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  • The State Of The Civil War In Sudan

    The State Of The Civil War In Sudan
    Nov 13 2025
    The civil war in Sudan has claimed the lives of some 150,000 people.

    From the outside looking in, the story of the war is one of two competing generals, foreign involvement complicating matters, and mass casualties among the innocent.

    Now, following a massacre in the city of El Fasher, the rebels have agreed to a humanitarian ceasefire proposed by the Quad — a group of group of four countries including the United States, the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, and Egypt. But for how long will it hold?

    We discuss the latest on the conflict in Sudan and the humanitarian crisis. What is the international community doing to help (or hurt) the situation?

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  • The Financial Burden Of Caregiving

    The Financial Burden Of Caregiving
    Nov 13 2025
    In-home elder care costs are rising more than three times faster than inflation.

    AARP estimates that caregivers in the U.S. spend an average of $7,242 out of pocket each year.

    Cuts to federal spending have gutted programs that support them. And amidst the longest government shutdown in history, what little help was left is quickly drying up.

    Why is the cost of care going up? What can be done to combat those costs?

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  • ICYMI: Trump Pardons Top Jan. 6 Conspirators

    ICYMI: Trump Pardons Top Jan. 6 Conspirators
    Nov 11 2025
    Late Sunday, while most eyes were on the Senate’s shutdown negotiations, the Trump administration was busy rewriting the history of the 2020 election.

    Just before midnight, a Justice Department lawyer posted a list on X of dozens of the president’s top allies and former aides who’d received pardons related to their efforts to overturn that election.

    Among them are Trump’s former lawyer, Rudy Giuliani; Trump’s former chief of staff, Mark Meadows; and Sidney Powell, a former federal prosecutor who tried to overturn election results in key swing states and spread false claims of widespread voting machine fraud.

    What do these pardons do? And how is the president using the Justice Department to shield those closest to him from future legal consequences?

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    12 m
  • 'If You Can Keep It': The Results Of The 2025 Election

    'If You Can Keep It': The Results Of The 2025 Election
    Nov 10 2025
    In the first general election since the beginning of Donald Trump’s second term, Democrats won big. But they might also be set to kill a lot of that momentum.

    Exit polls have found that in major races across the country — in states like Virginia, New Jersey, New York, and California — the economy and affordability were the biggest issues that drove voters to the polls.

    An NPB News poll from October suggests that 63 percent of registered voters believe the Trump administration has fallen short when it comes to the economy.

    As part of our weekly series on the state of democracy, If You Can Keep It, we dive into some of the biggest local races and what they tell us about the issues that matter most to you – and what Democrats and Republicans can take away from this year’s results.

    But first, we dive into a potential deal to end the longest government shutdown in U.S. history that has some critics claiming Senate Democrats are caving to President Trump.

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    42 m
  • The News Roundup For October 7, 2025

    The News Roundup For October 7, 2025
    Nov 7 2025
    Democrats swept on election night this week, winning several key gubernatorial races, state legislature positions, and the New York City mayoral election.

    As the government shutdown continues, airports are struggling to run at maximum capacity. The Federal Aviation Administration is looking to cut 10 percent of flights at high traffic airports as they struggle with delays and staffing shortages.

    The Supreme Court began hearing arguments over whether or not Donald Trump’s tariffs on America’s trading partners are legal.

    Meanwhile, a top Israeli military lawyer was incarcerated this week after she leaked footage of Israeli soldiers allegedly sexually assaulting a Palestinian prisoner. Now, Benjamin Netanyahu and his government are working to combat what he calls the “most severe public relations attack that the state of Israel has experienced.”

    U.S. officials are mulling possible regime change in Venezuela. The federal government’s operations in and around Caribbean and South American waters have intensified in recent weeks.

    Donald Trump is also threatening to take action in Nigeria if the country’s government doesn’t take action to protect Christians within its borders.

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  • How Health Insurance Got So Expensive

    How Health Insurance Got So Expensive
    Nov 6 2025
    It’s open enrollment season. And for the 20 million Americans who buy their own health insurance, prices are through the roof.

    Rates are up an average of 30 percent for a typical plan in the 30 states where the federal government manages markets. In states that run their own markets, rates are up an average of 17 percent. That’s according to an analysis from the health policy research group KFF.

    Meanwhile, the longest government shutdown continues in Washington. Lawmakers still can’t agree over whether to extend subsidies that would make health insurance more affordable. Without those subsidies, experts estimate that more than 4 million people could lose access to insurance.

    How did health insurance get so expensive in the first place? And who stands to benefit from higher costs?

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    36 m
  • The Ongoing Fight For Justice Of Jeffrey Epstein Survivors

    The Ongoing Fight For Justice Of Jeffrey Epstein Survivors
    Nov 6 2025
    Virginia Giuffre’s memoir, “Nobody’s Girl,” is again shining a light on justice for the survivors of Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell.

    The Department of Justice says Epstein died by suicide in his jail cell while awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges. Maxwell is serving a 20-year sentence for sex trafficking. Over the summer, she was moved to a minimum security prison in Texas after meeting privately with Trump administration officials.

    In the book, Giuffre recounts how she was lured into Epstein’s world after meeting Maxwell at Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago spa at the age of 16. She was then subjected to years of abuse where she was sex trafficked, including to England’s former Prince Andrew, whose title was revoked last week in part due to these allegations.

    Giuffre took her own life earlier this year. Even before her memoir was released posthumously, she was one of Epstein’s most outspoken accusers. We sit down with Giuffre’s brother and sister-in-law about her story and their call for justice. We also speak with Marijke Chartouni, another Epstein survivor who says she was recruited in 2000 and was sexually assaulted by Epstein.

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  • Trump’s Tariffs Get Their Day At The Supreme Court

    Trump’s Tariffs Get Their Day At The Supreme Court
    Nov 4 2025
    Tariffs are getting their day in court.

    On Wednesday, the Supreme Court will hear arguments in two cases about the legality of President Donald Trump’s favorite policy tool.

    Shortly after he took office, Trump started signing executive orders imposing tariffs on America’s trading partners. He declared April 2 “Liberation Day,” and enacted a broad package of import duties from Canada to China and way beyond, upending U.S. economic policy and reshaping global trade.

    He did it all without input from Congress. And that might, or might not, have violated presidential power under the Constitution.

    So, are the Trump administration’s tariffs legal?

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