Here's What's Happening

By Kim Moffat

Here’s What’s Happening is a daily news show — not to break the news, but to break it down.

Each episode puts the day’s biggest stories into context, cuts through the noise,

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The podcast currently has 926 episodes available.

Here's What's Happening episodes:

June 30, 2026 Mildly Sick Burns Hour at Flappers
Fighting resumed around the Strait of Hormuz despite the Iran ceasefire, Venezuela’s earthquake death toll surged past 1,700, the Supreme Court issued major rulings on presidential power, voting rights, and Trump’s legal cases, and Pete Buttigieg revealed his family was subjected to a false CPS investigation.
Update: Iran
-via CBS News
Update: Venezuela
-The Guardian, PBS, and CNN
Project Hope
GoFundMe: I Love Venezuela Foundation
German Shooting
-via NY Times, Gun Violence Archive, and Time
Supreme Court Ruling
-via Axios, NBC News, AP News (E. Jean King) and AP News (mail-in ballots)
Pete Buttigieg
-via NPR
Housing Bill Heads to Trump
-via CNN
Gracie the Giraffe
-via The Guardian and Vox
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December.on Amazon
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16min
June 29, 2026 There Are Ways to Help
An update on Venezuela, as well as two ways to help.
-via NPR and BBC
Project Hope
GoFundMe: I Love Venezuela Foundation
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December.on Amazon
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4min
June 26, 2026 Big Loser Energy!
Deadly earthquakes devastated Venezuela, the Supreme Court handed down a series of major immigration, gun, and civil rights rulings, Senate Republicans abruptly reversed course on the Iran war powers resolution, and the Reflecting Pool saga somehow got even stranger.

Venezuela
-via NPR and Project Hope

Supreme Court Hands Down Rulings
-via NPR (asylum seekers), NBC News (TPS), AP News (gun law), Washington Post (RoundUp), and AP News (Louisiana man)

Senate Changes Its Mind
-via PBS

Reflecting Pool
-via ABC Pool
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December.on Amazon
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All episodes can be found at:kimmoffat.com/thenews
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14min
June 25, 2026 435 House Seats. 33 Senate Seats.
As Trump holds a bipartisan housing bill hostage to disenfranchise voters with the SAVE America Act, one person in America has been given a lifesaving drug and no one knows who it is, plus back-to-back earthquakes rocked Venezuela right as I hit record.

Trump Tries to Disenfranchise Voters (Again)
-via AP News, NBC News, NBC News, Brennan Center, Native American Rights Fund, and NPR

Medical Mystery
-via Forbes and STAT News

Venezuela
-via NBC News
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December.on Amazon
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All episodes can be found at:kimmoffat.com/thenews
As always, you can find me onInstagram/Twitter/Bluesky @kimmoffat andTikTok @kimmoffatishere
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21min
June 24, 2026 Down to Clown in Cabo
A deadly shooting at a California library was reportedly inspired by Columbine, the Senate finally passed a symbolic war powers resolution aimed at limiting Trump’s authority in Iran, the Supreme Court expanded the government's ability to deny reentry to some green card holders, and a federal judge blocked ICE from making arrests inside immigration courts.

Chico Library Shooting
-via ABC News

Update: Iran
-via AP News and CBS News

Charges in ICE Center Attack
-via CBS News

The Supreme Court (Still)
-via ABC News

Federal Judge Rules Against ICE
-via NY Times

World Cuppa Records
-via BBC
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December.on Amazon
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All episodes can be found at:kimmoffat.com/thenews
As always, you can find me onInstagram/Twitter/Bluesky @kimmoffat andTikTok @kimmoffatishere
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11min
June 23, 2026 $3 Down Payment Ready to Go
Britain’s Prime Minister resigned, the Senate passed a bipartisan housing bill, two federal judges blocked Trump administration initiatives, the Supreme Court declined to hear a Voting Rights Act case, and Lionel Messi became the all-time leading scorer in World Cup history.

Starmer, Out
-via NY Times

Senate Passes Housing Bill
-via CBS News

Judge Blocks Trump
-via The Hill

Reflecting Pool
-via The Guardian

Judge Blocks Trump (Another One)
-via CNN

Clive Davis
-via CBS News

SCOTUS Once Again…
-via NPR

Not Messi’ing Around
-via NBC News
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December.on Amazon
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All episodes can be found at:kimmoffat.com/thenews
As always, you can find me onInstagram/Twitter/Bluesky @kimmoffat andTikTok @kimmoffatishere
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16min
June 22, 2026 Pirro, Girl, Have at ‘Em!
As things in Iran continue (and continue to be confusing), Trump’s posting is becoming more confusing, a Los Angeles fire finally gets good news, while the Reflection Pool… doesn’t.

Update: Iran
-via Reuters, NY Times, NPR, NBC News

Camp David
-via The Daily Beast

Boyle Heights Fire
-via CBS News

Reflection Pool
-via The Hill
Take the pledge to be a voter at raisingvoters.org/beavoter
December.on Amazon
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All episodes can be found at:kimmoffat.com/thenews
As always, you can find me onInstagram/Twitter/Bluesky @kimmoffat andTikTok @kimmoffatishere
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12min
June 18, 2026 We Have the Power Right Now
There may be other stories in the news, but today I’m only covering two stories: a one-year-old killed by police and Georgia Republicans have pushed back against a redistricting request.

Kohen Wiley
-via NY Times, National Diaper Bank, Michigan Law

Georgia Republicans Push Back
-via AP News
Take the pledge to be a voter at raisingvoters.org/beavoter
December.on Amazon
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All episodes can be found at:kimmoffat.com/thenews
As always, you can find me onInstagram/Twitter/Bluesky @kimmoffat andTikTok @kimmoffatishere
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14min
June 17, 2026 Super Cool and Normal Vibes
A deadly shooting at a Delaware hospital sparked a manhunt, the Senate once again failed to advance a measure limiting Trump’s war powers, the White House ballroom project will reportedly cost taxpayers hundreds of millions, the FBI disrupted an alleged terror plot targeting Trump’s UFC event, and the administration moved forward with plans to break up the Department of Education.

Delaware Hospital Shooting
-via ABC News

Senate War Powers Fail to Advance
-via AP News

Ballroom Will Cost Tax Dollars
-via Washington Post

Group Arrested in Terror Plot
-via BBC

Reflecting Pool Lives Up to Its Name
-via The Guardian

Trump Breaks up Dept of Education
-via NY Times
Take the pledge to be a voter at raisingvoters.org/beavoter
December.on Amazon
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All episodes can be found at:kimmoffat.com/thenews
As always, you can find me onInstagram/Twitter/Bluesky @kimmoffat andTikTok @kimmoffatishere
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9min
June 16, 2026 All the -Isms and -Obias
A B-52 bomber crash at Edwards Air Force Base killed eight people, Gavin Newsom says federal investigations around people in his orbit are politically motivated while others dispute that characterization, and the U.S. and Iran appear to be nearing a formal peace agreement.

B-52 Bomber Crash
-via ABC News

Gov. Newsom Being Investigated
-via AP News

Update: Iran
-via NPR
Take the pledge to be a voter at raisingvoters.org/beavoter
December.on Amazon
Subscribe to the Substack: kimmoffat.substack.com
All episodes can be found at:kimmoffat.com/thenews
As always, you can find me onInstagram/Twitter/Bluesky @kimmoffat andTikTok @kimmoffatishere
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How many episodes does Here's What's Happening have?

The podcast currently has 926 episodes available.

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