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Fed Chair Jerome Powell held interest rates steady on Wednesday, and said the economic path ahead is unclear. The Washington Post reports on how economists are trying to sort through the warning signs they’re seeing. The Wall Street Journal ’s Drew Hinshaw joins to discuss a complicated problem the next pope will inherit: how to handle the Vatican’s messy finances.   Yesterday Uta...

The Wall Street Journal ’s Andrew Tangel discusses a troubling recent communication loss for air-traffic controllers, and how it has served as a wake-up call.   India struck sites in Pakistan, causing global concern. The Washington Post has more.   Today the conclave to elect a new pope begins. NPR ’s Bill Chappell takes us inside the secretive process.   Plus, the Supre...

Aria Bendix, health reporter for NBC News , discusses the impact of cuts and changes at the Department of Health and Human Services. The Washington Post examines the overall impact on public health of Trump’s first 100 days in office. Gerry Shih , Jerusalem bureau chief for the Washington Post , joins to talk about Israel’s plans to occupy more of Gaza and fully control distribution of...

The Trump administration wants a baby boom, but many of its policies are making it harder for American families to expand. Vox 's Rachel Cohen explains.   The trial of Sean Combs, the music mogul known as Diddy, starts today. He faces federal charges including sex trafficking and racketeering. Charles Bethea, a staff writer with the New Yorker , spent several months profiling one of the lead...

The Democratic Party is strategizing over how to respond to Trump. Perry Bacon Jr. with the Washington Post walks us through how that’s going. Mike Waltz is out as national-security adviser. ABC has the story. Generative AI is making nonconsensual deepfake porn incredibly easy to make and much more difficult to prevent and prosecute. Reporters Olivia Carville and Margi Murphy speak to In Con...

Kamala Harris delivered her first speech since leaving the White House. The Washington Post has the details.  Trump wants to use tariffs to boost U.S. manufacturing. The Wall Street Journal ’s Jon Emont describes what happened when Nike tried to move part of its manufacturing to North America. Plus, the Journal reports on how the trade war is putting pressure on China’s economy. Republicans n...

A look at the first 100 days of DOGE. Wired ’s Makena Kelly has the details.   Israel has prevented almost all aid from reaching Gaza for close to two months. This week, the International Court of Justice began to weigh in. The Washington Post reports. Reuters also finds that community kitchens in Gaza may close due to dwindling supplies. The Trump administration’s deportations an...

Reuters speaks to voters about their views on Trump’s second term so far. The Wall Street Journal ’s Nick Timiraos discusses the state of the economy and how businesses are coping with turbulence. This week the Supreme Court hears oral arguments in a case expected to have considerable implications on both education and the separation of church and state. USA Today ’s Maureen Grop...

CNN chief data analyst Harry Enten joins to discuss recent polling and why Trump’s honeymoon period didn’t last long. NPR reports that 114 immigrants were arrested in a raid at a Colorado nightclub on Sunday. Meanwhile, a judge in Milwaukee was arrested for allegedly helping a man evade immigration authorities at a courthouse.   Toronto Star columnist Althia Raj breaks down what&r...

In a recent pulse-check on the health of our democracy by Bright Line Watch , hundreds of scholars warned that the U.S. is heading swiftly toward authoritarianism. Ruth Ben-Ghiat, a professor of history at New York University who specializes in the subject, explains how we got here. Plus, setbacks for Trump in court, pregnant people in states with abortion bans are almost twice as likely to die du...

Travel to the United States is a multibillion-dollar industry. The Washington Post examines how and why it is decreasing.   Pope Francis kept up a routine of near daily calls to a church in Gaza throughout the Israel-Hamas war. The Wall Street Journal has more. And CNN details what to expect at his funeral.   The Athletic ’s Mike Vorkunov joins to discuss an investigation into a sp...

The Wall Street Journal ’s  personal tech columnist Nicole Nguyen shares why it might be a good idea to delete certain personal data about yourself online.   Amid the Trump administration’s crackdown on free speech and initiatives aimed at bolstering diversity, teachers are worried they might run afoul of new, vague rules around discussions of inclusivity. NPR has the story. The value o...

