Politics Dec 30 Tamara Keith and Amy Walter on how Trump’s 2nd term could define Biden’s legacy NPR’s Tamara Keith and Amy Walter of the Cook Political Report with Amy Walter join Nick Schifrin to discuss the latest political news, including the passing of former President Jimmy Carter, the fate of President Biden's legacy and a look…
World Dec 20 How life in the West Bank has become brutal and unpredictable after Oct. 7 Overnight in the occupied West Bank, a mosque was vandalized and set on fire by Israeli settlers. Attacks against Palestinians there have increased greatly since the Oct. 7 terror attacks. Israel describes the West Bank as one of seven fronts…
World Dec 11 Syria’s new leaders promise unity while also holding Assad facilitators accountable Syria's new leaders vowed to create unity, but also hold to account the people who facilitated a half-century of Assad rule. Those calls for revenge added to the unease of many Syrian minorities, including U.S. partners in the fight against…
World Dec 09 Syria seeks to build functioning government after fall of autocratic Assad dynasty After 13 brutal years of war, Syrians breathe free after the fall of the autocratic Assad dynasty. Bashar al-Assad and his family are now in Russia, which extended them asylum. The seizure of the nation by insurgents rocked the region…
World Dec 06 Romania election results thrown out after Russian interference claims Romania’s constitutional court threw out the results of the election’s first round and delayed the second round. The sitting government says there was a vast influence effort by a foreign actor to boost the candidacy of a candidate dubbed as…
World Dec 05 Family of Palestinian chef killed in Israeli drone strike says he was targeted In North Gaza, Mahmod Almadhoun, fed the famished. They called him Chef Mahmoud for running a soup kitchen for the most vulnerable. He opened a school with a sign on the roof in Hebrew and English reading, "Please don’t bomb."…
World Dec 04 Chinese hackers have infiltrated at least 8 U.S. telecom companies, White House says The White House said that a broad Chinese hacking operation had infiltrated at least eight American telecommunications companies and that none of them have managed to remove the Chinese hackers from their systems. Nick Schifrin reports.
World Dec 03 South Korea’s president throws nation into political chaos with martial law attempt For the first time since South Korea became a democracy some 40 years ago, a president declared martial law. But hours later, the opposition and members of his own party in parliament rejected the order. Nick Schifrin discussed what led…
World Dec 02 What’s next for the Middle East as Syria’s civil war is suddenly reignited Russian and Syrian warplanes targeted civilian areas held by opposition fighters in Syria. It comes days after rebels swept into parts of northwestern Syria that the regime had controlled for years. Nick Schifrin discussed the reignition of the civil war…
World Nov 29 Thousands protest in Georgia after government suspends EU bid The ruling party of the country of Georgia has suspended talks to join the European Union, a decision that the opposition calls the culmination of a pro-Russian effort to rig recent parliamentary elections and turn the former Soviet Republic back…