The day after the end of the 2024 election season has left us with a president elect, and a lot of questions about how we got here. 

On Today's Show:Maria Hinojosa, president and founder of Futuro Media, anchor and executive producer of Latino USA, and co-host of the podcast In the Thick, and Benjy Sarlin,Washington bureau chief at Semafor, react to the news that Donald Trump has decisively won the election.

Note:  This podcast was recorded at 10 AM on 11/6/24. Some information, including the 'pending' status  of Congressional races, may be out of date by the time of publication. 

On Election Day, we cover some of the 'states to watch' in tonight's early election returns, as well as legal challenges to the vote count that might be mounted in the days that follow.

On Today's Show:Elie Honig, senior legal analyst at CNN, New York Magazine columnist, former New Jersey and federal prosecutor and author of Untouchable: How Powerful People Get Away With It (Harper, 2023), offers legal analysis of lawsuits Trump supporters have already filed to challenge election results and explains how the justice system may respond to bad actors trying to contest the results and sow chaos this time.

On 'Election Day Eve,' some analysis around soem late-breaking polling and what they suggest about the gender spread among presidential voters this year. 

On Today's Show:Susan Page, USA Today Washington bureau chief, discusses the latest national political headlines as Election Day looms.

What's at stake for war and peace in this presidential election?

On Today's Show:Bob Woodward, Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative journalist, associate editor at The Washington Post and the author of many books, including his latest, War (Simon and Schuster, 2024), talks about his reporting on what to expect from Trump and Harris on foreign policy -- and responds to the controversial decision by the Post not to endorse a candidate.

WNYC’s election series “America, Are We Ready?” looks at the state of election coverage during this very abnormal campaign season.

On Today's Show:Brooke Gladstone and Micah Loewinger, co-hosts of WNYC's On the Media, discuss the decisions by several major newspapers to pull their candidate endorsements, the role of mis- and disinformation and more.

Election Day is under a week away, with many states in the midst of early voting, and the polls remain closer than ever.

On Today's Show:Philip Bump, national columnist for The Washington Post and the author of The Aftermath: The Last Days of the Baby Boom and the Future of Power in America (Viking, 2023), talks about the latest news from the campaign trail, where both Harris and Trump are making their closing arguments to voters.

Climate change doesn't only mean keeping global temperatures down. The UN is also exploring the need to prevent species extinction and ecological collapse. 

On Today's Show:Benji Jones, an environmental correspondent at Vox covering biodiversity and climate change, reports from Colombia and COP16, the UN conference with the goal of preserving biodiversity, on progress, funding and the relationship to climate change.

On Today's Show:Lucia Starbuck, political reporter and host of Purple Politics Nevada at KUNR, talks about the issues animating voters in the swing state of Nevada, what the polls show about Trump and Harris's chances of winning the state, and the unique political dynamics at play.

Former president Donald Trump challenged the 2020 election results in court and lost.

On Today's Show:Marc Elias, founder of Democracy Docket and partner at Elias Law Group, talks about his experience in overturning Trump's challenge in court, and what he anticipates may be the battle ahead for the 2024 election should Trump deny a potential loss.

With the 2024 election season wrapping up in under two weeks, a look at the latest developing stories from the campaign trail. 

On Today's Show:Dana Milbank, columnist for The Washington Post and the author of Fools on the Hill: The Hooligans, Saboteurs, Conspiracy Theorists and Dunces who Burned Down the House (Little, Brown and Company, 2024), talks about his new book and the congressional races.

Influencers, billions of dollars in campaign funding, and the first presidential election after Jan. 6, all add up to a different kind of campaign coverage in the mainstream media. 

On Today's Show:Brooke Gladstone, and Micah Loewinger, co-hosts of WNYC's On The Media, talk about what’s been different in the media during this presidential election cycle compared to the last two.

With the 2024 election season set to wrap up in just a couple of weeks, we look at the politics of an important demographic: young men.

On Today's Show:Jessica Grose, opinion writer at The New York Times and the author of Screaming on The Inside: The Unsustainability of American Motherhood (Mariner Books, 2022), offers analysis of Gen Z men's relationship with feminism, and how that is related to their voting patterns.

In honor of WNYC's centennial, Brian quizzes listeners on topics covered in the centennial series "100 Years of 100 Things." Today's quiz focuses on Democratic presidential candidates.

