A 2nd judge halts more of Trump's voting executive order

More than a month after a federal judge halted a key portion of President Trump's executive order on voting, another judge has ruled that additional provisions of the order need to pause as well.

RFK Jr. sent Congress 'medical disinformation' to defend COVID vaccine schedule change

A document circulated to members of Congress misinterprets studies and cites debunked research, scientists say. It could influence congressional perceptions of vaccine safety.

Young men swung for Trump in 2024. Democrats are working on a plan to win them back

Democrats lost serious ground with young men in the 2024 presidential election. Now, some within the party are working to win them back.

Democratic Sen. Padilla removed from DHS secretary Kristi Noem's press conference

Sen. Alex Padilla, D-Calif., was forcibly removed from a Homeland Security press conference led by DHS Secretary Kristi Noem in Los Angeles on Thursday.

President Trump's policies create rising political tensions

President Trump's strong image is being put to the test as opposition to the administration's policies seems to grow.

House votes to eliminate federal funding for public media outlets

The House of Representatives narrowly approved legislation Thursday to eliminate the next two years of federal funding for public media outlets, including NPR and PBS.

L.A. was first. Now it's your move, America.

Protests have spread across the country after dozens of workers were swept up in an ICE raid in Los Angeles last week, but the support for the protesters is far from universal.

In this bonus episode, Brittany is joined by NPR Immigration Correspondent Sergio Martínez-Beltrán and author of A Protest History of the United States, Gloria J. Browne-Marshall, to discuss what's happening on the ground, and how Americans understand and misunderstand the concept of protest.

What's next in the case that symbolizes Trump's immigration crackdown?

Kilmar Abrego Garcia: a name that's become near-synonymous with the Trump Administration's immigration crackdown.

Abrego Garcia was arrested by ICE agents on March 12th, as he was leaving his job in Baltimore. In the days and months that followed, the fate of the 29-year-old father of three was in the hands of the Trump administration and El Salvador's President.

At the time of his arrest the administration alleged he was an active member of the Salvadoran gang MS-13.

His family and his legal team deny this. He was deported to a supermax prison in El Salvador despite a protective order that he should remain in the U.S.

But then – less than a month after his arrest, a federal judge and then the Supreme Court ruled the government should facilitate Abrego Garcia's return to the U.S.

Now nearly three months after Abrego Garcia was sent to a prison in another country... he's back on US soil.

What happens now?

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House narrowly passes bill to claw back $1.1 billion from public media

The House of Representatives voted to claw back two years of federal funding for public broadcasting Thursday in a largely party line vote. The bill heads to the Senate next.

Sen. Padilla was removed from DHS presser and briefly handcuffed

California Sen. Alex Padilla was forcibly removed from the press conference after entering the room and trying to speak with the Secretary of Homeland Security.