Politics Aug 22 Capehart and Ponnuru on the FBI’s raid on Trump critic John Bolton Jonathan Capehart of MSNBC and Ramesh Ponnuru of the National Review join Geoff Bennett to discuss the week in politics, including fallout following the FBI's raid on Trump critic John Bolton, President Trump's deployment of troops in Washington, D.C., and…
Politics Aug 20 How the reclassification of marijuana could impact users, businesses and research President Trump has promised answers soon on a potential shift in national drug policy. Last year, the Biden administration proposed moving marijuana from the DEA's Schedule 1 to Schedule 3, which wouldn’t make it legal on the federal level but…
Politics Aug 19 A look at D.C. crime stats as Trump and city leaders offer competing claims President Trump paints the nation’s capital as a city beset by crime and called in National Guard troops. D.C. leaders contend there is no crisis, pointing to crime rates at 30-year lows. But Charles Lehman of the conservative Manhattan Institute…
Politics Aug 18 How partisan redistricting battles could decide the next Congress Texas lawmakers are back in session after Democrats returned to the state after leaving to block partisan redistricting. Democrats came back because California is planning its own partisan map to counteract GOP gains in Texas. To discuss how the map…
Politics Aug 14 ‘Stop the insanity’: Texas Democrat urges GOP to end redistricting battle Gov. Gavin Newsom threw down the gauntlet Thursday, saying California will move forward to redraw congressional maps in his party's favor if Texas Republicans do the same. Texas Democrats have blocked the plan by walking out on a special session,…
Politics Aug 11 ‘We’re allowed to be partisan’ in drawing congressional maps, Texas Republican says Texas Gov. Greg Abbott says he’ll extend the standoff over redistricting for as long as necessary. The Republican effort is being pushed by President Trump and Abbott, who called a special session. Democrats have called foul, and they’re trying to…
Politics Aug 08 How Trump’s census plan could reshape congressional maps President Trump’s call to exclude those without legal status from the census could reshape the country’s congressional districts. But opponents argue that it would violate the 14th Amendment’s requirement that the allocation of congressional seats be determined by “counting the…
Politics Aug 07 ‘Mutually assured destruction’: GOP Rep. Lawler calls for redistricting battles to end Indiana could become the next major battleground over redistricting.The move follows efforts by Texas Republicans to redraw congressional maps in their favor, a move that sparked threats of retaliation from leaders in blue states. In response, a handful of Republicans…
Politics Aug 06 How politicians are picking their voters with partisan redistricting Wednesday marks the anniversary of the Voting Rights Act, the law that ended the era of Jim Crow voting laws that blocked Black Americans from exercising their right to cast a ballot. But 60 years later, there’s renewed effort to…
Politics Aug 05 How Trump’s embrace of conspiracy theories kept the Epstein case in the spotlight President Trump has a habit of courting unfounded conspiracies. That includes QAnon, the belief that some hidden figure in the government is explaining how Trump is waging a secret battle against dark, nefarious forces. His amplification of QAnon has also…