Politics

Andrea Nguyen questions the accuracy of those Prop 65 warning labels on many foods.

from Good Food

There are only 50 seats, you have to pay in cash and you can't get alcohol. Still, the CIA dining room serves a mean smash burger.

from Good Food

KCRW reacts to the mishandling of White House war plans. Donald Trump takes center stage in Canada’s snap election. Will any excuse for tariffs make sense?

White House security officials come under fire over messaging app mishap

KCRW reacts to the mishandling of White House war plans. Donald Trump takes center stage in Canada’s snap election. Will any excuse for tariffs make sense?

from Left, Right & Center

The federal government is planning to investigate the CA Dept.

Trump threatens to withhold education funding over CA law protecting trans kids

The federal government is planning to investigate the CA Dept.

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

The Trump administration has halted a program financing lawyers for immigrant children.

She represented kids in immigration court. Feds cut off her funding

The Trump administration has halted a program financing lawyers for immigrant children.

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

President Trump continued his assault on the country’s biggest law firms by signing an executive order targeting Chicago-based Jenner & Block.

Trump’s targeting of US’ big law firms has chilling effect on legal industry

President Trump continued his assault on the country’s biggest law firms by signing an executive order targeting Chicago-based Jenner & Block.

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

How should Democrats respond to Trump? His second term has sparked an internal reckoning.

AOC and Bernie Sanders rally for a Democratic Party that fights

How should Democrats respond to Trump? His second term has sparked an internal reckoning.

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

The Trump administration’s release of war plans on a group chat that included the Atlantic’s editor-in-chief raises questions about the competence of the president’s top national…

Trump Cabinet’s use of Signal raises national security, legal questions

The Trump administration’s release of war plans on a group chat that included the Atlantic’s editor-in-chief raises questions about the competence of the president’s top national…

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

James Murdoch reveals the real-life “Succession” drama roiling his family in an exclusive interview with The Atlantic. At stake: Who controls Fox News?

Murdochs fight over who will control Fox News after Rupert Murdoch passes

James Murdoch reveals the real-life “Succession” drama roiling his family in an exclusive interview with The Atlantic. At stake: Who controls Fox News?

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

The Supreme Court heard oral arguments today in a challenge to Louisiana’s voting maps.

Louisiana redistricting: SCOTUS ruling could affect makeup of Congress

The Supreme Court heard oral arguments today in a challenge to Louisiana’s voting maps.

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

Did President Trump defy court orders with deportation flights? Can Democrats recover from historically low polling? Plus, KCRW examines The Kennedy Center culture wars.

Is the White House gearing up for a larger fight with federal judges?

Did President Trump defy court orders with deportation flights? Can Democrats recover from historically low polling? Plus, KCRW examines The Kennedy Center culture wars.

from Left, Right & Center

Spanish-language TV networks Telemundo and Univision have aired DHS ads urging people in the U.S. illegally to leave.

Univision airs ads urging migrants to leave. Staff are angry

Spanish-language TV networks Telemundo and Univision have aired DHS ads urging people in the U.S. illegally to leave.

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

Amid a new phase of war, public opinion polls show a majority of Israelis want to see the end of fighting in Gaza and a return of hostages.

Israelis and Palestinians on failed peace deal, resumed war

Amid a new phase of war, public opinion polls show a majority of Israelis want to see the end of fighting in Gaza and a return of hostages.

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

Ukraine says tens of thousands of children have been taken and illegally hidden within Russia’s adoption system since the invasion.

Trump administration stops funding Yale lab tracking abducted Ukrainian kids

Ukraine says tens of thousands of children have been taken and illegally hidden within Russia’s adoption system since the invasion.

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

The National Institutes of Health gives most of its money to universities, medical schools, and research institutions.

Potential cuts to science research grants hurts everyone, says UCLA professor

The National Institutes of Health gives most of its money to universities, medical schools, and research institutions.

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

Environmentalists say the cuts would have drastic consequences on efforts to protect Americans from hazardous chemicals, air and water pollution, and climate change.

EPA considers eliminating its office of scientific research

Environmentalists say the cuts would have drastic consequences on efforts to protect Americans from hazardous chemicals, air and water pollution, and climate change.

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

Amid the Trump administration’s ramped-up efforts to deport undocumented immigrants, the Orange County Board of Supervisors voted to strengthen protections for children whose parents…

Immigrant kids to get stronger protections in OC

Amid the Trump administration’s ramped-up efforts to deport undocumented immigrants, the Orange County Board of Supervisors voted to strengthen protections for children whose parents…

from KCRW Features

DOJ lawyers accused Rasha Alawieh, a kidney transplant specialist, of having “sympathetic” photos of Hezbollah leaders on her phone.

Brown University doctor deported despite visa, court-ordered protection

DOJ lawyers accused Rasha Alawieh, a kidney transplant specialist, of having “sympathetic” photos of Hezbollah leaders on her phone.

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

Salvadoran President and self-proclaimed “world’s coolest dictator” Nayib Bukele is cozying up to Trump. He’s viewed as a hero on the right for his mass carceral policies.

Why El Salvador accepted US inmates in its mega-prison

Salvadoran President and self-proclaimed “world’s coolest dictator” Nayib Bukele is cozying up to Trump. He’s viewed as a hero on the right for his mass carceral policies.

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

President Trump invoked the 1798 Alien Enemies Act to deport more than 200 alleged Venezuelan gang members. But a judge blocked those deportations over the weekend.

Trump defies court order to halt deportations of Venezuelans to El Salvador

President Trump invoked the 1798 Alien Enemies Act to deport more than 200 alleged Venezuelan gang members. But a judge blocked those deportations over the weekend.

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand