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Latest Episodes
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NPR's A Martinez talks with former deputy Pentagon press secretary Sabrina Singh about the new faces of the Pentagon press corps.
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North Carolina Republicans on Wednesday approved new congressional maps in an effort to boost their chances of holding onto Congress in next year's midterm elections.
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Rapper Tupac Shakur was killed when he was just 25 years old. In "Only God Can Judge Me: The Many Lives of Tupac Shakur," writer Jeff Pearlman explores Shakur's short but influential life.
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President Trump has already issued an order designating antifa a "domestic terrorist organization." Now his administration is talking about also labeling it as a foreign terrorist organization.
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A Martinez and Politico reporter Calder McHugh talk about the recent incidents of racist texts being sent between young Republicans and whether they're influencing mainstream Republican politics.
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As we enter another week of the government shutdown, the Trump administration continues to apply political pressures to Democrats by threatening to cut their priorities, but so far that has not swayed them to end the standoff.
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A judge has temporarily paused a reduction-in-force plan for the U.S. Department of the Interior. Former department leaders say the cuts will be devastating to public lands.
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Congressman Jeff Hurd, R-Colo., talks about the ongoing government shutdown and how it's affecting federal workers in his state.
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Trump threatens "Democrat priorities" to force end to shutdown, Vance says the Gaza ceasefire is making progress, parts of the White House's East Wing have been demolished for Trump's ballroom.
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The U.S. Department of Education has awarded more than $150 million in grants to train K-12 teachers in civics education, but what does nonpartisan civics look like in these hyper-partisan times?