Politics Apr 29 Where Trump’s approval rating stands after 100 days in office It has been 100 days since President Trump was inaugurated for his second term in office. The mark is a modern measuring point for administrations and few have seen more action in the first three months than in this White…
Nation Apr 17 Sen. Van Hollen says El Salvador soldiers blocked him from seeing wrongly deported man A federal appeals court offered a scathing rebuke of the Trump administration’s handling of the deportation of a Maryland resident to a mega-prison in El Salvador. Democratic Sen. Chris Van Hollen traveled to the CECOT prison to meet with government…
Politics Apr 14 Tamara Keith and Amy Walter on what voters think about Trump’s economic policies NPR’s Tamara Keith and Amy Walter of the Cook Political Report with Amy Walter join William Brangham to discuss the latest political news, including the political fallout from the Trump administration's tariff policies and intra-party fighting that seems to be…
Nation Mar 31 Wisconsin Supreme Court election highlights deep political divides in battleground state As President Trump escalates fights with federal judges, he's also bolstering a judicial candidate in the battleground state of Wisconsin. The loud and expensive race has become a fight over Trump's agenda and it's testing the limits of presidential advisor…
Politics Mar 19 ‘We had an awful choice’: Schumer defends voting with GOP saying shutdown would be worse Democrats have few options for challenging President Trump and GOP majorities in Congress. Some on the left say they had a chance last week, but top Democratic Sen. Chuck Schumer voted with the GOP and supplied the needed votes to…
Politics Mar 17 Tamara Keith and Amy Walter on Democrats clashing over how to govern in the minority 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 members of the Democratic Party debating how to govern in the minority, how Congress narrowly avoided…
Politics Mar 10 Tamara Keith and Amy Walter on the political fallout of recession concerns NPR’s Tamara Keith and Amy Walter of the Cook Political Report with Amy Walter join Amna Nawaz to discuss the latest political news, including the government funding deadline and the potential political fallout and President Trump's concerns about a possible…
Nation Mar 05 Supreme Court rejects Trump administration’s bid to freeze billions in foreign aid The Supreme Court on Wednesday rejected the Trump administration’s request to freeze billions of dollars in foreign aid for work that has already been done. The administration asked the court to block a lower-court ruling ordering the government to release…
Politics Mar 03 What Americans think about Trump’s second term so far As President Trump gets ready to address Congress for the first time since reentering the Oval Office, our latest PBS News/NPR/Marist poll offers a new look at what the American public thinks about the actions his administration has taken in…
Politics Mar 03 Tamara Keith and Amy Walter on the fallout over Ukraine and public opinion about Trump 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 the fallout from President Trump’s meeting with Ukrainian President Zelenskyy and analysis of the latest PBS…