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This week's current events: House Republicans are impeaching Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas for allegations of dereliction of duty in enforcing border security A drone strike by Iran-backed militias killed three American troops in Jordan, leaving us to wonder what President Biden's response will be Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban clashes with the EU over funding Uk...

This week's current events: Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has suspended his presidential campaign Illinois completed a study which shows the overwhelming benefits of a state-level child tax credit The IRS has recovered over $500 million dollars from millionaire households since receiving greater funding Joe Biden's Consumer Protection Bureau is looking to cap the overdraft fees banks charg...

This week's current events: Trump dominates in the Iowa caucuses Congress passes another continuing resolution to keep the government open Republicans and Democrats are in intense negotiations over immigration reform and Ukraine aid Migrants are starting to work as they get permits The U.S. hit Houthi targets with over 100 precision strikes, but the Houthis retain most of their attack capacity...

This week’s current events: - The Iowa caucus is 4 days away - Trump seeks immunity in court - House and Senate leadership came to a tentative deal on a new budget, until the Freedom Caucus said hell no - We examine the border funding the Biden administration has requested that’s holding up House Republicans - Ukrainian audits find corruption in the military - A Republican representative in the Ho...

This week's current events: Maine and Colorado both say Trump can't be on the ballot Trump claims immunity from criminal trials based on being acquitted in his impeachment trial Trump works to secure Iowa Nikki Haley stumbles when asked about the Civil War The Biden administration produced rules for the new hydrogen tax credit which requires making the hydrogen with clean energy The New Yo...

This episode's current events: The Campaign Legal Center filed a complaint alleging illegal coordination between the PAC Never Back Down and Ron Desantis's official campaign Nikki Haley is surging at the right time to have a chance against Trump Trump continues spewing hateful, war-like rhetoric against immigrants, ignoring backlash from the press Japanese company Nippon agreed to buy out...

This week's current events: The U.S. is the lone member of the U.N. security council to veto a call for ceasefire in Gaza as the situation there deteriorate further Businesses remain unprepared for climate change risks The EU is set to pass landmark regulation on AI systems The Texas Supreme Court has denied an abortion to a woman whose fetus has a lethal genetic defect High speed rail gets $6...

This week's current events: A Bill Gates-backed startup has a new way to capture carbon from the atmosphere The YIMBY movement recorded wins across the country in 2023 The international climate conference COP28 is happening, with a few interesting takeaways including a hard stance against methane Reno, Nevada has a controversial new solution to its homelessness problem There's a lawsuit in...

This week's current events: Where is the Fed heading in 2025? Biden and Xi meet in San Francisco Thinking about the Argentinian election A transformer shortage is delaying the green transition A shutdown was avoided, but the government funding fight isn't over Biden meets with Mexican President Lopez-Obrador A Colorado judge determines Trump is allowed to be President on very narrow ground...

This week's current events: The New York Times released an analysis of what immigration policy under Trump might look like We returned to the brink of a government shutdown Moody's downgraded the U.S.'s credit outlook A recent government bond auction went worse than expected The U.S. has attacked Iranian proxies in Syria Xi Jinping is visiting the U.S. with a backdrop of the two compan...

This week's current events: Election night 2023 A new Siena-New York Times poll puts Trump squarely ahead of Biden A major offshore wind developer pulls out of two projects off New Jersey The Biden administration invests in Amtrak Updates to the situation in Gaza Trump's legal troubles mount This week's deep dive covers United Auto Workers, from their inception in 1935 to now. We cover...

This week's current events: We have a Speaker of the House: Mike Johnson. Who is he, and how'd it go down? U.S. GDP grew at 4.9 percent in the third quarter The AfD is gaining ground in state elections in Germany UAW reaches tentative deals with the big three automakers to end their strike Israel begun its ground invasion of Gaza The new push in Congress to fund Israel In this episode'...

This week's current events: The September CPI report shows inflation continues to slow The Republican Speaker of the House circus continues UAW leadership arranges walkouts at more highly profitable plants to keep the pressure on automakers The Biden administration has announced new restrictions on exports of semiconductors and semiconductor-related technology to China and other countries of i...