Continuing our series of deep-dives into the politics of swing states in the 2024 election, we take a close look at the Peach State. 

On Today's Show:Maya King, politics reporter covering the Southeast at The New York Times, breaks down the latest news from Georgia, a swing-state where record breaking early voting has already begun.

Congressional races in New York's suburbs could make or break Democratic control of Congress.

On Today's Show:Errol Louis, political anchor of Spectrum NY1 News, host of Inside City Hall and The Big Deal with Errol Louis, New York Magazine columnist and host of the podcast You Decide, talks about the campaigns in the swing Congressional districts on Long Island and in the Hudson Valley, and how they'll impact Congress.

A new podcast looks at the issues that are important to Latino voters, especially in swing states, and how voters there see the presidential candidates.

On Today's Show:Julio Vaqueiro, Noticias Telemundo anchor, and Daniel Alarcón, editorial director of the podcast El Péndulo and executive producer at Radio Ambulante Studios, talk about their new show.

The November cover story in The Atlantic, headlined "The Moment of Truth," explores the risks to democracy that a second Trump term could pose.

On Today's Show:Tom Nichols, staff writer at The Atlantic and an author of the Atlantic Daily newsletter, discusses why he sees another Trump presidency as a fundamental challenge to norms that stretch back to George Washington.

On today's show: Washington Post climate reporter Maxine Joselow discusses the rampant misinformation about the origins of recent hurricanes and FEMA relief money, which is causing factions within the GOP and holding up disaster relief.

In the swing state of Arizona, will the candidates' policies or "vibes" determine the outcome of the national races?

On Today's Show:

Jim Small, editor in chief of Arizona Mirror, an independent, nonprofit news organization, talks about the issues animating Arizona voters  in the presidential and senate races and what appeals are landing with voters.

This year's Nobel Peace Prize winner is a Japanese organization working toward global nuclear disarmament.

On Today's Show:On the day the Nobel Committee awards the Peace Prize, Gideon Rose, adjunct senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR), the former editor of Foreign Affairs and author of How Wars End (Simon & Schuster, 2010), looks at this year's recipient and back through its impact over the last century, as part of our ongoing centennial series.

We present a special long podcast taken from Brian's national call-in election year special America, Are We Ready, this year in partnership with Marketplace's Kimberly Adams. 

On Today's Show:Julie Rovner of KFF Health News, will explain her reporting on topics like drug prices, the insurance system, and the future of the Affordable Care Act, and how voters are thinking about them. Plus, listeners from around the country weigh in on how healthcare policy could impact their votes. 

Democrat Andy Kim and Republican Curtis Bashaw held a debate in an important New Jersey Senate race. 

On Today's Show:Brent Johnson, political reporter in the Statehouse bureau of The Star-Ledger and NJ.com, summarizes the key moments in that debate and reports on the latest in the race.

As the next Supreme Court term gets underway, we look at the cases it could rule on in the coming year. 

On Today's Show:Melissa Murray, NYU law professor and co-host of the podcast Strict Scrutiny, looks at the cases the Supreme Court will soon hear and decide upon.

In the swing state of Wisconsin, how are things like Liz Cheney's appearance with Kamala Harris moving the needle?

On Today's Show:Charlie Sykes, founder of The Bulwark, MSNBC contributor, author of the newsletter "To the Contrary" and author of How the Right Lost Its Mind (St. Martin's Press, 2017), talks about the issues animating voters in 'The Badger State.'

Former President Trump has threatened to retaliate against political opponents if he wins in November.

On Today's Show:Emily Bazelon, staff writer for The New York Times Magazine, co-host of Slate's "Political Gabfest" podcast, Truman Capote fellow for creative writing and law at Yale Law School and author of Charged: The New Movement to Transform American Prosecution and End Mass Incarceration (Random House, 2019) shares reporting on how and whether he would be able to follow through.

A work stoppage at the United States' ports could affect the supply chain, and the broader economy.

On Today's Show:Peter S. Goodman, reporter who covers the global economy for The New York Times and author of How the World Ran Out of Everything: Inside the Global Supply Chain  (Mariner Books, 2024) explains why the longshoremen are striking

Last night, CBS held the first and only Vice Presidential debate this election season.

