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

Background Briefing: July 30, 2023

  More Indictments of Trump That Pro-Trump Jurors in Florida Could Agree Are Crimes  We begin with the superseding indictments of Donald Trump in the Mar-a-Lago documents case with 3 new charges bringing the total to 40 counts. We discuss how the new charges...

Background Briefing: July 27, 2023

Netanyahu’s Path of Autocratic Legalism Following Orban, Erdogan, Bolsonaro, Modi and Putin We begin with an article written in 2018 “Autocratic Legalism” which has been translated into a book in Hebrew and has become a must-read in Israel to explain...

Background Briefing: July 26, 2023

  A Roundup of Legal Issues Facing Hunter Biden, Guiliani, Flynn, Navarro and Trump We begin with Hunter Biden’s plea agreement falling apart, Rudy Guiliani conceding he made defamatory charges against election workers in Georgia, General Flynn and Peter...

Background Briefing: July 25, 2023

  Deepening Divisions in Israel With the Country’s National Security Threatened by Netanyahu’s Power Grab We begin with the deepening divisions in Israeli society as demonstrations over the future of Israeli democracy and against Netanyahu’s...

Background Briefing: July 24, 2023

  Massive Demonstrations in Israel Against Netanyahu’s Power Grab to Avoid Jail We begin with massive demonstrations in Israel over the weekend and today against the Netanyahu power grab in which the country’s leader, facing the prospect of going to...