Maxine Joselow of the Washington Post explains why Democrats are so quiet about climate change right now. The NFL is poised to allow private-equity ownership. Alex Kirshner explains why this is important. Washington Post reporter Jaclyn Peiser looks into what a merger of Kroger and Albertsons would mean for you. Israeli special forces rescued a hostage held in southern Gaza. Axios has more. The Wall Street Journal reports on how special counsel Jack Smith pushed to revive the Trump prosecution o...
Aug 27, 2024•13 min
Wall Street Journal reporter Maggie Severns goes inside Kamala Harris’s fundraising drive. NASA decided that the Boeing Starliner crew will instead return home on a SpaceX ship. The Houston Chronicle explains the move. As entertainment companies cut costs and send jobs overseas, reality-TV professionals are trying to navigate the downturn. Meredith Blake with the Los Angeles Times spoke to them. Israel and Hezbollah exchanged their heaviest strikes in months. The Washington Post is on the ...
Aug 26, 2024•12 min
The Wall Street Journal has the key points from Harris’s convention speech. Christian Paz from Vox explains how Democrats moved to the right on immigration policy. An investigation from the Washington Post found that the NFL’s concussion settlement isn’t using current technology to screen players for brain damage. Reporter Will Hobson explains. The FDA authorized updated COVID vaccines. Yahoo News explains. MIT’s Black student enrollment dropped significantly after the Su...
Aug 23, 2024•15 min
Politico reports on Tim Walz’s big Democratic convention speech last night. And Apple News editor Gideon Resnick previews Harris’s address tonight. The Wall Street Journal looks at what Trump’s been saying about tariffs , and what Harris has been saying about food prices , and finds economists skeptical of both plans. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is planning to drop his bid for president and endorse Trump, sources tell NBC News . More passenger remains were recovered from the wreck of...
Aug 22, 2024•14 min
Barack Obama stepped back into the spotlight to skewer Trump. Politico reporter Eugene Daniels looks at the state of the race. ProPublica reporter Jeremy Kohler on how Missouri — where abortion is illegal — is funding an anti-abortion group that works in other states. Matt Gaetz won a House primary despite a Kevin McCarthy–allied group spending millions on his challenger. ABC News has the story. New York Governor Kathy Hochul is considering banning phones in public schools. She...
Aug 21, 2024•12 min
Biden has handed off to Kamala Harris. New York magazine’s Gabriel Debenedetti describes what’s next. The Washington Post reports on why the Secret Service finds protecting Trump extraordinarily challenging. Disney agreed to have a court decide on a wrongful-death lawsuit brought by a widower in Florida, after earlier arguing that the case belonged in arbitration because the man signed up for a trial of Disney+. Reuters has the story. The bodies of six Israeli hostages were retrieved...
Aug 20, 2024•14 min
The Los Angeles Times reports on the protesters who are marching at the DNC. Newborn twins were killed in Gaza as their father went to get their birth certificates. NBC News spoke to him. How Bank of America ignores its own rules meant to prevent dangerous workloads. Wall Street Journal reporter Alexander Saeedy is on the story. She helped create a more inclusive Democratic Party. Now she’s leading its convention. The 19th profiles Minyon Moore. The Wall Street Journal reports on the cheat...
Aug 19, 2024•13 min
The Washington Post analyzes new polling that shows Harris cutting into Trump’s advantages on economic issues. Reporter Caitlin Dickerson traveled along one of the most dangerous paths that migrant families take to the United States. She shares the story on Apple News In Conversation . So much about real-estate commissions just changed. The Wall Street Journal has details. The investigation into Matthew Perry’s death has led to multiple charges. The Hollywood Reporter has more. The L...
Aug 16, 2024•14 min
PBS News Hour special correspondent Leila Molana-Allen joins to discuss the crisis in Sudan. The Wall Street Journal reports on devastation in the capital city. ProPublica goes inside Project 2025’s secret training videos. Columbia University’s president resigned after criticism of her handling of Gaza war protests on campus. The Washington Post has more. Stat reports on the WHO’s declaration that the mpox outbreak is a global health emergency. Vox examines how the controversia...
Aug 15, 2024•12 min
Reuters reports on Ukraine’s ground attacks inside Russia. Washington Post reporter Yasmeen Abutaleb speaks to pro-Palestinian protesters who’re promising a massive showing at the Democratic convention. Jen Murphy writes in Bloomberg about how tourism in Maui hasn’t fully recovered following the wildfires. Voters in Missouri and Arizona will weigh in on reproductive rights in November, as the states join a growing list with the issue on the ballot. CBS News has more. Ame...