On Today's Show:Meredith Lee Hill, reporter for Politico covering Tim Walz, offers analysis of the debate between Tim Walz and JD Vance. Plus hear highlights, and callers opinions on what we heard. 

In supporting Trump, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is reportedly vying for a possible position in his administration related to healthcare policy or food regulation. 

On Today's Show:Rachael Bedard, MD, geriatrician, palliative care doctor and a writer, talks about how a Trump win - and the likelihood for a plum position in the administration for RFK, Jr. - would harm public health.

Voters in Michigan will play a key role in deciding the results of the presidential election.

On Today's Show:Zoe Clark, political director at Michigan Public and co-host of the podcast “It's Just Politics” talks about the issues that voters in Michigan care about, and what the polls show about the chances that Trump and Harris have of winning the state.

In a speech she delivered on Wednesday in Pittsburgh, Kamala Harris laid out her economic pitch to voters. 

On Today's Show:Heather Long, Washington Post opinion columnist, discusses the plan, and whether she thinks it will attract enough of the voters she needs to win.

NYC's Mayor Eric Adams has been indicted on charges of bribery and fraud. 

On Today's Show:Brian reads excerpts from the federal indictment , and  Andrew Weissmann, professor of practice at NYU School of Law, lead prosecutor in Robert Mueller’s Special Counsel's Office and the co-author of The Trump Indictments: The Historic Charging Documents with Commentary (W. W. Norton & Company, 2024), reacts and shares his legal analysis.

With a little over a month until the 2024 presidential election season wraps up, we explore how undecided voters are thinking about their choice. 

On Today's Show:Ruth Igielnik, polling editor at the New York Times, discusses the trends and stories within polling of undecided voters as Kamala Harris and Donald Trump vie for their allegiances.

Some Trump-aligned Republicans in certain states are reportedly working to sow confusion over vote counting.

On Today's Show:Ari Berman, voting rights correspondent for Mother Jones and author of Minority Rule: The Right-Wing Attack on the Will of the People—and the Fight to Resist It (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2024), talks about how efforts to undermine confidence in the electoral system could affect the outcome of the presidential election. 

The book Whose America? Culture Wars in the Public Schools (University of Chicago Press, September 2022), traces the history of the so-called "culture wars" in public education.

On Today's Show: Jonathan Zimmerman, professor of history of education at the University of Pennsylvania discusses religion in schools, the controversies of today over critical race theory, and immigration curricula in history classrooms, as part of WNYC's Centennial series, "100 Years Of 100 Things"

A New Jersey lawmaker shares her thoughts and analysis on some of the key issues facing Congress. 

On Today's Show:Mikie Sherrill, U.S. Representative (D, NJ-11), talks about the latest national political news of the day, including the budget fight in Congress, legislation she's proposed on emergency abortion care, the SALT tax and more.

A new podcast, Master Plan, traces the roots of Project 2025.

On Today's Show:David Sirota, founder and editor-in-chief of The Lever, host of the podcast Master Plan, an investigation into government corruption in the United States, co-creator of the movie Don't Look Up, and former presidential campaign speechwriter for Bernie Sanders, discusses the Heritage Foundation's controversial plan, and its possible impacts on political corruption of the Supreme Court among other crucial sectors of government.

Kamala Harris revealed in the recent presidential debate that she and her running mate are both gun owners, and there was another potential assassination attempt on Donald Trump this past weekend. 

On Today's Show:Jennifer Mascia, senior news writer and a founding staffer at The Trace, reports on how each campaign is handling gun policy. 

We continue to take a close look at the policy issues that matter most to voters in the 'swing states' for this year's presidential election. 

On Today's Show:Rusty Jacobs, politics reporter at WUNC, breaks down the latest in the presidential campaign as seen through swing state voters in North Carolina.

In Tuesday's debate, climate change didn't exactly get its own section, but was wrapped up in questions related to energy and manufacturing policy.

On Today's Show:Ben Lefebvre, Politico energy reporter, and Alan Rappeport, economic policy reporter for The New York Times, follow up on the candidates' positions.

After this week's presidential debate, we take a closer look at one of the key issues likely to impact turnout in this election: abortion rights. 

