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

Background Briefing: June 17, 2021

  Senator Manchin’s Changes to the For the People Act That Stacey Abrams “Absolutely” Supports We begin with the two big bills Biden is trying to get passed, infrastructure and the For the People Act, both of which have Senator Joe Manchin as a...

Background Briefing: June 16, 2021

  The Biden-Putin Summit and the Press Conferences That Followed We begin with the summit meeting today in Geneva between President Biden and President Putin which both leaders characterized as constructive since they got a lot done then cut it short after a...

Background Briefing: June 15, 2021

  A Plan to End the Standoff Between Ukraine and Russia to Avoid a Wider War We begin with President Biden’s summit meeting tomorrow in Geneva with Vladimir Putin who Biden characterized today as a “worthy adversary” and explore the possibility...

Background Briefing: June 14, 2021

  The G7 and NATO Issue Warnings About China’s Rise We begin with President Biden’s meeting at the NATO summit in Brussels at which Nato leaders warned that China poses a military threat representing a “systemic challenge” even though the...

Background Briefing: June 13, 2021

  Abuses by Trump’s DOJ Under Sessions Then Barr Now Come to Light We begin with revelations in The New York Times that the Trump Justice Department under Sessions then Barr secretly subpoenaed iPhone records of Trump critics Congressmen Schiff and...