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May 2, 2024The Senate will continue work on a 5-year FAA reauthorization bill. Current FAA programs expire May 10.
The Senate will continue work on a 5-year FAA reauthorization bill. Current FAA programs expire May 10.
Veterans Affairs Sec. Denis McDonough testifies on President Biden's 2025 and 2026 budget requests for the VA before a Senate Appropriations subcommittee.
The House meets for a brief session. No votes will take place until Monday, May 6.
Kevin Sabet of the anti-legalization group Smart Approaches to Marijuana and Paul Armentano from the Nat'l Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Law discuss DEA plans to reclassify the drug and Axios' Maria Curi discusses a potential TikTok ban.
Former President Trump spoke in Freeland, Michigan, where he campaigned for his bid for a return to the White House. The presumptive 2024 Republican presidential nominee spoke about the New York hush money case against him in which he called it the “…
“There’s the right to protest, but not the right to cause chaos,” President Biden said from the Roosevelt Room of White House in response to protests happening on college campuses around the country. President Biden called for order and said violent …
UnitedHealth Group CEO Andrew Witty apologized for the chaos after cyber attackers targeted one of its companies, Change Healthcare, in February 2024. Mr. Witty’s apology came as he testified during a public hearing before the Senate Finance Committe…
Republican Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene (GA) and Thomas Massie (KY) said they would give House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) “one more weekend” to consider stepping down from the chamber’s top leadership post, saying he had failed the Republican confer…
New York Times correspondent David Sanger discusses China’s rise, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine & America’s role in the world in the 21st century.
View More After WordsHigh school social science teacher Sunshine Cavalluzzi discusses the upcoming Advanced Placement U.S. Government and Politics Exam, and how students can prepare for it. We’ll be taking calls from high school students only.
View More Cram for the ExamThe historical legacy of singer Billie Holiday’s “Strange Fruit,” her lament about the lynchings of African Americans, is considered in a conversation that includes the composer’s son.
View More African American HistoryFormer Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer explains his judicial philosophy and approach to the U.S. Constitution, declaring that he chooses “pragmatism, not textualism.”
View More Justice BreyerFormer congressman Patrick Kennedy (D-RI), co-author of “Profiles in Mental Health Courage,” talks about Americans who have struggled with mental illness and the stigma and silence that he says still surrounds it.
View More Q&ARepresentative Pat Fallon (R-TX) talked about the conflicts in the Middle East, aid to Ukraine, border security, and congressional news of the day.
Former President Trump spoke in Freeland, Michigan, where he campaigned for his bid for a return to the White House. The presumptive 2024 Republican presidential nominee spoke about the New York hush money case against him in which he called it the “…
Viewers commented on the House antisemitism bill and protests and colleges and universities over the Israel-Hamas conflict.