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What A Day
If you’re looking for hype, fake outrage, and groupthink, kindly keep moving. Our mission at What a Day is simple: to be your guide to what truly matters each morning (and the fun stuff you might have missed) in just 20 minutes. Host Jane Coaston brings you in-depth reporting and substantive analysi...
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ICE Polices The American Dream
The Trump Administration has put billions of dollars into building an immigration superstructure meant to punish those who have done nothing wrong and...
The GOP’s Plan For Your Healthcare
Monday is your deadline to pick an insurance plan on the Affordable Care Act marketplace – and there is still zero plan to ensure that the enhanced su...
Billionaires Brawl Over Warner Bros.
We’ve been talking about the Paramount Skydance/Warner Brothers Discovery/Netflix Billionaire Boys Club Spectacular for a few days now. But it’s reall...
The Vax Wars Are Here
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is likely to reverse its long-standing recommendation that all newborns be immunized against Hepatitis...
Why Trump’s Got A Big AI Problem
The Trump Administration has gone all in on artificial intelligence. It doesn’t hurt that AI’s biggest backers also happen to run the biggest companie...
Rep. Jim Clyburn Offers A Historical Warning
The Manhattan Institute, a conservative think tank, released a new survey this week in an attempt to figure out who, exactly, is a Republican these da...
Hegseth Takes His “Secretary of War” Title Too Seriously
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has been under fire for his continually evolving explanations and blame-shifting regarding a September attack on an all...
President Trump Is Disconnected From His Beloved Base
President Trump is old, and it shows. But in his second term in the White House, he's not just old – he's cloistered. After building his political car...
With Next Phase Of Ceasefire Unclear, Gazans Brace For Winter
It's been nearly two months since the fragile ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas went into effect. The ceasefire is intended to be the first...
Trump Capitalizes On The National Guard Shooting
Two members of the West Virginia National Guard were shot just a few blocks away from the White House, on Wednesday. One of the two shooting victims,...
Protecting The Franchise: How Can We Secure Our Elections?
Fear is mounting about the integrity of next year’s elections and all the tricks MAGA World might be able to pull. How valid are those concerns? What...
The Tennessee Democrat Fighting The MAGA Machine
Congress is not exactly a barrel of fun at the best of times. Still, after the unexpected exit of Georgia Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene last...
MAGA Threats Made Him Leave The Country
A lot happened while we were off this weekend, from President Donald Trump's overly friendly meeting with New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani to...
Trump's Grift Goes Global
From $400 million planes to $300 million ballrooms, from cryptocurrency to just plain… currency, President Donald Trump and his family have profited m...
US Absent From Global Climate Conference
For the last two weeks, a critically important climate conference has been taking place in Belem, Brazil. For the first time in 30 years, the United S...
"Things Happen": Trump Goes All In On MBS
President Donald Trump joyously welcomed Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman, also known as MBS, to the White House on Tuesday. That's des...
The U.S. Takes Aim At Venezuela
This week, President Donald Trump told reporters that he would be willing to hold talks with Venezuelan President Nicholas Maduro. His statements came...
Were There Any Winners In The Government Shutdown?
The longest government shutdown in American history ended last week, thanks to 8 Senate Democrats giving up the fight to extend Affordable Care Act su...
Make America What Again? Policy Priorities For A Progressive Future
Good policy is good politics, or so the saying goes.
So, uh, how do we agree on what that is? Jane Coaston talks with three of the left’s most...
Scam Calls Are Getting Worse: Here's Why
This week, a court filing showed that the Trump Administration has declared the current funding structure for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau...
The Government Reopens — To More Epstein Chaos
The House returned on Wednesday and ended the longest shutdown in government history. House Republicans were joined by six democrats to fund the gover...
Misread the Moment: Rep. McBride On Senate Democrats
The government shutdown is inching closer to an end as members of the House of Representatives return to Washington today. They are expected to vote o...
Sen. Sanders Slams The Surrender Dems
Monday night, the Senate passed legislation to reopen the government, sending it to the House. The eight Senate Democrats who reached a deal with Repu...
Inside the Deal to End the Shutdown
On Sunday evening, senators from both parties reached a deal that could bring an end to the government shutdown, which has lasted well over a month. T...
If Not A Recession, Why Does It Feel Like One?
After Tuesday’s election results, everyone seems to have gotten the message that affordability is king. Democrats, Republicans, and even President Don...
Is Trump About To Lose His Trade War?
It was a big day for President Donald Trump as the Supreme Court heard arguments on his power to impose tariffs unilaterally. And the justices seemed…...
Dems Win Big: A Midterm Preview?
Tuesday was Election Day and Democrats won big! Voters in New York City elected Democratic Socialist Zohran Mamdani as their next mayor. In Georgia, D...
Chicago Fights Back
A federal judge once again blocked the Trump Administration from sending the National Guard to Portland over the weekend — but if Trump is successful...
The GOP's Anti-Semitic Turn
Last week, former Fox News host and conservative pundit Tucker Carlson invited white supremacist and antisemite Nick Fuentes onto his highly-ranked po...
Will Trump's Trade Truce With China Last?
President Donald Trump announced a trade truce with Chinese President Xi Jinping after a 90-minute meeting in Busan, South Korea, on Thursday. But wha...
The Redistricting Game
A Virginia judge allowed the state’s Democrats to pursue a redistricting plan on Wednesday that would permit them to amend the state’s constitution an...
Is This Mamdani's Moment
Highly anticipated elections are happening across the country on Tuesday. In states from California to Virginia, Americans will head to the polls in b...
The Price of Care: Fixing The ACA
The main issue keeping the government closed is healthcare — specifically, the enhanced Affordable Care Act subsidies that have been in place since 20...
The Reality of Being An American Farmer Right Now
Chinese and American negotiators announced on Sunday that they had agreed to a “framework of a deal” on tariffs ahead of President Donald Trump’s expe...
FBI Takes Down NBA-Mafia Gambling Ring
On Thursday, FBI Director Kash Patel announced over 30 indictments as part of a massive investigation into a criminal gambling ring. Those indicted in...
The Key to Unlocking the Epstein Files
With the government shutdown in its third week, the House of Representatives is still out of session – and votes aren’t getting scheduled. That includ...
Trump’s Deadly Attacks in the Caribbean Sea
Since the start of September, President Donald Trump has ordered a series of lethal strikes on boats in the Caribbean Sea, killing dozens of people. H...
This Supreme Court Could Change The Future of Elections
In two weeks, millions of Americans will be voting — but a Supreme Court case could change elections as we know them. Last week, the court heard argum...
Over 7 Million Americans Protested Against Trump
Millions of Americans were in the streets over the weekend, rallying against President Donald Trump and his administration's latest authoritarian esca...
America Has No Kings
This weekend, people across the country are taking to the streets for the second iteration of the “No Kings” protests. Organizers say they anticipate...