Politics Jul 17 Dick Gephardt discusses bipartisan group opposing third-party presidential candidates A new bipartisan organization is opposing the effort by the group No Labels to run a third-party candidate in the 2024 presidential race. That's with concerns growing among Democrats and Republicans opposed to Donald Trump's candidacy that a third-party candidate…
Politics Jul 17 Tamara Keith and Amy Walter on third-party candidate impact and 2024 fundraising NPR’s Tamara Keith and Amy Walter of the Cook Political Report with Amy Walter join Geoff Bennett to discuss the latest political news, including third-party candidates and newly-released fundraising totals in the 2024 presidential race.
Politics Jul 14 House Republicans add culture war issues to traditionally bipartisan defense bill The U.S. House passed a nearly $900 billion budget for the armed forces largely on partisan lines. Most Democrats voted no after Republicans added anti-abortion and other provisions to the bill. Amna Nawaz discussed the vote with New York Times…
Politics Jul 14 Brooks and Capehart on Biden’s accomplishments at NATO summit, GOP defense policy New York Times columnist David Brooks and Washington Post associate editor Jonathan Capehart join Geoff Bennett to discuss the week in politics, including President Biden's trip abroad for the NATO summit, the GOP's defense policy and the 2024 campaign.
Nation Jul 05 Judge limits government’s contact with social media companies after GOP states sue Questions about information and misinformation spread on social media made their way to the federal courts. Several Republican state attorneys general argued the Biden administration went too far to suppress conservative views online. Amna Nawaz discussed the judge's ruling with…
Health Jul 03 Ohio faces critical votes that could decide abortion access in the state It's been a year since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade and the nationwide right to abortion access. Since then, six states have voted on abortion-related ballot measures and in each case, voters have supported abortion rights. Laura Barrón-López…
Education Jun 30 GOP presidential candidates appear at far-right Moms for Liberty event In the past few years, many Republican-led states have enacted new laws rolling back the teaching of race and LGBTQ+ rights in classrooms and banning books on those subjects. And in many cases, the push for these new restrictions is…
Politics Jun 16 New poll reveals what voters think of Trump’s federal indictment It was certainly a historic week as Donald Trump became the first ex-president to face charges in federal court. A new PBS NewsHour/NPR/Marist poll helps explain how American voters view the former president. Amna Nawaz reports.
Nation Jun 13 How Trump’s classified material case is different from Clinton’s and Biden’s With Donald Trump becoming the first ex-president ever indicted on federal criminal charges, the chorus of his Republican supporters asking "What about the Democrats?" has grown even louder. Laura Barrón-López reports on why the Department of Justice charged Trump for…
Politics Jun 09 National security experts weigh in on Trump’s alleged mishandling of classified documents Following the federal indictment of former President Donald Trump, Geoff Bennett discussed the case with two experts in national security and handling classified documents, Oona Hathaway, a former special counsel at the Pentagon, and Jamil Jaffer, who served in the…