The Big Broadcast: November 16, 2025

The News Roundup – International

The News Roundup – Domestic

The Politics Hour: Sen. Tim Kaine voted to end the shutdown, drawing fire from some Democrats

Some D.C. agencies routinely overspend their budgets. Leaders aren’t sure how to stop it

The Government Is Open

The state of the civil war in Sudan

Diana Butler Bass on the intersection of faith and time

‘We need to get out of here’: Trump’s immigration crackdown is quietly reshaping where immigrants live in America

Jeffrey Epstein, Donald Trump, and the end of the government shutdown

The end of the government shutdown?

Trump administration challenges state medical debt protections

The financial burden of caregiving

Silvana Estrada uses songwriting to carve a path through grief

Despite Democratic sweep, Virginia’s next governor faces hurdles ahead

Lessons and warnings from George Orwell

Donald Trump pardoned several top Jan. 6 conspirators

The fact and fiction surrounding the AI bubble

Senate Passes Funding Deal to End the Longest Government Shutdown in History

WAMU’s Week Ahead: Expectations for Virginia Democrats, how new medical debt could harm credit scores and Thanksgiving catering