Aug 14, 2024•13 min
Dana Mattioli of the Wall Street Journal details Elon Musk’s hands-on push to win 800,000 voters for Trump. Dan Primack of Axios reports that Tim Walz doesn't own a single stock. And the Journal compares Walz’s finances to those of JD Vance. The Court of Arbitration for Sport denied USA Gymnastics’ efforts to restore Jordan Chiles’s bronze, a major blow to the federation’s hopes. The Washington Post explains. The FBI is investigating efforts to hack the Trump and Bi...
Aug 13, 2024•12 min
USA Today details new polling that shows Kamala Harris leading Donald Trump in three key swing states. The Athletic writers on their favorite moments from the 2024 Paris Olympics. Hamas cast doubt on participation in new Gaza ceasefire talks, saying a plan should be based on Biden’s earlier vision for peace. Reuters has more. The Trump campaign’s internal documents were hacked. It suggested Iran was to blame. Politico received some of the files. The Guardian looks at a new series of ...
Aug 12, 2024•13 min
The Washington Post looks at how Trump is complaining about Harris’s gains as his advisers try to focus on attacking her. What happens when everyone decides they need a gun? Vox examines the surge in new firearm owners in America. Litigation challenging popular shows based on true stories is making it more expensive for streaming companies to produce content. The Wall Street Journal has the story. NPR profiles the self-proclaimed GOAT of cybersquatting, who sold a domain name predicting th...
Aug 09, 2024•12 min
Clare Malone of the New Yorker discusses Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s unusual campaign. It doesn’t look like America is in a recession. Greg Ip of the Wall Street Journal examines why, and explains how one could happen. CNN reports on how the alleged Taylor Swift terror plot fits a worrying pattern of ISIS radicalizing teens online. U.S. Olympic figure skaters received gold medals in Paris after a 912-day delay. The Athletic has the story. Romania appealed the gymnastics results that led ...
Aug 08, 2024•11 min
Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi joins us to talk about her role in Biden’s departure from the campaign, as well as Harris’s selection of Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz as running mate. The Verge reporter Lauren Feiner explains the federal ruling that Google has maintained a monopoly in the search and advertising markets. Wesley Bell defeated incumbent Cori Bush in the Missouri Democratic primary. The Missouri Independent is on the story. Microcredit pioneer Muhammad Yunus will lead a care...
Aug 07, 2024•13 min
Harris picked Minnesota Governor Tim Walz as her running mate. USA Today reports on his political record. Global markets reeled, but economists say: Don’t panic yet. Washington Post economics reporter Rachel Siegel explains why. Nurse practitioners increasingly treat patients independently. Bloomberg Businessweek reporter Caleb Melby warns that when they aren’t well trained, the results can be tragic. Google lost an antitrust case over search-engine dominance. The Wall Street Journal...
Aug 06, 2024•13 min
One of the Americans not released in last week’s prisoner swap involving multiple countries is teacher Marc Fogel, who was sentenced to 14 years in a Russian penal colony back in 2022. PBS spoke with his sister, Anne Fogel. The Washington Post 's Ruby Mellen describes how a 6-year-old Palestinian boy became the face of the hunger crisis in Gaza. Astronauts on a 10-day mission have now been in space for 60 days due to issues their spacecraft. Vox has the story. NBC repor...
Aug 05, 2024•12 min
U.S. Marine Paul Whelan and Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich have been freed from Russian custody in one of the most complicated prisoner swaps in history. The Journal goes inside the negotiations to bring them home. The Wall Street Journal reports on how America’s new political war is pitting young men against young women. And Amy Walter from the Cook Political Report joins to discuss the issue. The Los Angeles Times reports on Simone Biles’s historic all-around victory...
Aug 02, 2024•12 min
Catherine Lucey of the Wall Street Journal explains how presumptive Democratic nominee Kamala Harris is looking to capitalize on renewed energy within the party. CNN reports on the protests and uncertainty wracking Venezuela in the wake of its contested presidential election. The dual killings of a Hamas political leader and a Hezbollah commander this week have raised the risk of a regional war. The Guardian has more. Katie Ledecky cruised to another gold, her eighth — tying ...
Aug 01, 2024•14 min
The assassination of Hamas’s political leader, Ismail Haniyeh, is deepening fears of an all-out war in the Middle East. CNN has more. JD Vance’s memoir reveals the roots of his ideas about parents, children, and who should run the country. Jessica Winter of the New Yorker joins to explain more. Reuters reports that presumptive Democratic nominee Kamala Harris will hit the campaign trail next week, accompanied by her pick for vice president. The leader of the cont...
