Join Shumita Basu every weekday morning as she guides you through some of the most fascinating stories in the news — and how the world’s best journalists are covering them.
The unspoken threat in Trump’s Wall Street Journal lawsuit
14 mins; July 23, 2025
They wrote Project 2025. Now they’re dictating some U.S. policy.
14 mins; July 22, 2025
Six months in, how do Americans grade Trump?
13 mins; July 21, 2025
Why some of Trump’s big Supreme Court wins remain a mystery
15 mins; July 18, 2025
From Elmo to emergency alerts: The impact of public media cuts
13 mins; July 17, 2025
Why Congress might claw back money it already approved
14 mins; July 16, 2025
Bugs, heat, broken toilets: life inside “Alligator Alcatraz”
15 mins; July 15, 2025
One year on, what we know about the Trump assassination attempt
15 mins; July 14, 2025
ICE agents are hiding their faces during raids. Is that legal?
15 mins; July 11, 2025
Why the Texas floods were so deadly
15 mins; July 10, 2025
Trump promised 90 tariff deals in 90 days. We’ve got two. What happened?
13 mins; July 09, 2025
After Texas’s abortion ban, miscarriages became more life-threatening
14 mins; July 08, 2025
Tragedy in Texas: how flash flooding devastated a county
15 mins; July 07, 2025
What to know about the government’s new database to track citizens
15 mins; July 02, 2025
Inside the GOP’s unprecedented move to claim tax-cut extensions are free
15 mins; July 01, 2025
How Medicaid work requirements have failed before
15 mins; June 30, 2025
Tough, principled, and kind — the legacy of a slain Minnesota lawmaker
15 mins; June 27, 2025
Why it’s been so hot in June, and when to bring the kids inside
13 mins; June 26, 2025
How a 33-year-old progressive pulled off a huge political victory in New York
15 mins; June 25, 2025
Trump accuses Israel and Iran of violating ceasefire
14 mins; June 24, 2025
Three big questions after the U.S. strikes on Iran
15 mins; June 23, 2025
How lawmakers are responding to rising political threats
15 mins; June 18, 2025
What Iranians and Israelis think about their warring leaders
15 mins; June 17, 2025
Suspect found as Minnesota mourns killing of “irreplaceable” politician
14 mins; June 16, 2025
What to know about Israel’s attack on Iran’s nuclear program
13 mins; June 13, 2025
The damage that “less lethal” police weapons can really do
13 mins; June 12, 2025
Inside the White House’s detention strategy
15 mins; June 11, 2025
RFK Jr. ousts his entire vaccine advisory group
15 mins; June 10, 2025
What to know about the L.A. protests over immigration raids
13 mins; June 09, 2025
What to know about Trump and Musk’s epic breakup
15 mins; June 06, 2025
How Trump’s travel ban expands on his first-term efforts
13 mins; June 05, 2025
Musk rages at GOP as he returns to an uncertain business empire
15 mins; June 04, 2025
Inside the unlikely alliance to make childbirth free in the U.S.
14 mins; June 03, 2025
Marchers for Israeli hostages attacked in Colorado. Here’s what to know.
12 mins; June 02, 2025
Elon Musk’s legacy on the federal workforce
14 mins; May 30, 2025
Why a court just struck down Trump’s sweeping tariffs
14 mins; May 29, 2025
The deals pushing the Trump family’s wealth to new heights
14 mins; May 28, 2025
Trump says Putin has gone “CRAZY.” What next for the war in Ukraine?
15 mins; May 27, 2025
Explaining Trump’s latest move against Harvard
14 mins; May 23, 2025
Update: Two Israeli Embassy staffers were killed in D.C. What to know.
14 mins; May 22, 2025
A brain-dead pregnant woman is being kept alive, raising ethical questions
14 mins; May 21, 2025
The GOP’s tug-of-war over spending cuts
15 mins; May 20, 2025
Joe Biden has prostate cancer. Here is what we know.
13 mins; May 19, 2025
The winners and losers of the GOP tax bill
14 mins; May 16, 2025
What the Supreme Court's birthright-citizenship case is really about
14 mins; May 15, 2025
Why “self-defense” insurance is becoming big business
15 mins; May 14, 2025
Property, golf, and crypto: the Trump family strikes deals in the Middle East
13 mins; May 13, 2025
The U.S. and China agree to cut tariffs for 90 days. What to know.