On Today's Show:Amanda Becker, Washington correspondent for The 19th and the author of You Must Stand Up: The Fight for Abortion Rights in Post-Dobbs America (Bloomsbury, 2024), shares her analysis, and the latest reporting.

Highlights and analysis of last night's presidential debate between vice president Kamala Harris and former president Donald Trump.

On Today's Show:Susan Page, USA Today Washington bureau chief and the author of several books, including The Rulebreaker: The Life and Times of Barbara Walters (Simon & Schuster, 2024), shares her thoughts on the state of the election, and listeners weigh in with their reactions to the debate.

With voters saying that economic issues are among their top priorities this election season, those are likely to be key topics in tonight's debate. 

Today:Paul Krugman, Nobel laureate in economics, New York Times columnist, distinguished professor at the City University of New York Graduate Center, and the author of (now in paperback) Arguing with Zombies: Economics, Politics, and the Fight for a Better Future (W. W. Norton & Company, 2020), offers analysis of the Harris economic proposals as she outlined at the Democratic National Convention.

We look to Tuesday night's highly anticipated presidential debate between vice president Kamala Harris and former president Donald Trump.

On Today's Show:Molly Ball, senior political correspondent for The Wall Street Journal, shares how the candidates are preparing for the event, what issues may be on the forefront of the conversation, and her analysis on the state of the race leading up to the debate.

A school shooting in Georgia this week has pushed gun violence back into the spotlight, as both presidential contenders (and their VPs) clarify their positions.

On Today's Show:Chip Brownlee, a reporter at The Trace, a non-profit news site covering gun violence, breaks down what we know about the shooting, gun violence in schools and what each candidate has proposed to address the issue.

A ballot measure to protect and expand abortion rights will be on the ballot in Florida this year. 

On Today's Show:Grace Panetta, political reporter at The 19th, and Kimberly Leonard, Politico politics reporter and author of Florida Playbook, explain the measure and why former President Donald Trump, who is registered to vote in Florida, has publicly said he'd vote against it.

Election season is underway, so we look at the campaigns 'boots on the ground' infrastructure.

On Today's Show:Domenico Montanaro, NPR's senior political editor/correspondent, talks about the latest on the presidential race and other national politics.

As the presidential election seasons intensifies, we zoom in on the politics of a particularly critical swing state.

On Today's Show:Steve Ulrich, managing editor at PoliticsPA, talks about the state of the race between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump for Pennsylvania's 19 electoral votes.

Ishaan Tharoor, foreign affairs columnist at The Washington Post, and the author of the Today's World View newsletter and column, breaks down the latest news in Ukraine and the ongoing war with Russia.

States across the political spectrum have passed legislation to make period products more easily accessible in school bathrooms. 

On Today's Show:Chabeli Carrazana, economy and child care reporter for The 19th, explains how anti-transgender rhetoric has made students who menstruate, regardless of their gender, more likely to face 'period poverty'.

A closer look at how some progressives are viewing Vice President Harris's stance on Israel and Gaza.

On Today's Show:Ryan Grim, co-founder of Drop Site News, co-host of the "Counterpoints" podcast, and author of many books, including The Squad: AOC and the Hope of a Political Revolution (Henry Holt and Co., 2023), discusses Kamala Harris's foreign policy objectives in the Middle East  based on her speech at the 2024 Democratic National Convention held in Chicago last week, what she's expressed on the campaign trail, and her work as vice president in the Biden administration.

With the Democratic National Convention in the rearview mirror, Vice President Kamala Harris is forging her own policy platforms while RFK Jr. plots his next steps to support the Trump campaign.

On Today's Show:Philip Bump, national columnist for The Washington Post and the author of The Aftermath: The Last Days of the Baby Boom and the Future of Power in America (Viking, 2023), talks about the latest national political news, including how VP Harris is forging her own policy proposals and why RFK Jr. is throwing his support behind former president Donald Trump.

Kamala Harris and Democrats spent the week at the DNC explicitly celebrating their patriotism.

On Today's Show:Christina Greer, associate professor of political science at Fordham University, co-host of the podcast FAQNYC and the author of Black Ethnics (Oxford University Press, 2013), offers political analysis of Kamala Harris's speech to wrap up the Democratic National Convention.

The Democrats have used their convention to depict a party and candidate full of joy, in contrast to what they consider the grievance politics of the other side. 

