Chris Berube with three things: 1) Senate Republicans clear the way for Trump nominees; 2) Rodrigo Duterte pulls back in the war on drugs; 3) An iconic American brand changes course.

Chris Berube with three things: 1) Steve Bannon joins the National Security Council; 2) Fox News falsely claims an attack is Islamic terrorism; 3) Plastic fur is murder.

Chris Berube with three things to know: 1) Logan Airport is the best place for refugees; 2) Though Canada actually can't accept them; 3) Who's going to the Oscars, travel ban edition.

Mary Wilson fills in for Mike Pesca with today's three things: 1) Evaluating the potential import of President Trump's first executive actions, 2) Norms in the news, and 3) Those pranksters at Fox and Friends.

Mary Wilson fills in for Mike Pesca with today's three things: 1) The State Department brain trust gets a lobotomy, 2) President Trump's orders haven't been reviewed for legality, & 3) The Mook-Lewandowski odd couple is not coming to town, after all.

Mary Wilson fills in for Mike Pesca with today's three things: 1) Investigating voter fraud, 2) The U.S. falls prey to the "democracy recession," and 3) The Department of Defense joins the rogue ranks on Twitter.

Mary Wilson fills in for Mike Pesca with today's three things: 1) President Trump backs off from his deportation promise, 2) State lawmakers tee up measures to criminalize protesting, and 3) Primates face an existential crisis.

Mary Wilson fills in for Mike Pesca with today's three things: 1) U.S. ethics lawyers are suing President Donald Trump, 2) The Dutch prime minister's message to immigrants & xenophobes alike, and 3) Gambia's former president's curious U-Haul.

Mike Pesca with three things about the new President: 1) He is being investigated!; 2) He is violating conflict-of-interest laws!; 3) He has created some new jobs already! Or maybe not.

Mike Pesca with three things: 1) Steve Mnuchin faces the Senate; 2) Rick Perry finally discovers what the Energy Department does; 3) A video store adapts to the modern age.

Mike Pesca with three things: 1) People hate Obamacare, or they want a lot more of it; 2) Betsy DeVos is afraid of bears; 3) An update from Gambia.

Mike Pesca with Three Things: 1) The decline of men in the workplace; 2) Putin calls the dossier a fake; 3) A seafood restaurant realizes nobody listens to techno.

Mike Pesca with today's three things: 1) U.S. Rep. Jason Chaffetz issues a warning to an ethics watchdog, 2) South Dakota's hands-off bill fails, and 3) Whitefish, Montana won't host a Nazi parade.

Mary Wilson fills in for Mike Pesca with today's three things: 1) Russia balks over U.S. forces in the Baltic region, 2) Lebanon's transportation minister declares a foul emergency, and 3) A former British intelligence officer goes off the grid.

Mike Pesca with three things: 1) Trump's very eventful press conference; 2) Rex Tillerson faces the Senate; 3) Chinese elevator news, because we needed a less serious story.

Mike Pesca with three things: 1) Jeff Sessions faces a light congressional grilling; 2) A VW executive takes an ill-considered vacation; 3) Fact-checking Magic Meryl

Chris Berube with three things: 1) Trump's nominees are not ethically vetted; 2) 2016 was a very deadly year for journalists; 3) Why Bulgarian public radio is bad right now.

Mike Pesca with three things: 1) Scotland postpones referendum plans; 2) How deadly are peanuts, exactly?; 3) The grossest story about beef jerky ever.

Chris Berube with three things: 1) Science says you should feed your toddler peanuts; 2) A record-breaking tuna auction highlights overfishing; 3) No, "They Live" is not an alt-right allegory.

Chris Berube with two things you need to know, one you don't: 1) The fate of Obamacare; 2) China mixes Uber with 1984; 3) Omarosa joins the White House.

Chris Berube with today's three things: 1) Gutting and ungutting the Congressional watchdog; 2) Update on the Syrian ceasefire; 3) A useless Canadian village goes up for sale.

Mike Pesca has today's three things: Venezuela and India are having trouble swapping out defunct currency, and one U.K. paper is bullish on Legos.

Mike Pesca with today's three things: 1) The presidential election was a boon to cable news, especially Fox News' primetime viewership, 2) Don't call it vegetarian schnitzel, and 3) An Australian beach bans beer after one too many shark alarms.

Mike Pesca with today's three things: 1) A North Korea defector has discomfiting news, 2) Nigeria's anti-corruption trick, and 3) Insult the president of Turkey at your own risk.

Mike Pesca with three things: 1) Trump isn't done appointing billionaires to his administration; 2) Is Google doing enough to fight Holocaust deniers?; 3) No, John Bolton's mustache is not statesmanlike.