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

Background Briefing: April 10, 2019

  A Partisan Protector of Trump, Barr Shapes the Narrative We begin with William Barr’s testimony today before the Senate Appropriations Committee where he went further in tipping his hand as a partisan protector of Trump by venturing into the fevered swamp of...

Background Briefing: April 9, 2019

  Barr’s Less-Than-Reassuring Testimony We begin with Attorney General William Barr’s testimony before the House Appropriations Committee today in which he promised the release of the Mueller Report “within a week” but ruled out the possibility of going to...

Background Briefing: April 8, 2019

  Trump’s “You’re Fired!” Spree We begin with Trump’s firing of the head of Homeland Security yesterday quickly follow today by the firing of the head of the Secret Service today as he purges proteges of General Kelly his former Chief of...

Background Briefing: April 7, 2019

  Why Not Release Mueller Team’s Summaries Now? We begin with the redactions underway on the 400-plus page Mueller Report in the hands of William Barr who has wide discretion over what is revealed and what is blacked out. With Barr scheduled to appear...

Background Briefing: April 4, 2019

  Mueller’s Investigators Are Angry at Barr’s Misrepresentation of Their Report We begin with the revelations in The New York Times that some of the investigators who prepared the Mueller report now in the hands of William Barr are simmering with...