On Today's Show:Jim Newell, senior politics writer for Slate, reviews the third night of the DNC, where speakers included Bill Clinton, Oprah and VP nominee Tim Walz among other notable people.

The Democratic National Convention continues, with participants reporting a joyful energy and an excitement about their party. 

On Today's Show:Juan Manuel Benitez, former longtime reporter and host at Spectrum News NY1 and NY1 Noticias, now professor at the Columbia Journalism School, recaps the second night of the Democratic National Convention, plus talks about how the Harris campaign is reaching out to Latino voters.

The Democratic National Convention is underway, with a slate of kickoff speakers that included Alexandria Ocassio Cortez, Hillary Clinton, and President Joe Biden.

On Today's Show:Errol Louis, political anchor of Spectrum NY1 News, host of Inside City Hall and The Big Deal with Errol Louis, New York Magazine columnist and host of the podcast You Decide, recaps the first night of the Democratic National Convention.

Ahead of the Democratic National Convention, which begins this evening, two MSNBC journalists share their analysis of the current state of the race.

On Today's Show:Luke Russert, host and creative director of MSNBC Live and author of the memoir Look For Me There: Grieving My Father, Finding Myself (Harper Horizon, 2023), and Katy Tur, host of MSNBC's Katy Tur Reports and NBC News correspondent and author of books including Rough Draft (Atria/One Signal Publishers, 2023), talk about the latest national political news, as the Democratic National Convention is about to kick off in Chicago

Kamala Harris and Donald Trump are in a tight race in key battleground states, but recent polling shows the Vice President gaining a slight edge. Amy Walter, editor-in-chief of Cook Political Report with Amy Walter, takes a look at the numbers and offers analysis.

Despite Republican claims on "freedom" as a value, VP Kamala Harris is leaning into the word on the campaign trail.  

On Today's Show:Carlo Invernizzi-Accetti, professor of political science and executive director of the Moynihan Center at The City College of New York, and author of the forthcoming 20 Years of Rage: How Resentment Took the Place of Politics (Mondadori, 2024), explains the origins of freedom in political rhetoric and how the Harris-Walz ticket is seeking to redefine freedom after the American right carried the mantle as the party of freedom for decades.

Tim Walz's climate record has advocates mostly pleased. On today's show, Dharna Noor, fossil fuels and climate reporter at Guardian US, takes a look at that record.

After Trump's attempts to distance himself from the Heritage Foundation's Project 2025, his runningmate has written  that "it’s time to circle the wagons and load the muskets" in the forward to a new book by the project's leading voice.

On Today's Show:Alex Shephard, senior editor of The New Republic, talks about the latest national political news, including Trump's VP pick JD Vance's media rounds and more on Harris's VP pick Tim Walz.

We dive into the life and political career of the newly-minted Democratic nominee for Vice President. 

On Today's Show:Ernesto Londoño, Midwest correspondent for The New York Times based in Minnesota, provides a full biography of Minnesota governor turned Democratic vice presidential candidate, Tim Walz.

Kamala Harris has chosen Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz to be her running mate in the 2024 presidential election.

On Today's Show:Jonathan Lemire, host of “Way Too Early" on MSNBC, Politico White House bureau chief, and the author of The Big Lie: Election Chaos, Political Opportunism, and the State of American Politics After 2020 (Flatiron Books, 2022), talks about the Democratic ticket, and listeners weigh in with their thoughts.

Vice President Kamala Harris is polling better than President Joe Biden was before he dropped out, according to the latest Bloomberg News/Morning Consult survey.

On Today's Show:Nancy Cook, senior national political correspondent at Bloomberg News, breaks down the latest political headlines, including the recent polling numbers and more.

Until recently, the nation’s tech capital, Silicon Valley, was seen as a liberal bastion, but the tech billionaires are starting to diverge in their political ideologies.

On Today's Show:Erin Griffith, New York Times reporter covering tech companies and Silicon Valley, explains what's going on with the infighting and how wealthy tech donors are influencing the 2024 presidential election with their money.

After a tumultuous Supreme Court term that included the presidential immunity opinion and reporting that showed Justice Thomas received undisclosed gifts and favors from a GOP megadonor, President Biden has proposed changes to the court, including term limits and a code of ethics.