Jul 31, 2024•16 min
The San Francisco Chronicle reports on what’s known about the arson suspect accused of starting the Park Fire, why it burned so quickly , and why many residents refused to leave . Biden is backing major Supreme Court reforms. CBS News lays out what they would do. Gymnastics promised a reckoning, but coaches who faced allegations remain in the sport. Molly Hensley-Clancy, sports investigation reporter for the Washington Post , explains how this happened. The Wall Street Journa...
Jul 30, 2024•15 min
A six-week abortion ban takes effect in Iowa today. It’s one of the most restrictive bans in the country. KCUR has the story. After multiple attacks this weekend, NPR reports on growing concerns about a potential regional war in the Middle East. Anna Phillips of the Washington Post details an unusual experiment by Nevada as it attempts to solve its water crisis. NBC recaps a busy first weekend at the Paris Olympics. The Athletic reports on the Seine’s ongo...
Jul 29, 2024•13 min
Reuters reporter Maurice Tamman discusses the year he spent investigating how easy it is to buy the ingredients to make fentanyl. CNN on what’s known about the killing of Sonya Massey and the deputy charged with first-degree murder. NBC Olympic host Rebecca Lowe joins Apple News In Conversation to talk about the top athletes to watch in Paris. Video-game performers went on strike, in part over AI concerns. NBC News explains. The Ohio Supreme Court ruled that boneless chicken wings can have...
Jul 26, 2024•13 min
USA Today looks at Harris’s potential VP picks, and Apple News editor Gideon Resnick talks about her decision’s possible impact on the race. Inside what the San Francisco Chronicle calls one of the first high-profile evictions of unhoused people since the Supreme Court’s major ruling on encampments. The International Olympic Committee says Salt Lake City must lobby for an end to an FBI doping investigation to secure the 2034 Winter Olympics. The Guardian explains. The Athletic ...
Jul 25, 2024•12 min
Netanyahu’s visit to Washington comes at a challenging moment for Israel and an uncertain time for its relationship with the U.S. Ben Samuels of Haaretz explains. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution looks at why Delta was hit so hard by the global IT outage. Peter Holley from Texas Monthly reports on how a vending machine that sells bullets in grocery stores has gun-safety advocates concerned. Historians tell the Washington Post that Biden’s withdrawal from the election shows American d...
Jul 24, 2024•13 min
Politico reporter Eugene Daniels on how Kamala Harris is converting the Biden campaign into her own. American physicians Feroze Sidhwa and Mark Perlmutter, who both recently returned from Gaza, write in Politico about the child casualties of Israel’s war on Hamas. The Washington Post reported on how the ATF traced the Trump rally shooter’s gun using records opposed by some in the GOP. The results of the biggest study yet on guaranteed-income programs are finally in. The 19th has more...
Jul 23, 2024•15 min
Biden ended his reelection bid and backed Kamala Harris as the Democratic nominee. Reuters has details. The Atlantic looks at the problems Biden’s withdrawal creates for the Trump campaign. And USA Today explains how the Trump campaign is turning its focus to Harris. Harris’s life has been filled with milestones and firsts. Now she is close to becoming the Democratic nominee for president. The Los Angeles Times , which has covered her for years, explains what you need to know about h...
Jul 22, 2024•15 min
The Wall Street Journal covers Trump’s convention speech. And WSJ reporter Alex Leary explains how Trump won back control of the GOP. The Washington Post unpacks what’s known about the assassination attempt against Trump. In the wake of Hurricane Beryl, the Texas Tribune looks into why power outages keep happening in the state. Reuters reports on the global cyber outage that has grounded flights and also hit banks, media, and more. Russian prosecutors are seeking an 18-year sentence ...
Jul 19, 2024•15 min
CNN reports that Nancy Pelosi told Biden that polls show he cannot win, and ABC says Chuck Schumer privately urged him to step aside. The Washington Post covers JD Vance’s convention speech, in which Trump’s VP pick introduced himself to the nation. Food aid is piling up inside Gaza. NPR looks at why it’s not reaching those in need. Time reporter Andrew Chow investigates the “nightmare” health crisis of a Texas bitcoin-mining town. The Ringer has the winners and los...
Jul 18, 2024•12 min
The Wall Street Journal ’s Annie Linskey reports on how some Democrats fear time is running out to change course before Biden gets the nomination. Throughout modern history, assassination attempts on U.S. presidents have led to changes in gun policy. But, Vox argues, that seems unlikely this time. Washington Post reporter Danielle Douglas-Gabriel explains why many universities are abandoning race-conscious scholarships worth millions. Sen. Bob Menendez is guilty. Politico lays out what hap...
Jul 17, 2024•13 min
