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

Background Briefing: February 13, 2020

  A Way to Rein In Trump We begin with the bi-partisan vote today in the Senate on the Iran War Powers resolution in which 8 Republicans joined the Democrats in an effort to restrain President Trump from going to war with Iran without congressional authorization...

Background Briefing: February 12, 2020

  Barr Violates Everything the DOJ Stands For We begin with the withdrawal of four career prosecutors from the Roger Stone case after Attorney General Barr intervened to have his loyal newly-appointed U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia overrule them...

Background Briefing: February 11, 2020

  The Incoming Results from New Hampshire We begin with the latest results from the New Hampshire primary as the first results come in now that the polls have just closed. John Nichols, The Nation magazine’s Washington correspondent and the host of the Next Left...

Background Briefing: February 10, 2020

  Barr Gives Giuliani a Direct Pipeline to DOJ We begin with Attorney General Barr acknowledging today he will evaluate material that Rudolph Giuliani has gathered in Ukraine about Joe and Hunter Biden which was first brought up by Senator Lindsey Graham on CBS...

Background Briefing: February 9, 2020

  An Update From New Hampshire Ahead of Tuesday’s Primary We begin with the last-minute frantic campaigning underway ahead of Tuesday’s New Hampshire primaries with Mayor Pete surging after a narrow and disputed victory of less than one percent in Iowa who,...