3a:T424,Early in the pandemic, New York governor Andrew Cuomo rose to national prominence for his frank daily briefings. Now, Cuomo is accused of covering up the scale of nursing home fatalities and faces multiple allegations of sexual misconduct. And former president Donald Trump is trying to siphon donations away from the Republican National Committee toward his own political action committee.This episode: congressional correspondent Susan Davis, senior political editor and correspondent Domenico Montanaro, White House correspondent Ayesha Rascoe, and New York State Public Radio Capitol Bureau Chief Karen DeWitt.Connect:Subscribe to the NPR Politics Podcast here.Email the show at nprpolitics@npr.org.Join the NPR Politics Podcast Facebook Group.Listen to our playlist The NPR Politics Daily Workout.Subscribe to the NPR Politics Newsletter.Find and support your local public radio station. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for sponsorship and to manage your podcast sponsorship preferences.NPR Privacy Policy3b:T512,Governor Andrew Cuomo has resigned. His replacement, Kathy Hochul, will become the first woman governor of New York. Returning to the White House yesterday, President Joe Biden wandered off course despite clear instruction from his Secret Service detail. Could there be another massive COVID outbreak after Obama’s birthday party? It looks like the new "Suicide Squad" movie is not doing well in theaters. Film companies blame anti-vaxxers for the disastrous release. A new “Fauci Lied, People Died” T-shirt is now available! Schools in Texas are trying to defy Governor Greg Abbott’s ban on mask mandates. Conversely, San Francisco deputies threaten to resign if they are asked to enforce mask and vaccine mandates. A woman speaks out about companies requiring employees to get vaccinated. A highly venomous African banded cobra is on the loose in Grand Prairie, Texas. KFC introduces a new chicken-themed hotel room. More Hollywood celebrities are becoming anti-deodorant. China tries to include Taiwan in its Olympic medal count and gets turned down. Taiwan stays free! Time magazine has been fearmongering viruses for the last 20 years. The media’s attempt to control your life with a virus might actually be an old tune. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices3c:T457,

Ali Velshi takes us back to the dark days when the rollout of the first Covid-19 vaccine gave us hope. The improbable journey the country has taken since then has seen drastically lower infection and death rates, a failed insurrection in Washington, and finally a transfer of power. Ali takes on this story and the rest of the week’s big headlines with Dr. Angela Chen, who diagnosed New York City’s first Covid case, NBC’s Vicky Nguyen who has been following the outbreak of hate crimes against Asian Americans, Senator Bernie Sanders, Congresswoman Jahana Hayes, Congresswoman Susan Wild, George Floyd’s cousin Tera Brown, former Attorney General for the Oglala Sioux Tatewin Means, the ACLU’s Meagan Burrows, Professor Carol Anderson and founding mother of The 19th, Errin Haines.

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The Return of the Governor