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One bigly unindicted co-conspirator and other bunches of them, including some in Epstein files now

Trump's efforts to lean on Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is reminiscent of the way Nixon created a team of secret investigators, known as "the plumbers," to find incriminating or embarrassing evidence about his enemies, said Ken Hughes, a leading Watergate authority and research specialist at the University of Virginia’s Miller Center of Public Affairs.

Ken Hughes

Judges See Rising Bids to Block Trump DOJ From Ignoring Rulings

Litigants are increasingly “reaching for the other tools they have at their disposal,” said Payvand Ahdout, a professor at the University of Virginia School of Law who studies judicial power.

Payvand Ahdout

War and Terrorism

Does 'The Brink of War' ring true?

How well does the new film "The Brink of War" track with Reagan’s actual meeting with Gorbachev?

How Did JFK Burst onto the National Scene Exactly 70 Years Ago?

"Proof of JFK’s good fortune was that while the Stevenson ticket went down to a landslide defeat by incumbent president Dwight Eisenhower, Kennedy emerged as a legitimate contender for the 1960 nomination. And, as his perceptive father noted, it was a blessing in disguise for Jack to avoid the doomed 1956 ticket."

Barbara Perry

Former Air Force Secretary: Trump Walked Straight Into Iran’s Trap

Eric and Eliot discuss the new diplomatic alignment among Turkey, Pakistan, and Saudi Arabia in the Middle East, the changes in leadership in Iran, and the rival missile campaigns of Russia and Ukraine in their ongoing war. Frank Kendall then joins the show to discuss his new book, "Lethal Autonomy: The Future of Warfare Whether We Like It or Not," and his determination not to be silenced or intimidated by the Trump administration.

Eric Edelman

AI is more than chatbots and data centers

Astri Kimball Van Dyke discusses what every public official and every candidate for office needs to understand about AI.

Astri Kimball Van Dyke