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Explaining Trump's Fight With Big Law Firms
https://www.npr.org/2025/06/02/1253522946/podcast-trump-big-law
Published: June 2, 2025 20:47
President Trump has issued executive orders targeting certain law firms, seeking to restrict their business endeavors. While some firms have settled, others have fought back. We look at why firms have chosen different paths, and whether Trump's orders —…
Tariff Twists; Diplomatic Deals; Mango Mania
https://www.npr.org/2025/05/30/1253382257/podcast-tariff-diplomacy
Published: May 30, 2025 20:44
President Trump's trade policies were dealt a blow this week as a court said he could use a 1977 emergency law to justify levying tariffs. What comes next? Plus, a look at how the traditional rules of diplomacy have been upended by the Trump…
How Trump Has Reshaped The Federal Workforce
https://www.npr.org/2025/05/29/1253312393/podcast-federal-workforce
Published: May 29, 2025 19:59
During his 2016 presidential campaign, Donald Trump promised to "drain the swamp." Now that he's in his second term, how have his efforts to shrink the federal workforce played out? This podcast: White House correspondent Deepa Shivaram, labor and…
Why Medicaid Cuts Are In The GOP Tax Bill
https://www.npr.org/2025/05/28/1253247264/podcast-medicaid-cuts
Published: May 28, 2025 20:36
Legislation working its way through Congress to codify President Trump's tax cuts would also make big cuts to Medicaid if it is passed. We look into what the bill proposes, and what the impacts would be. This podcast: White House correspondent Deepa…
How The "BIg, Beautiful Bill" Would Change Immigration Policy
https://www.npr.org/2025/05/27/1253209929/podcast-budget-immigration
Published: May 27, 2025 20:06
From allocating more money to build a wall on the U.S. border with Mexico, to changing provisions on what public services legal immigrants can use, the budget reconciliation bill working its way through Congress would change federal immigration policy in a…
Connecting The Dots On DOGE
https://www.npr.org/2025/05/26/1253189680/podcast-ct-doge
Published: May 26, 2025 07:00
It's been six months since President Trump first announced the creation of the Department of Government Efficiency initiative, which has dramatically shrunk parts of the federal government. And with so many individual stories about federal workers losing…
Another Turn In Trump's Economic Policy
https://www.npr.org/2025/05/23/1253043761/podcast-eu-tariff
Published: May 23, 2025 19:57
President Trump announced plans to levy 50 percent tariffs on goods imported from the European Union, and on iPhones not made in the U.S., causing stock markets to tumble. We look at the impact of the president's shifting trade policies on the market.…
Immigrants Without Legal Status May Lose Health Care In States
https://www.npr.org/2025/05/22/1252898732/podcast-health-care
Published: May 22, 2025 20:10
Democratic governors in California and Minnesota are proposing to roll back health insurance coverage for immigrants without legal status that they signed into law. We look at what's going on. This podcast: voting correspondent Miles Parks, Minnesota…
Accusations Of White Genocide Derail US-South Africa Meeting
Published: May 21, 2025 21:08
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa visited the White House Wednesday ostensibly to talk about trade policies and the upcoming G20 Summit. But the Oval Office meeting with President Trump quickly devolved into accusations of a genocide against white…
Can Trump Get His Megabill Through Congress?
https://www.npr.org/2025/05/20/1252436012/npr-politics-podcast-trump-budget-bill
Published: May 20, 2025 21:07
House Republicans are working to advance a massive bill that essentially wraps up all of President Trump's legislative goals. The conference is largely, but not entirely, unified, and just a few Republican defectors could derail the whole thing. So…
Republicans Push For Legislation Limiting Ballot Initiatives
https://www.npr.org/2025/05/19/1252360727/podcast-ballot-initiative
Published: May 19, 2025 20:03
Ballot initiatives are one way for voters to get issues that matter to them enshrined in law, especially if lawmakers aren't interested in taking them on in local legislatures. But, efforts in several Republican-led states are trying to make it harder for…
Roundup: Trump visits the Middle East
https://www.npr.org/2025/05/16/1251782077/podcast-roundup
Published: May 16, 2025 20:37
President Trump took his first major trip abroad this week, visiting the Middle East and signing business deals. We talk about what happened. Then, the Department of Justice is pursuing charges against non-citizens alleged to have voted illegally in the…