Trump's Lonely War

Secretary of War/little boy Pete Hegseth will be testifying before Congress this week — starting with a hearing before the House Armed Services Committee today. And if you ask him, everything in Iran and everything else is going just fine! Great, even! But Colorado Democratic Rep ...  Show more

Senate Majority Leader John Thune is trying to get a bunch done ahead of the Senate’s long summer break, from sanctions legislation on Russia to funding the government. But none of that seems to matter to President Trump. He’s focused on the SAVE America Act – a sweeping piece of ...  Show more

Capitalism has entered its villain era. In a new series running Fridays this month, we look at how Americans came to blame it for just about everything. This episode was produced by Miles Bryan, edited by Matt Collette, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by Patrick Boyd an ...  Show more

We’re sharing an episode of The Gray Area from our friends at Vox.  The Gray Area is a philosophical take on culture, politics, and your daily life. In the episode we’re sharing with you today, host Sean Illing speaks with New York Magazine writer Eric Levitz about the viability ...  Show more

President Trump’s interventions are raising questions about the U.S. approach to free markets. Host Carmel Crimmins talks to Reuters U.S. business editor David Gaffen and White House correspondent Trevor Hunnicutt about recent White House deals with U.S. corporates and what they ...  Show more

President Trump is threatening CEOs, nationalizing the steel industry, and demanding a cut of Nvidia's profits. There's a term for all that — and it's not "free-market." This episode was produced by Miles Bryan, edited by Jolie Myers, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by ...  Show more