First, Senators race to find an immigration compromise before Christmas. Aid to Ukraine hangs in the balance while Republicans refuse to approve more aid without tighter immigration restrictions amid a surge of migrants at the southern border.
Then, Trump is on the campaign trail where his anti-immigration views and praise for dictators once again is becomi ... Show More
Sep 4
Judge Gives Clancy Trial One More Hour Before Declaring Mistrial
As today's show begins, we are following breaking news on the murder trial of Lindsay Clancy, the mother accused of strangling her three young children to death in 2023. After seven days of deliberations, the jury says it still cannot reach a unanimous verdict, forcing the judge ... Show More
48m 17s
Mar 2024
Swamp Notes: Biden and Trump’s immigration duel
<p>The issue of immigration might be Donald Trump’s biggest political boon ahead of the US election in November, but President Joe Biden went to the US-Mexico border this week to try to change the narrative. The FT’s Houston correspondent, Myles McCormick, and US political news e ... Show More
12m 50s
Jun 2025
Immigration debate rages while sanctuary city leaders are grilled, a senator gets manhandled, and cops brace for 'No Kings' protests
The fight between Donald Trump and Gavin Newsom is about the rights of the federal government versus state’s rights. But on another level, the fuel fanning this conflagration is a long-simmering debate … It’s a debate about immigration with dividing lines falling along whether ma ... Show More
34m 40s