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March 26, 2025

The IRS is in turmoil. Taxpayers are taking notice.

The IRS is bracing for a $500 billion drop in tax revenue this year, in part due to President Donald Trump’s rapid demolition of parts of the agency. And a look at the unprecedented deal brewing between the IRS and Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
March 25, 2025

The fallout from the Signal leak

Top Trump administration officials used a group chat on the Signal messaging app to discuss highly sensitive military plans – and accidentally added a journalist to the text thread.
March 24, 2025

Why is Trump so obsessed with Canada?

With talk of a 51st state, a mystery: Why is Trump so obsessed with Canada? Martine Powers is back to share her reporting on Trump’s perplexing fixation on Canadian annexation.
March 21, 2025

Uzo Aduba on creating a White House murder mystery

The new Netflix show “The Residence” follows Uzo Aduba’s idiosyncratic detective Cordelia Cupp as she investigates a murder during a state dinner.
March 20, 2025

Trump's biggest clash with the courts yet

The Trump administration’s fight with the courts is escalating. Plus, President Donald Trump’s negotiations with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
March 19, 2025

The influencer administration

The Trump administration has transformed the traditional White House press shop into an influencer operation. As Trump adviser Steve Bannon put it, it’s “all offense, all the time.” We go inside the administration's new strategy to amplify its message.
March 18, 2025

Israel shatters the ceasefire with Hamas

Israel launched airstrikes in Gaza early Tuesday morning, breaking its ceasefire deal with Hamas.
March 17, 2025

Trump used the Alien Enemies Act to deport migrants. Was it legal?

How the Trump administration used an obscure wartime law to expel Venezuelan migrants from the U.S. – and how they apparently defied a judge to do it.
March 14, 2025

Dems' shutdown discord, a tariff backlash and Elon Musk

The politics of the looming government shutdown. President Donald Trump’s contorted dance with tariffs. And Elon Musk’s power within Trump’s inner circle.
March 13, 2025

Dr. Oz goes to Washington

Mehmet Oz has made a successful career on TV and online, promoting often unproven weight loss treatments and supplements. Now the physician is poised to run two of America’s largest health care programs.
March 12, 2025

DOGE’s PR crisis

DOGE’s next phase. And Trump and Musk’s working relationship.
March 11, 2025

The ICE arrest of student activist Mahmoud Khalil

ICE detained activist and Palestinian graduate student Mahmoud Khalil over the weekend. Today, what the Trump administration is accusing him of and the questions his arrest stirs about protections for immigrants and free speech.
March 10, 2025

Is Trump leading us into a recession?

The White House is warning that short-term economic pain might be necessary as the administration implements its agenda. But how much patience will Americans have for high prices and slowing growth?
March 8, 2025

A message from Martine

Martine Powers is taking a break from the host chair to cover the White House and then take on a longer-term assignment. Tune in to today’s bonus episode to hear more, and get to know our guest co-host for the next few months, Colby Itkowitz.
March 7, 2025

So… are we going to Mars?

The race to Mars is the Trump administration’s new moonshot. How soon can the U.S. actually get there?
March 6, 2025

Trump's chilling effect on medical research

Inside the largest funder of biomedical research in the world, the past six weeks have been chaos. The NIH has long been a driver of scientific discoveries on treatments for diseases from cancer to covid – but under Trump, its future is uncertain.
March 5, 2025

Trump’s defiant speech to Congress

President Donald Trump said “America is back” in a speech to Congress on Tuesday night. But some Republicans fear the looming economic uncertainty of Trump’s new tariffs could jeopardize his second term.
March 4, 2025

Inside Texas’s growing measles outbreak

A rural community in West Texas is at the center of the state’s worst measles outbreak in 30 years and the largest outbreak in the nation this year. Officials have reported at least 159 cases, 22 hospitalizations and one death.
March 3, 2025

What happened after Trump kicked Zelensky out of the Oval Office

Friday’s disastrous Oval Office meeting between Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and U.S. President Donald Trump sent Ukraine scrambling for other sources of support in its war against Russia.
Feb. 28, 2025

A Trump-Zelensky blow up, a spending bill, anger at Musk

A shocking meeting between President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. Plus, Trump and his ally Elon Musk hit new roadblocks this week as they continue to make cuts to the federal government.
Feb. 27, 2025

The Oscars movies worth watching

If you’re cramming Oscars movies over the next few days, this show is for you. The Post’s film and TV reporter and our arts editor join us to talk about what to watch, and why “The Brutalist” is worth your time even at 3 hours and 35 minutes.
Feb. 26, 2025

The gutting of the federal workforce

The cuts to the federal workforce and what they’ll mean for the American people.
Feb. 25, 2025

A straight, White person sued for discrimination. Her case is before the Supreme Court.

In 2019, Marlean Ames was demoted. A younger gay man got her old job. Her claim of anti-straight bias could rewrite discrimination law in much of the country.
Feb. 24, 2025

How to reverse an opioid overdose

Opioid overdoses don’t have to be fatal if the person gets help in time.