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Background Briefing: May 21, 2025

The 10 Richest Americans Made $365 Billion More in 2024 and Trump and the GOP Want to Give Them a Huge Tax Break  We begin with Trump formally accepting a $400 million luxury jumbo jet from the Emir of Qatar while pressuring the House to pass his “Big Beautiful...

Background Briefing: May 20, 2025

Trump’s Deference to Putin and His Unwillingness to Press For a Ceasefire and Sanction Russia If It Refuses Stuns European Leaders We begin with the phone call Trump had with five European leaders and Zelensky after his call with Putin yesterday that left them...

Background Briefing: May 19, 2025

Trump’s Phone Call Today With Putin and the Need For More Than Russia/Ukraine Ceasefire We begin with President Trump’s two-plus hour phone call with Putin today along with his talks with President Zelensky, EU President Ursula von der Leyen, President...

Background Briefing: May 18, 2025

Putin Plays Trump Again Not Showing Up For Farcical “Peace” Talks in Istanbul We begin with a former US Ambassador to Ukraine who recently returned from that country under relentless Russian attack with 9 civilians killed yesterday by a missile that hit a...

Background Briefing: May 15, 2025

Trump is Using the Birthright Citizenship Case to Get the Supreme Court to Stop Federal Judges From Blocking His Agenda Nationwide We begin with today’s Supreme Court’s oral arguments on birthright citizenship which turned out to be all about Trump’s...