On Today's Show:Elie Mystal, justice correspondent and columnist for The Nation magazine, host of the new podcast, "Contempt of Court with Elie Mystal," and author of Allow Me to Retort: A Black Guy's Guide to the Constitution (New Press, 2022), offers legal analysis of the proposed reforms, and talks about how likely it is that they would make it through Congress.

With Vice President Harris now taking the reins as the likely Democratic nominee for President, we look at her biography, and how her position on the Israel-Hamas war might impact her standing with voters.

On Today's Show:Joan Walsh, The Nation's national affairs correspondent and the co-author of Corporate Bullsh*t: Exposing the Lies and Half-Truths That Protect Profit, Power, and Wealth in America (The New Press, 2023), and Christopher Cadelago, California bureau chief at Politico, talk about the latest national political news, with a focus on Vice President Kamala Harris's biography as she locks up the Democratic nomination for president.

The vitriol and tribalism in American politics has taken its toll on our civic society.

On Today's Show:Dame Louise Richardson, president of the Carnegie Corporation of New York, talks about research into and strategies to reduce political polarization in the United States, especially in this fraught election year.

The presidential election news cycle continues to pick up steam ahead of November.

On Today's Show:Francesca Chambers, White House Correspondent for USA Today, talks about the news from Washington, including President Biden's speech, Netanyahu's visit, and the Harris campaign.

Micah Loewinger is the brand new co-host of WNYC's On the Media, who has covered the far right for the program, and once testified before Congress on his reporting ahead of the Jan.6 insurrection.

On Today's Show: Brooke Gladstone, co-host of WNYC's On The Media, and Micah talk about their plans for the show and how it might evolve.

President Biden has dropped out of the 2024 presidential race, throwing his support, and his existing campaign infrastructure to Vice President Kamala Harris.

On Today's Show:Gabriel Debenedetti, national correspondent at New York Magazine and author of The Long Alliance: The Imperfect Union of Joe Biden and Barack Obama (Henry Holt and Co., 2022), reports on the news from his position as a reporter steeped in Biden world. Plus, Democratic voters call in to share their thoughts and feelings on this huge shakeup to the campaign.

On today's show: Hakeem Jeffries  U.S. Representative (D NY-8th, Brooklyn) and House minority leader, talks about the debate engulfing the Democrats over whether President Biden should stay in the race.

When Republican vice presidential candidate, Senator J.D. Vance (R-OH), addressed the Republican National Convention on Wednesday night, he said "America is not just an idea." Many took that as a  defense of a nationalism rooted more in the land and in identity.

On Today's Show:Zack Beauchamp, senior correspondent at Vox and the author of The Reactionary Spirit: How America's Most Insidious Political Tradition Swept the World (PublicAffairs, 2024), explores the resistance to democratic ideals that has always accompanied progress toward greater freedom and how that reactionary movement is active here and around the world.

As the Republican National Convention takes place this week, there may be a through line from pivotal speeches from the last 100 years to today.

On Today's Show:Continuing our centennial series "100 Years of 100 Things," Julian Zelizer, professor of history and public affairs at Princeton University, CNN political analyst, NPR contributor, and author of several books and co-editor with Karen J. Greenberg of the forthcoming Our Nation at Risk: Election Integrity as a National Security Issue (NYU Press, 2024), walks us through pivotal RNC speeches from the last 100 years.

On Monday at the Republican National Convention, Sen. J.D. Vance was announced as the V.P. pick and Sen. Tim Scott addressed the crowd.

On Today's Show:Rev. Dr. William Barber, a Protestant minister, social activist, professor, and founding director of the Center for Public Theology and Public Policy at Yale Divinity School, president of Repairers of the Breach and the author of White Poverty: How Exposing Myths About Race and Class Can Reconstruct American Democracy (Liveright, 2024), responds to their takes on poverty and argues that low-income Americans joining together represent "the largest potential swing vote in the country."

The Republican National Convention takes place this week in  Milwaukee, WI, this week, after an attempt to assassinate Donald Trump took place over the weekend.

On Today's Show:Tamara Keith, senior NPR White House correspondent and co-host of the NPR Politics Podcast, talks about the latest national political news, including the fallout from the attempted assassination of Donald Trump at a rally, after which both Republicans and Democrats called on Americans to "lower the temperature" politically, and the start of the Republican National Convention.