NOTE: Like our last episode, this one was recorded on October 6th. In the past two weeks, Ben was on vacation and then Anthony was, so we haven't recorded recently. Our next episode will be released on October 25th, covering a slew of current events and doing a deep dive on the history and current situation between Israel and Palestine. This episode's current events: - The Consumer Financi...

This week's current events: Kevin McCarthy avoids a government shutdown, but then gets ousted as Speaker Dianne Feinstein has passed away, and Governor Newsom of California has appointed Laphonza Butler as her replacement Trump is convicted of fraudulently inflating the value of his assets UAW continues to win, with concessions from General Motors regarding its EV battery plants Union election...

This week's current events: Biden administration grants Temporary Protected Status to about 470,000 Venezuelans, instantly making it legal for them to work We continue to plod towards a government shutdown The Supreme Court once again tells Alabama it needs to properly represent its black voters in its Congressional map The leaders of the WGA agree to a tentative deal to end the writers' s...

This Week's Current Events: The U.S. government is edging towards a shutdown because of internal dysfunction within the Republican party The United Auto Workers union (UAW) has begun to go on strike The August Inflation Report A Republican-sponsored Senate bill has been introduced to raise the minimum wage and simultaneously crack down harder on undocumented immigrants A Pennsylvania special e...

Our Current Events This Week: Kevin McCarthy is using his powers as Speaker to impeach Joe Biden The Freedom Caucus wants to shut down the government if it doesn't get its way with the budget Germany is facing a budget fight of their own Migrant crises in major American cities The IRS is going to crack down on millionaires evading taxes because of tools and manpower granted by new funding The...

Our Current Events This Week: Ron DeSantis's map for the Florida legislature is deemed unconstitutional The Pro-DeSantis super-PAC is stopping door-knocking operations in Nevada The federal program WIC, which provides food for needy families, could get cut in this fall's Congressional budget battle President Biden's administration has issued a report recommending the privatization of w...

Our current events for this episode: The first Republican primary debate Wildfires in Hawaii New research out of MIT that could be huge for renewable energy storage Woman shot and killed over flying the pride flag A group of six cops performing hate crimes Minneapolis avoiding the worst of inflation because of its liberal housing policies A lawsuit against FINRA that could threaten any and all sel...

This week's current events: The fourth indictment of Donald Trump A sad story of a girl who became a mother against her will A win for climate protections in Montana Should Germany ban the far-right AFD party? China's present economic collapse Danger for the Republican party due to the farm bill A hitch in the U.S.-Canada relationship after stalled negotiations on how to tax big tech In th...

In this episode's current events, we covered:- Fitch's recent downgrades of U.S. bonds- The Biden administration's campaign to reinstate the Davis-Bacon Act to set a wage floor for construction workers on public projects- The effects of the climate provisions in Biden's recent Infrastructure bill on farmers- The July jobs report- Updates on the situation in Niger after the coup, in...

This week's current events: The latest Trump Indictment, this time relating to the riots at the capitol on January 6, 2021 New polling on the likely Biden-Trump rematch in 2024 A boom in housing construction correlating to slowing rent increases across the country Progress on the UPS strike for part-time workers The painful economic effects of extreme heat caused by climate change An American...

Another week, another episode. This week, our current events largely lie in the realm of politics, where we discuss a recent special election in Wisconsin, the changing outlook of college towns, a complex dynamic in this past weekend's Spanish election, and Republican primary polling in Iowa and other early states. Besides that, we talk about the recent Kerch Strait Bridge bombing by Ukrainian...

We kick it off with this week’s current events: - Tax prep companies breached customers’ privacy by selling their sensitive financial and personal data to advertising companies like Google and Meta - Microsoft acquired Activision-Blizzard - Hollywood’s writers (WGA) and actors (SAG-AFTRA) unions have gone on - strike - The most recent American inflation report was released - Russia is facing budge...