U.S. Senate
May 3, 2024The Senate will hold a brief pro forma session. No votes will take place until Tuesday, May 7.
The Senate will hold a brief pro forma session. No votes will take place until Tuesday, May 7.
Time magazine's Eric Cortellessa discusses his interview with former President Trump, Semafor's Shelby Talcott discusses the Trump campaign's VP selection process, and war crimes expert Michael Newton discusses the International Criminal Court.
Sen. Laphonza Butler (D-CA), Rep. Michael Burgess (R-TX) and medical professionals testify on maternal health care and the shortage of minority health care professionals before the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee.
The Arizona State Senate debates and votes for a repeal of an 1864 law that bans abortions, except in circumstances where it is necessary to save the life of the mother.
“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 …
Kevin Sabet of the anti-legalization group Smart Approaches to Marijuana and Paul Armentano from the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Law talked about DEA plans to reclassify marijuana as a lower-risk drug.
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 “…
Former President Trump greeted New York firefighters and police officers with pizza at a city fire station. He toured the station and posed for photos with the first responders. This stop came following the 10th day of court in his New York hush mone…
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&AThe Supreme Court heard oral argument in Department of State v. Munoz. The case would determine whether a couple can reunite legally in the U.S. after a non-citizen spouse was denied a visa in 2015 on the suspicion of gang membership affiliation.
Semafor politics reporter Shelby Talcott talked about the Trump campaign’s process for vetting and selecting a running mate for the former president.
Vanderbilt University law professor and war crimes expert Michael Newton talked about the process of prosecuting war crimes in the International Criminal Court, in the context of both the Israel-Hamas war and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.