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

Background Briefing: June 18, 2023

  Why Did Trump Steal Classified Documents? Maybe Because Putin Told Him To We will begin with the big question not asked or answered in the frenzied focus of Trump’s indictments over the stolen classified documents and that is why did he do it? Widening...

Background Briefing: June 15, 2023

  Are We at the Point of No Return With American Democracy at the Crossroads?  We begin with the Republican party’s embrace of authoritarianism as they blindly defend Trump from the most serious possible charges under the Espionage Act while his GOP...

Background Briefing: June 14, 2023

  Blinken Sets Out to Try to Repair Dangerously Frayed Relations Between the World’s Leading Military Powers  We begin with Secretary of State Blinken heading to China in a few days to try to repair dangerously frayed relations between the world’s...

Background Briefing: June 13, 2023

  Arrested and Arraigned Today, Trump is So Lucky to Have Judge Aileen Cannon Preside over His Prosecution We begin with the arrest and arraignment on 37 charges of Donald Trump in a Miami courthouse today along with his body man Walt Nauta who has yet to find an...

Background Briefing: June 12, 2023

An Overwhelming Majority of Republicans Think Trump Should Serve as President if Convicted and That the Indictments Are Politically Motivated We begin with the latest CBS News poll that finds 80% of Republicans saying that if Trump is convicted he should be able to...