Thursday was the last day of the NATO summit in Washington, celebrating the 75th anniversary of the North Atlantic alliance.

On Today's Show:Fred Kaplan, Slate's War Stories columnist and the author of many books, including The Bomb: Presidents, Generals, and the Secret History of Nuclear War (Simon & Schuster, 2020), joins to recap the event, including a breakdown of President Joe Biden's press conference and what the 2024 election might mean for the future of the alliance.

The GOP's 'Project 2025,' which offers a roadmap for a radically conservative government, speaks more to social issues and the culture wars than to the concerns of workers. '

On Today's Show:Steven Greenhouse, senior fellow at The Century Foundation, former longtime labor reporter at the New York Times and the author of Beaten Down, Worked Up: The Past, Present, and Future of American Labor (Knopf, 2019) discusses the contrast in how Democrats and Republicans (including Project 2025) approach labor.

The Republican platform was released this week, ahead of next week's national convention.  And meanwhile, Democratic politicians remain divided on whether Pres. Biden should be their nominee.

On today's show:Erin Doherty, politics reporter covering breaking news and the 2024 election for Axios, discusses the latest in election news headlines.

The GOP's party platform has gone through some changes related to Donald Trump's approach to politics, and to the way that abortion has changed as a political issue since Roe was overturned. 

On Today's Show:Jeet Heer, writer for The Nation, shares his take on Republican politics, plus how Democrats should proceed with the 2024 election.

With pundits and Democratic leaders pushing to replace President Biden on the 2024 presidential ticket, we look at his political future. 

On Today's Show:Christina Greer, associate professor of political science at Fordham University, co-host of the podcast FAQNYC and the author of Black Ethnics (Oxford University Press, 2013), offers analysis of the latest national political news, including the frenzy around President Biden's fitness to remain in the campaign after the debate, and more.

As we celebrate the founding of this country on the Fourth of July, and many people are concerned about the strength of democracy in the United States, Carlo Invernizzi-Accetti, executive director of the Moynihan Center, professor of political science at The City College of New York, and author of the book 20 Years of Rage: How Resentment Took the Place of Politics (Mondadori, 2024), compares the state of our democracy then and now.

In France and Britain, two major upcoming elections this week are poised to overturn current, long-term ruling parties in both countries.

On Today's Show:Sophie Pedder, Paris bureau chief at The Economist, and Andrew Palmer, Britain editor at The Economist, break down the latest on the UK general election, scheduled for July 4th, and the results of the first-out-of-two rounds of elections of the National Assembly in France.

We hear a rundown of some new reporting on women affiliated with the GOP, from members of Congress, to candidates around the country. 

On Today's Show:Rebecca Traister, writer at New York Magazine and author of Good and Mad: The Revolutionary Power of Women's Anger (Simon and Schuster, 2018), talks about her reporting on women in the Republican Party, and other national political news.

Today was the Supreme Court's final day of opinions, on immunity for former president Trump over his 'official' or 'unofficial' acts while in office that led to the Jan. 6 insurrection.

On Today's Show:Aziz Huq, professor of law at the University of Chicago Law School and author of the forthcoming The Rule of Law: A Very Short Introduction  (Oxford University Press, 2024), offers legal analysis

Yesterday evening, President Biden struggled at times to deliver cohearant points, while former president Trump pushed numerous falsehoods on the CNN debate stage in Atlanta.

On Today's Show:Sabrina Siddiqui, national politics reporter at The Wall Street Journal, offers analysis of Thursday night's debate between President Biden and former President Trump, and listeners weighed in with their perspectives on the future of the 2024 presidential election.

On today's show: Peter Hamby,  founding partner at Puck News and host of Snapchat's Good Luck America, previews the presidential debate between President Biden and Donald Trump.

We discuss the Supreme Court's latest decision, this one about the limits of government input on social media moderation policies

On Today's Show:Errol Louis, political anchor of Spectrum NY1 News, host of "Inside City Hall" and "The Big Deal with Errol Louis", New York Magazine columnist and host of the podcast "You Decide," offers analysis of the ruling, and of the upcoming presidential debate between President Biden and former president Trump.

With the economy listed as a top priority for voters in the 2024 presidential election, we explore the candidates' records on money matters. 

