, as the war continues to widen and the country remains divided politically.
With President Trump's recent moves to federalize certain election regulations, what do we mean by 'voting rights' and 'election integrity?'
On Today's Show:Anne Applebaum, staff writer at The Atlantic, historian and author of Autocracy Inc. (Penguin, 2024), offers her analysis of how President Trump and his administration are seeking to control elections, as well as science and culture, and why.
Recent changes at the Washington Post's newsroom and opinion section point a spotlight at the relationship between owner Jeff Bezos and President Trump.
On Today's Show:Ruth Marcus, a contributor to The New Yorker and a former columnist for the Washington Post and the author of Supreme Ambition: Brett Kavanaugh and the Conservative Takeover (Simon & Schuster, 2019), comments on national politics and the state of journalism.
During his State of the Union address last night, President Trump singled out a passage about his 'voter ID' proposal as one of the most important priorities for his administration.
On Today's Show:Ari Berman, national voting rights correspondent for Mother Jones, offers analysis of President Trump's State of the Union address, especially his talk of voter fraud and push to pass the SAVE act.
In early February, the EPA repealed the 2009 Greenhouse Gas Endangerment Finding, a landmark regulatory move reversing the determination that greenhouse gases threaten public health.
On Today's Show:Pat Parenteau, emeritus professor at Vermont Law and Graduate School and former EPA regional counsel under President Ronald Reagan, explains what happens next, including the many challenges the Trump administration is facing from environmental groups, and how the repeal could impact both health and climate change.
Trump's State of the Union address is tomorrow, and with the midterm elections this November, his administration's priorities will be important for the GOP's congressional strategy.
On Today's Show:Jonathan Lemire, co-host of Morning Joe on MSNOW and contributing writer to The Atlantic, talks about the latest national political news.
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because Dems love voter fraud
I am very confused. why did we just listen to him say the days and dates?
seems to me that if they weren't a danger to anyone, then they should have never been incarcerated in the first place.
we need to support our health care workers who have children and other family responsibilities
trump's Russian playbook
3 minutes in and I am very confused.....
i call false equivalency. the dems level of desire for witnesses in the clinton impeachment versus the trump impeachment are apples and oranges, and not, as you say, a product of political expediency. the clinton impeachment senate had special prosecutor starr's ~massive~ investigation to work from, which included an enormous number of depositions from any and all witnesses, along with infamous reams of documents. in the trump case, the house was forced to do the investigation on their own, and were denied access to almost every single document and witness. so obviously, witnesses are a magnitude more essential now than before.
I'm thinking that when trump says to his sycophants that he needs a big tough guy event that segways into his rallies , a kickoff to his 2020 campaign, they think this Iranian general is the ticket. they could blow him up, surgically, with no collateral damage, and insto presto trump's next political ad shoots itself. how shortsighted...this one act has taken a divided Iran and unified them under 1 bloody ideology of America's destruction. way to go trump.
Jesus of Nazareth was accused of blasphemy, not treason.
yes
This Is true Xmas cheer! “When this comes out...Ukraine will look like spilt milk“ Michael Moore.
she sounds rational but I don't trust it
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who knows what the truth is but this is seriously the craziest saga with really bad actors who keep acting bad
Ok...so does this mean Michael Isikoff is saying "nevermind" to his own book? Since apparently nothing in the Steele dossier is corroborated?
just found this show and I must say that in the midst of severe division and ugliness that pervades us currently, this show presented a constitutional perspective that really adds to this conversation of impeachment. thanks and great work.
Hilarious and expected that you only interview liberals. Can you get anymore biased??? #FakeNews #Trump2020 #AMERICAFirst #BuildTheWall #EndLiberalism
Just say something for something else. Translate the Latin & have done with it.