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

Background Briefing: February 20, 2019

  Breaking Stories on the Mueller Probe and Trump’s Efforts to Thwart It We begin with news that the new Attorney General William Barr is preparing to release the Mueller report as early as next week but may hold back the results of the two-year-long...

Background Briefing: February 19, 2019

  Trump Conflates Chaos in Venezuela with Socialism in America We begin with President Trump’s campaign rally in Miami on Presidents Day at which he fired up Latino voters with his attacks on Venezuela’s Maduro, conflating Maduro’s disastrous impoverishment of an...

Background Briefing: February 18, 2019

  More Evidence That Trump is Both a Criminal and a Traitor We begin with stunning revelations by the former Acting Director of the FBI Andrew McCabe in an interview on “60 Minutes” where he discussed his new book “The Threat: How the FBI Protects America in the...

Background Briefing: February 17, 2019

  How to Thwart Trump’s Unconstitutional Power Grab We begin with the bizarre, rambling Rose Garden press conference on Friday at which President Trump acknowledged he would sign the bi-partisan funding bill to keep the government open but then announced...

Background Briefing: February 14, 2019

  Pence, Pompeo and Kushner’s Warsaw War Party Against Iran We begin with the “Middle East Security” summit in Warsaw, Poland led by Secretary of State Pompeo, Jared Kushner and Vice President Pence who called on “freedom loving nations” to stand against...