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Daily thoughtful conversation about the latest news and politics.

Brian Lehrer: A Daily Politics Podcast

After the shooting of UnitedHealthcare's CEO, consumers have been expressing frustrations with the health insurance system.

On Today's Show:
Elisabeth Rosenthal, senior contributing editor at KFF Health News, former ER physician and author of An American Sickness: How Healthcare Became Big Business and How You Can Take It Back (Penguin Press, 2017), breaks down the perception and reality of healthcare and health insurance in the United States.

How Health Insurance Came To Be Hated

As president-elect Donald Trump considers his pick to replace Federal Trade Commission chair Lina Khan, a look at the role of the FTC in the economy.

On Today's Show:
Leah Nylen, antitrust reporter for Bloomberg News, breaks down the latest news surrounding a failed merger of two major supermarket chains and what the future of antitrust enforcement might look like

The Price of Eggs Meets Freedom Of Speech In The FTC Transition

President Biden has issued pardons and commuted the sentences of hundreds of people, on the heels of his controversial pardon of his son, Hunter.

On Today's Show:
Meryl Kornfield, politics reporter for The Washington Post, reports on the latest pardons, plus the pressure on the president to issue preemptive pardons ahead of Trump taking office, and President-elect Trump's pledge to pardon people convicted of crimes related to the insurrection on January 6, 2021.

Beg Your Pardon, Mr. President: Strong Feelings On Crime, Clemency And Justice

The fatal shooting of UnitedHealthcare’s chief executive has led to public outcry against the health insurance industry.

On Today's Show:
Rachel Cohrs Zhang, chief Washington correspondent for STAT News, examines what Congress is trying to do to fix a system that many Americans think is broken.

Here’s Who’ll Be In Charge of Health Insurance in The New House Term

A series of unidentified drones have been reportedly flying over the tri-state area, leading to confusion, concern, conspiracy theories. 

On Today's Show:
Andrew Tangel, enterprise reporter covering aviation safety and regulation for The Wall Street Journal, breaks down the latest news, and what the federal response has been so far.

The Pentagon and NYPD: The Drones People Are Seeing Are Not A Risk

On today's show: New York Senator Kirsten Gillibrand takes some questions about the week's news, including the looming government shutdown, the Equal Rights Amendment, and the drone situation.

Sen. Gillibrand Wants Biden To Declare The Equal Rights Amendment Ratified

Katie Fallow, deputy litigation director at the Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University, offers legal analysis of the settlement between ABC and President-elect Trump, after the latter filed a defamation lawsuit against the news outlet and its anchor George Stephanopoulos, and what effect this and other threats and lawsuits by the president elect might have on the media.

First Amendment Litigator On Trump’s Media Lawsuits

President-elect Trump has indicated that under his administration, the federal government would only recognize "male" and "female" genders. 

On Today's Show:
Jonathan Lemire, co-host of MSNBC’s Morning Joe, breaks down the latest news from Washington, D.C., including updates from over the weekend as House Republican leadership proposes a third spending bill to avert shutdown.

Trump Says Some Americans Do Not Actually Exist

This year, the Lehrer Prize for Community Well-Being will honor people whose work supports transgender children and their families.

On Today's Show:
Listeners call in to nominate the people and organizations making a difference in the lives of trans minors and their parents—medically, socially or in any other way.

Here Is This Year’s Lehrer Prize For Community Well-Being Topic

President-elect Donald Trump's brand of "America First" foreign policy seems at odds with his recent statements about the US's posture toward Greenland, Canada and the Panama Canal.

On Today's Show:
Jacqueline Alemany, congressional investigations reporter for The Washington Post, talks about the latest political news out of Washington.

How Can Trump's Isolationism Include Annexing the Panama Canal or Buying Greenland?

A doctoral student at Tufts University was detained in an arrest that was caught on video and shared widely, and accused of supporting Hamas by the Department of Homeland Security. On today's show: Lindsay Nash, associate and clinical professor of law at Cardozo Law and co-director of the Kathryn O. Greenberg Immigration Justice Clinic, offers legal analysis of this and other arrests of pro-Palestinian immigrants.

Is Writing An Op-Ed Now Grounds For Deportation?

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