From rendition flights to El Salvador, to USAID workers left stranded in dangerous places, the courts are tackling Trump’s wildest lawless acts, but meeting with denial and defiance.

Cutting NIH grants–even temporarily–could have repercussions for years to come.

The government responds defiantly to court orders in showdown over mass deportation; what the data say about why Trump won in 2024; and slow-motion capitulation in a long call between Trump and Putin.

Trying to make sense of Trumponomics.

Over the weekend, the Trump administration invoked an arcane law which was last used to justify Japanese internment. A judge tried to stop him—but he didn’t listen.

Edward Fishman and Saleha Mohsin join to discuss how the US dollar became a global currency and what that means under Trump.

How the struggles of a once universally beloved children’s show are emblematic of a larger cultural shift.

Chuck Schumer’s decision to keep the government open enraged a wide swath of Democrats, from Pelosi to AOC.

This week, the hosts discuss Mickey 17, Netflix’s With Love, Meghan, and the plague of the white homes.

Inside the movement targeting free speech.

The stock market keeps plummeting, Binance might be trying to buy a Trump pardon, and MrBeast’s chocolate is doing big numbers.

After an initial shock, signs of big firms fighting back against Trump. Will it be enough?

From “Eco-Friendly” to “Swastiscar”

DOGE’s cuts are endangering American lives; Trump tests limits of free speech with attacks on universities and the arrest of Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil; and the politics of the Texas measles outbreak.

Elon takes on the biggest, most trusted, and most essential program yet.

Mahmoud Khalil’s detainment is part of Trump’s larger war on American universities.

In 2021, he resigned from the governorship under the shadow of multiple scandals. In 2025, he’s leading the polls in New York City’s mayoral race.

How husbands’ votes for Donald Trump threw whole relationships into question.

This week, the hosts discuss Zero Day, remembering Gene Hackman, and how to engage with optimism during times of crisis.

Does Meta know what they’ve done?

Donald Trump flip flops on tariffs, the economics of eggs raise a lot of questions, and there was lotto arbitrage in Texas.

Elon Musk cannot, as a legal matter, be simultaneously leading DOGE and also not leading DOGE.

How the far-right internet conquered American politics.

Trump addresses Congress and plays chicken with tariffs in a show of power; Trump and Vance betray Ukraine’s Zelensky to his face and align with Russia; and we all grapple with the ways Covid changed America.