A DAILY PUBLIC RADIO PROGRAM FEATURING NEWS ANALYSIS OF THE DAY'S TOP ISSUES

Background Briefing: September 10, 2019

  Will Bolton’s Exit Mean More Trump Photo Ops with Tyrants? We begin with the firing today by President Trump by Twitter of his third National Security Adviser John Bolton who Trump said he “disagreed strongly with many of his suggestions” and that “I will...

Background Briefing: September 9, 2019

  Was the Aborted Summit About Trump’s Ego or Afghanistan’s Future? We begin with President Trump’s abrupt withdrawal of an invitation to the Taliban to come to Camp David for peace talks with the Afghan government who have so far been excluded from...

Background Briefing: September 8, 2019

  Trump’s Orwellian Dictate to NOAA We begin with the Orwellian nature of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, NOAA, being forced to support an absurd claim by President Trump that Hurricane Dorian was about to strike Alabama in a craven act...