A number of agencies, like the Federal Reserve, operate independently from the party ruling Washington. The Wall Street Journal ’s Greg Ip explains how a Supreme Court case could challenge that precedent.   NPR ’s Jasmine Garsd explains why some immigrant and mixed-status families are considering self-deportation.   Bloomberg ’s Josh Sisco joins to discuss a major antit...

Pope Francis , who attempted to modernize the Vatican, has died. He was 88 years old. We remember his legacy with Reuters correspondent Joshua  McElwee. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth reportedly discussed sensitive military plans with his wife, brother, and personal lawyer over the app Signal. The Wall Street Journal reports that it’s the latest news in what’s been a chaotic time at th...

Vera Bergengruen, national-security reporter at the Wall Street Journal, joins to discuss Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele, his plans for his country, and his relationship with Trump. Bergengruen profiled Bukele for Time last year.   Plus, the U.S. may abandon its support to Ukraine , Luigi Mangione was indicted on federal charges, a gunman killed two people on the campus of Florida State Un...

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is making research into autism one of his major initiatives. NBC ’s Brandy Zadrozny explains how he’s reinvigorated the anti-vaccine movement in the process. The Los Angeles Times looks at how several Democratic governors, including California’s Gavin Newsom, are responding to and contending with the Trump administration. NPR explains how governme...

Bloomberg News reports on Harvard University’s pushback to demands from the Trump administration and the resulting retribution. CNN examines how other universities have responded. And Wesleyan president Michael Roth talks about his own approach.   The Wall Street Journal ’s Yaroslav Trofimov joins to discuss how some U.S. allies are hedging their bets in a trade war with China. &n...

El Salvador President Nayib Bukele said he will not help return Kilmar Abrego Garcia to the U.S. after Garcia was mistakenly deported to El Salvador. NBC News has more. And Rolling Stone reports on private White House considerations about sending U.S. citizens there as well. Joseph Walker from the Wall Street Journal joins to talk about a possible way that Republicans could cut Medicaid funding. &...

The government says Meta broke the law when it acquired Instagram and WhatsApp. The trial starts today. The Verge ’s Lauren Feiner details the case. The Trump administration has purposely classified thousands of living immigrants as dead. Lisa Rein from the Washington Post explains why. Universities are coming off a pandemic that closed campuses and reduced enrollment numbers. These days, th...

At the end of a chaotic week for the markets, we ask Bloomberg reporter Shawn Donnan what it’s all been for. Plus, the Supreme Court says the Trump administration must facilitate the return of a man who was erroneously deported, six people died in a helicopter crash in the Hudson River, and why politics and high visa costs have some international music artists rethinking big events in the U....

A look at China’s targeted response to Trump’s tariffs. Lingling Wei with the Wall Street Journal has the details.   The IRS and the DHS have finalized an agreement to share taxpayer data with federal immigration authorities as part of Trump’s deportation crackdown. Shannon Najmabadi with the Washington Post breaks down what the policy change could mean for immigrants withou...

Tensions are rising within the White House as a result of inconsistent messaging on the policy goals for tariffs. Bloomberg ’s Justin Sink details the challenge in sorting out the varying disputes.   The Trump administration is using a point system to determine who is eligible to be deported. Sergio Martínez-Beltrán with NPR describes how the system is leading to critical...

Michigan’s auto industry is at the forefront of the economic turmoil brought on by the Trump administration’s tariffs. The Wall Street Journal ’s Jeanne Whalen tells us about the impact on manufacturers and workers so far.   Flight attendants who work for the airline that’s overseeing most of the federal government’s deportation flights told ProPublica ’s M...

The Trump administration is defending sweeping tariffs that sent markets careening. Shawn Donnan of Bloomberg News discusses what might happen next. Trump has attempted to revoke temporary protected status for some Venezuelans. KFF Health News reporter Vanessa G. Sánchez tells us how the caregiving industry could be affected. The Wall Street Journal examines the recent killing of Palestinian param...

President Trump’s tariffs have caused U.S. markets to plummet. How to prepare for a potential recession, and how the tariffs might have an outsized impact on a small African nation. Plus, Semafor ’s Elana Schor joins to discuss major news from Washington this week including Sen. Cory Booker’s record-length speech, and a push for proxy voting in the House. Today’s episode was hosted by Shumit...