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

Background Briefing: December 22, 2022

  Ukraine’s President Zelensky’s Rousing Speech to a Joint Session of Congress We begin with the rousing address by Ukraine’s President Zelensky last night to a joint session of Congress in which the wartime leader tied the fate of his embattled...

Background Briefing: December 21, 2022

  Over Objections From Republicans, the House Ways and Means Committee Make Public Trump’s Taxes We begin with the release of six years of Trump’s taxes by the House Ways and Means Committee with summaries today and the full report expected in a few...

Background Briefing: December 20, 2022

  More Important Than Jailing Trump, the Jan. 6 Hearings Cry Out For Us to Fix Our Fragile Electoral System That He Exploited We begin with the question of whether the important lessons from the January 6 Committee Hearings will be learned and acted on since it...

Background Briefing: December 19, 2022

  The House January 6 Committee Sends 4 Indictments of Trump to the DOJ We begin with the final meeting of the House January 6 Committee today at which four criminal referrals to the DOJ to indict Donald Trump were voted on along with their final report which...

Background Briefing: December 18, 2022

  3 Criminal Referrals of Trump From the Jan. 6 Committee to the DOJ Expected on Monday We begin with the expectation that the House January 6 committee on Monday will vote to send criminal referrals to the DOJ urging the AG to charge Trump under 18 U.S.C. 2383...