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.

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.

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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

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

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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.

Afterover 13 years of civil war, Syrian rebels have taken control of capital city of Damascus, and president Bashar al-Assad has fled to Russia. 

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Mohammed Aly Sergie, editor of Semafor Gulf, talks about the latest developments in Syria.

We go over the weekend's headlines, including Trump's comments on tarrifs, healthcare, immigration, and cryptocurrency.

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John Cassidy, staff writer at The New Yorker, talks about the latest national economic news, including the jobs numbers, and President-elect Trump's pick for Treasury secretary.

This week, Supreme Court Justices heard arguments in a case about gender-affirming care for minors. 

On Today's Show:
Kate Shaw, professor at the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School, co-host of the Supreme Court podcast Strict Scrutiny, a contributor with ABC News and a contributing opinion writer with the New York Times, explains why the court is considering a challenge to a Tennessee law that bars the use of puberty blockers and hormone therapy.

With Trump's second term set to begin in the coming months, how might he use the power of the presidency against his political opponents?

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Dan Goldman, US Representative (D, NY-10), formerly lead counsel for the impeachment investigation of Pres. Trump in 2019 and former assistant US attorney SDNY, responds to the president-elect's nominations for cabinet posts and the FBI and talks about his expectations for the next House term.

President Trump's nominee to run the FBI, Kash Patel, is a controversial pick.

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David Rohde, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, national security editor at NBC News, and the author of Where Tyranny Begins: The Justice Department, the FBI, and the War on Democracy (W.W. Norton; Aug 27, 2024), talks about what the nomination of Kash Patel as its director indicates about criminal prosecutions during the Trump administration.

Domenico Montanaro, NPR's senior political editor/correspondent, talks about the latest national political news from over the holiday weekend, including the latest 2024 election exit poll data and more.

President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for defense secretary is facing scrutiny over his views on the military becoming too inclusive of women and people of color.

On Today's Show:
Abigail Hauslohner, Washington Post national security reporter, breaks down what is known about Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for defense secretary, including scrutiny surrounding Hegseth's views on "wokeness" in the military, his past comments about a potential American civil war and whether the Senate will confirm his nomination.