President Donald Trump said he would withhold disaster relief funding from North Carolina if voters do not elect Republican Senate nominee Michael Whatley in the midterms — only to add he was "kidding."

Trump promised $5,000 for every adult, providing Republicans control both houses.

Texas Attorney General and GOP U.S. Senate nominee Ken Paxton was accused of lunging at an American tourist and attempting to take his phone after the man filmed the Republican walking with his alleged mistress in London...

Cuba is suffering through a man-made economic and humanitarian catastrophe, caused in significant part by deliberate policy choices of the United States...

Thom talks with U.S. Representative from Wisconsin's 2nd Congressional District, Mark Pocan, about how Jon Ossoff is doing something on the campaign trail that basically no one else in his party seems able to pull off: elegantly and comprehensively skewering the Trump administration, while earning some Republican support.

Thom talks with investigative journalist and author, Greg Palast, about how Trump’s Executive Order 14399 requires Americans to “show me your citizenship papers” to vote, but we can fight this Nazi-fication of our elections.

A landmark polar study reveals that Greenland and Antarctica have lost over 11 trillion metric tons of ice since the 1970s—enough to cover the entire continental United States under five feet of ice and drive major global sea-level rise.

Trump is promising voters a $5,000 Trump dividend, but is this blatant scheme legal?

Thom talks with veteran war correspondent, Phil Ittner, about how Russian drones struck a passenger bus and train in southern Ukraine on Wednesday, killing five people, as Moscow pressed on with strikes on transport links and infrastructure.

Will the Constitution face such a near-death experience on January 3? How many House Republicans would be willing to follow Donald Trump and Mike Johnson and violate their constitutional oaths?...

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Donald Trump threatens Europe with severe tariffs following the EU's proposal to make Canada an associated member, but European leaders refuse to back down. We also cover a Bush-appointed federal judge warning about ICE ignoring court orders, a Russian disinformation network deploying fake celebrity videos ahead of the midterms, Trump's backlash against the Federal Reserve hiking interest rates, anti-fascist satire confronting immigration enforcement, and artists walking out of Ed Sheeran's tour over free speech.

Recent polling reveals that nearly 90% of Americans believe government corruption is widespread, while trust in our leadership continues to collapse.

Thom talks with investigative reporter for ProPublica, Heather Vogell, about her most recent article. She writes about how in December, President Donald Trump appointed a Texas venture capitalist and MAGA influencer with no formal background in science as the chair of the U.S. Arctic Research Commission.

The Trump administration is planning to deliver powerful 2,000lb bombs to Israel as part of an upcoming arms deal, weapons that prompted such concerns about the possibility of mass casualties in Gaza that the Biden administration paused their delivery two years ago.