On Today's Show:Jim Tankersley, New York Times White House correspondent with a focus on economic policy, discusses the economic policies Joe Biden and Donald Trump are pitching to voters ahead of Thursday's presidential debate.

The first debate between President Joe Biden and former president Donald Trump is set to take place next Thursday.

On Today's Show:Azi Paybarah, national reporter covering campaigns and breaking politics news at The Washington Post, previews the debate and how each candidate is preparing, plus more on the national political headlines.

With the Supreme Court's ruling on gun rights and domestic violence this morning, and a new mandate in Louisiana to display the Ten Commandments in public school, we discuss the Bill Of Rights in practice.

On Today's Show:Aziz Huq, professor of law at the University of Chicago and author of the forthcoming The Rule of Law: A very Short Introduction (Oxford University Press, 2024) offers legal analysis of the Supreme Court's recent opinions, and other legal news.

President Biden's latest executive action aims to help DACA recipients, and the undocumented spouses and stepchildren of American citizens.

On Today's Show:Allan Wernick, senior legal advisor to CUNY Citizenship Now! - the City University of New York's free immigration law service program, explains in more detail what the orders are meant to do, and offers advice for callers in those groups.

This Juneteenth, we explore the real  human story behind the myths about Harriet Tubman, including her spirituality, her relationship with nature, and the disability she lived with while liberating so many enslaved people.

On Today's Show:Tiya Miles, professor of history and former chair of the Charles Warren Center for Studies in American History  at Harvard University and the National Book Award–winning author of All That She Carried, talks about her new book, Night Flyer: Harriet Tubman and the Faith Dreams of a Free People (‎Penguin Press, 2024), that places Harriet Tubman in the context of the natural world she inhabited and her spirituality.

After the Supreme Court ruled a ban on "bump stocks," how are lawmakers in Congress thinking about the politics of gun policy?

On Today's Show:U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D NY) talks about her work in Washington, including recent Supreme Court decisions and President Biden's immigration policies, and more.

The Israel-Hamas War is a New York Democratic Primary issue. On today's show: Congressman (and Candidate) Jamaal Bowman (D-NY16) discusses his stance.

World leaders of the G7 are flocking to Italy for the annual G7 Summit, and so are world leaders from everywhere else. 

On today's show:

Susan Glasser, staff writer at The New Yorker, where she writes a column on life in Biden's Washington and co-anchors a weekly roundtable discussion on "The Political Scene" podcast, and co-author with Peter Baker of The Divider: Trump in the White House, 2017-2021 (Doubleday, 2022), offers political analysis of the news coming out of the G-7 Summit, including how Western countries are attempting to woo the Global South.

During today's live show, news broke that the Supreme Court upheld the FDA's approval of mifepristone, a medical abortion drug.

On Today's Show:Listeners reflect on the news, and Aaron Blake, senior political reporter and author of "The Campaign Moment" newsletter for The Washington Post, shares his analysis, and discusses the latest primary results and what they might mean for November's races, and other national politics news.

The conflict Gaza has created divisions within the Democratic party over human rights, and support for Israel.

On Today's Show:George Latimer, Westchester County Executive challenging U.S. Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D, NY 16) in the New York State's June 25th primary, talks about his primary campaign and what he thinks the U.S.'s approach to this global conflict should look like.

What makes a particular city in Arizona a good indicator of the future of both American democracy, as well as the climate crisis?

On Today's Show:George Packer, staff writer at The Atlantic and the author Last Best Hope: America in Crisis and Renewal (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2021), reports on Phoenix as a test of the U.S.'s ability to respond to climate change, and other issues facing the nation?

Last week, President Biden issued an executive order that prevents migrants from seeking asylum at the U.S.-Mexico border when crossings surge.

On today's show:Murad Awawdeh, president and CEO of the New York Immigration Coalition (NYIC), explains his opposition to the executive order and argues that the U.S. has historically resettled large numbers of asylum-seekers and needs additional pathways to legal immigration.

A new book explores attempts to put a price on whiteness, based on explorations of generational wealth and experience.

On Today's Show:Tracie McMillan, journalist, former managing editor of City Limits and the author of The White Bonus: Five Families and the Cash Value of Racism in America (McMillan, 2024), traces the financial impact of historical benefits not afforded Black Americans on her own family and that of four others.