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The U.S. general election is this Tuesday, and with it comes one of the most important weeks (and, likely, months) of the year. You almost certainly already know what the race for the presidency entails, so this episode, we offer everything you need to know to keep up with key races across the country in the Senate, where Democrats look to flip four seats to take control, as well as one key House...

President Trump, who returned to the White House after spending the weekend in Walter Reed, announced that he will block stimulus bills before November 3 to allow Congress to focus on the approval of his Supreme Court nominee.

President Trump remains at Walter Reed Military Hospital and Mayor Bill De Blasio shuts down certain zip codes of NYC as Princeton reaches midterms week.

President Donald Trump has tested positive for COVID-19. The Governors of California and Texas announced major policy shifts, with one focused on social justice and the other on the upcoming election.

The New York Times reports on President Trump's tax returns. Armenia and Azerbaijan spar in Nagorno-Karabakh, a breakaway-province in Azerbaijan.

This week, a Louisville grand jury caused outrage, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security announced new restrictions for international students, and California announced plans to ban gasoline-powered cars.

This week, the United States mourns more than 200,000 deaths from the novel coronavirus. Yesterday, Congress struggled to agree on a stimulus deal, markets dipped, and Republicans got a win in the Senate.

SCOTUS Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg H'10 passed away Friday — already, a Senate battle is brewing over a forthcoming nomination from President Trump. WeChat and TikTok, two apps widely popularized in the U.S., were nearly banned over the weekend by the President, as he saw the Chinese-owned downloads as national security threats — how did they both make it to Monday on the American market...

The President lied to the public in February about the severity of the novel coronavirus, forest fires are sweeping across the U.S. West Coast, USG caused a stir by announcing an upcoming virtual Lawnparties, Princeton's School of Engineering and Applied Sciences hired a historic faculty member, and Brown University announced that it plans to bring back the rest of its undergraduates in a week.

Over the summer, various groups of faculty, students, and alumni put forth demands for racial justice reform — SPEAR was one of those groups, asking Princeton to formally divest from the private prison industry. We talk to Anne Wen '22, who covered the petition for the 'Prince,' before chatting with Omar Farah '23 about a recent email from President Christopher Eisgruber '83 detailing the results...

President Trump visits Kenosha, Wisconsin, site of a recent police shooting and resulting political unrest. The U.S. federal government places a moratorium on evictions through the end of the year, and Sudan's transitional government signs a treaty with rebel groups.

Chinese and Indian troops come into a close encounter in Indian territory, a hurricane pummels Louisiana, and colleges start the fall semester in a variety of ways.

Earlier this week, the Department of Justice accused Yale University of discriminating against Asian American and white applicants — we talk to two writers from the Yale Daily News at 3:25. Princeton handled a sudden change of plans for the fall semester — we talk to three writers from the 'Prince' at 9:15. Finally, we talk to Francesca Block '22, a features writer for the 'Prince,' on the evictio...

Just over a month after Princeton announced that first-years and juniors would be able to return to campus for the fall, the University reversed its decision, leaving thousands of students with rapidly changing plans. We discuss the change after global headlines, including the explosion in Beirut, Trump's new pandemic relief push, and U.S. relationships with Canada and China.