Defense Department Leak, Mourning Francis, SCOTUS Considers Opting Out : Up First from NPR

Defense Department Leak, Mourning Francis, SCOTUS Considers Opting Out : Up First from NPR

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth continues to find himself mired in controversy. Also — tributes have poured in from around the world remembering Pope Francis as a leader who advocated for the poor and the dispossessed, and the Supreme Court considers a case brought by parents who want to pull their kids out of public school classes because of objections to some learning materials. Want more comprehensive analysis of the most important news of the…

SCOTUS Becoming Increasingly Frustrated With ‘Half-Baked’ Cases Challenging Trump Deportations, Turley Says

SCOTUS and Deportations; Trump Takes Over Penn Station Reconstruction; Trump vs. Law Firms; Your Pope Francis Reflections | The Brian Lehrer Show

Loading... On today's show: Quinta Jurecic, contributing writer at The Atlantic, fellow in governance studies at the Brookings Institution, and senior editor at Lawfare, offers legal analysis of the Supreme Court's rulings on deportation and how the Trump administration is reacting. The Trump administration has seized control over the Penn Station reconstruction project and kicked the MTA out of the process. Stephen Nessen, transportation repor…

Trump Targets EPA Endangerment Finding After Supreme Court Rulings

Trump moves to scrap EPA’s endangerment finding, citing Supreme Court rulings and lack of congressional OK on regulating greenhouse gases. ​As other opponents of the climate hoax do, I eagerly await the Trump administration’s termination of the Environmental Protection Agency’s so-called endangerment finding (EF). [emphasis, links added] I had imagined that the reversal would be accomplished over the course of at least a year and probably more t…

Trump administration takes over Penn Station overhaul

April 21, 2025 – We get an update on the Trump administration’s decision to take control of the long-stalled overhaul of Penn Station, Our guest, Stephen Nessen, a transportation reporter for WNYC and Gothamist, explains what had been happening under the Metropolitan Transit Authority and identifies some of the big questions moving forward.The post Trump administration takes over Penn Station overhaul first appeared on The Capitol Pressroom.