Episode description

On today’s show: Immigration authorities arrested Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil, a Columbia University graduate who led demonstrations on campus. NBC News reports on how Trump has promised that it’s the first of many such arrests to come.

Amanda Coletta, Canada correspondent for the Washington Post, explains how Trump’s actions have affected politics in the country. 

Justine Calma, science reporter with The Verge, joins to discuss the impact of cuts at the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration. 

Plus, the Supreme Court will hear a case challenging a ban on “conversion therapy” for LGBTQ+ minors, U.S. fentanyl death rates are dropping, and relief may be at hand for sufferers of long COVID who lost their sense of smell.

Today’s episode was hosted by Shumita Basu.