13 mins; May 12, 2025
Any day now, an old Soviet spacecraft will crash-land on Earth
14 mins; May 09, 2025
People are noticing “recession signs” everywhere. What does the data say?
14 mins; May 08, 2025
The 90 seconds that shook air-traffic controllers
12 mins; May 07, 2025
How RFK Jr. has overhauled U.S. health care
15 mins; May 06, 2025
The “Boy Scout” lawyer defending Sean Combs
14 mins; May 05, 2025
How Democrats are trying to win back voters
14 mins; May 02, 2025
Kamala Harris hits back at Trump
14 mins; May 01, 2025
DOGE set out to save trillions. Here are the results.
14 mins; April 30, 2025
How voters feel about Trump’s first 100 days
13 mins; April 29, 2025
How public opinion has shifted in Trump’s first 100 days
15 mins; April 28, 2025
An alarm bell for American democracy
14 mins; April 25, 2025
Their travel generates billions for the U.S. They’re rethinking their plans.
14 mins; April 24, 2025
Why it’s time to delete yourself from the internet
14 mins; April 23, 2025
Will the Supreme Court allow Trump to fire Fed Chair Jerome Powell?
14 mins; April 22, 2025
The pope’s legacy, plus a second Signal chat with war plans
15 mins; April 21, 2025
The foreign leader helping Trump defy the Supreme Court
14 mins; April 18, 2025
What to know about RFK Jr.’s plan to research autism
14 mins; April 17, 2025
How some universities are pushing back against the Trump administration
14 mins; April 16, 2025
Trump is considering sending U.S. citizens to El Salvador
13 mins; April 15, 2025
The legal fight that could reshape social media
13 mins; April 14, 2025
What is the market mayhem all for?
14 mins; April 11, 2025
China hits back at U.S. tariffs
13 mins; April 10, 2025
The infighting inside the White House over tariffs
14 mins; April 09, 2025
How tariffs could transform the auto industry
15 mins; April 08, 2025
As Trump’s tariffs take hold, how much pain can Americans handle?
14 mins; April 07, 2025
Markets plummet, a House revolt, and other big Washington news
13 mins; April 04, 2025
He was deported in error. Why Trump won’t bring him home.
14 mins; April 03, 2025
Trump is testing the economy. Americans are nervous.
14 mins; April 02, 2025
Tips to protect the data on your phone at airports
13 mins; April 01, 2025
How Trump’s DEI crackdown is impacting women in science
13 mins; March 31, 2025
Inside the fallout of a stunning national-security leak
13 mins; March 28, 2025
How Social Security is changing
14 mins; March 27, 2025
On the ground in El Salvador with the men deported there by the U.S.
14 mins; March 26, 2025
Top Trump officials leaked war plans to a journalist by mistake
14 mins; March 25, 2025
What dismantling the Education Department means for students
14 mins; March 24, 2025
Are democratic checks and balances breaking down?
14 mins; March 21, 2025
The family mourning America’s first measles death in a decade
13 mins; March 20, 2025
Their mission was eight days. They ended up in space for nine months.
13 mins; March 19, 2025
Trump says he’s not defying court orders. A judge says otherwise.
15 mins; March 18, 2025
Why immigration agents detained tourists and green-card holders
13 mins; March 17, 2025
The key Democrats forming a resistance to Trump
14 mins; March 14, 2025
Protests, arson, trade-ins: inside the Tesla backlash
14 mins; March 13, 2025
Amid the tariff frenzy, what are Trump’s actual goals?
14 mins; March 12, 2025
How Trump’s obsession with Canada has changed its politics
14 mins; March 11, 2025
Why RFK Jr. wants to ban Trump’s favorite drink
13 mins; March 10, 2025
Speaker Johnson has a roommate — and he has a big agenda
12 mins; March 07, 2025
The black-spatula debate changed our kitchens. Companies noticed.
13 mins; March 06, 2025
Trump’s speech to Congress is met with cheers and protests
13 mins; March 05, 2025
Trump’s tariffs are here. What you need to know.
15 mins; March 04, 2025
How Musk built his empire off of government contracts
15 mins; March 03, 2025
Why environmentalists are so worried about this lawsuit
13 mins; February 28, 2025
Yes, it’s safe to fly. So why have there been so many crashes?
