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| Title | Pub. Date | Duration | |
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| Introducing “The 7” | 06 Dec 2022 | 00:06:44 | |
On The Post’s new podcast, "The 7," host Jeff Pierre takes you through the seven most important and interesting stories of the day. It's a way to get caught up in just a few minutes. It comes out every weekday at 7 a.m. Check it out today, then find and follow "The 7" so you're set for tomorrow. You can also read "The 7" here. | |||
| Please, Go On: VP Kamala Harris on women in the workplace | 11 Jun 2021 | 00:19:25 | |
In the inaugural edition of "Please, Go On," Post columnist James Hohmann speaks with Vice President Harris about the exodus of women from the workforce during the pandemic. | |||
| Shootings spur Biden to call for tighter gun rules | 24 Mar 2021 | 00:07:15 | |
Plus, the Senate confirms Vivek H. Murthy as surgeon general, and North Korea fires short-range missiles in challenge to Biden administration. | |||
| Barr weaponizes the Justice Department to investigate Trump’s baseless fraud claims | 10 Nov 2020 | 00:14:24 | |
Plus, the secretary of defense's termination underscores President Trump's insistence on absolute fealty, and Pfizer’s vaccine could be cleared by mid-December. | |||
| Trump appointee refuses to sign key letter allowing Biden's transition team to get to work | 09 Nov 2020 | 00:13:09 | |
Plus, the U.S. will surpass 10 million confirmed coronavirus cases later today, and President-elect Joe Biden announces his coronavirus task force. | |||
| President-elect Joe Biden calls this ‘a time to heal’ as he reads a Catholic hymn in victory speech | 08 Nov 2020 | 00:14:57 | |
Joe Biden, the man who was once the country’s youngest senator, will become the country's oldest president. | |||
| Biden takes lead in Georgia and Trump’s margin narrows in Pennsylvania | 06 Nov 2020 | 00:12:45 | |
Plus, an angry dispute erupts among House Democrats, and
Democrats could still win Senate control with two Georgia runoffs. | |||
| Biden is on a path toward victory after wins in Michigan and Wisconsin | 05 Nov 2020 | 00:12:05 | |
Plus, Joe Biden's performance with Latinos shows how the Democratic establishment has taken them for granted, and Democrats fail to flip any state legislative chambers ahead of redistricting. | |||
| With the presidency on the line, Trump wants judges to stop Pennsylvania from counting ballots | 04 Nov 2020 | 00:12:09 | |
Plus, Republicans are clinging to their Senate majority, and several House Democrats unexpectedly go down. | |||
| Trump and Biden focus on the North, but the South could determine an early winner | 03 Nov 2020 | 00:13:38 | |
Plus, governors ready the National Guard for potential post-election unrest, and another top Trump adviser bluntly contradicts the president on the coronavirus. | |||
| Biden plans to pick a very diverse Cabinet if he wins | 02 Nov 2020 | 00:14:54 | |
Plus, Joe Biden focuses on Pennsylvania while President Trump hit 5 states on Sunday, and Trump supporters grow more aggressive with presidential encouragement. | |||
| Coronavirus cases surge in every battleground. It did not have to be this way. | 30 Oct 2020 | 00:13:38 | |
Plus, both President Trump and Biden are seeking to shore up support from Latino voters, and Trump takes gray wolves off the Endangered Species list, putting them in danger of going extinct. | |||
| America’s hospitals are under attack by Russian-speaking hackers | 29 Oct 2020 | 00:14:33 | |
Plus, Hurricane Zeta roars inland after slamming New Orleans, and President Trump formalizes one of the most sweeping public lands rollbacks in American history. | |||
| White House prepares massive infrastructure bill | 23 Mar 2021 | 00:06:41 | |
Plus, AstraZeneca’s U.S. trial shows coronavirus vaccine is 79 percent effective, and Boston Mayor Marty Walsh is confirmed to lead Labor Department. | |||
| Coronavirus test result for World Series winner shows no one is safe | 28 Oct 2020 | 00:14:06 | |
Plus, 70 million Americans have already voted, and millions of your tax dollars are flowing into President Trump’s pockets. | |||
| Justice Barrett gets right to work and may decide on more election cases soon | 27 Oct 2020 | 00:14:49 | |
Plus, the coronavirus spreads like wildfire into some of our nation's untouched areas, and rioting shakes Philadelphia overnight after police kill a black man. | |||
| Pence determined to maintain schedule after five aides test positive, irrespective of CDC guidelines | 26 Oct 2020 | 00:12:22 | |
Plus, a new wave of covid cases is straining resources nationwide, and eleven are arrested after fights erupt between a pro-Trump caravan and protesters in Manhattan. | |||
| Biden’s oil gaffe and Trump’s subdued performance in final debate unlikely to change race | 23 Oct 2020 | 00:12:35 | |
Plus, President Trump issues a sweeping order to remove civil service protections for federal workers, and Russia continues to pose a more potent threat for election interference than Iran. | |||
| Trump mulls firing FBI director, as DNI accuses Iran of election interference | 22 Oct 2020 | 00:14:02 | |
Plus, the CDC expands its definition of who is considered a ‘close contact’ for contact tracing purposes. And Barack Obama makes his 2020 debut on the campaign trail with a blazing critique of his successor. | |||
| Biden and Trump prepare very differently for final debate | 21 Oct 2020 | 00:11:59 | |
Plus, Mitch McConnell warns the White House against making a stimulus deal before the election, and records show President Trump paid more tax to the Chinese government than income tax in the U.S. | |||
| As Trump attacks Fauci, coronavirus case numbers keep rising | 20 Oct 2020 | 00:12:59 | |
Plus, the Justice Department indicts six Russian intelligence officers in several high-profile cyberattacks, and a 4-4 Supreme Court split on a voting case shows why confirming Amy Coney Barrett is such a huge deal. | |||
| Trump has failed to keep the Islamic State under control, as attacks continue across Africa | 19 Oct 2020 | 00:13:13 | |
Plus, red-state governors resist measures to slow the spread of the coronavirus, even as cases surge, and a federal judge strikes down Trump's plan to slash food stamps for 700,000 unemployed Americans. | |||
| Trump defends retweeting conspiracy theories in abrasive town hall | 16 Oct 2020 | 00:13:29 | |
Plus, coronavirus hospitalizations are rising in most states, and President Trump was warned that Rudy Giuliani was the target of a Russian intelligence operation. | |||
| Videos show conservative activists coordinating with White House aides behind closed doors | 15 Oct 2020 | 00:13:53 | |
Plus, as Amy Coney Barrett finishes her time in the hot seat, Democrats acknowledge she’ll be confirmed. And the Treasury Secretary says a coronavirus relief deal seems very unlikely before the election. Read the full article: Videos show closed-door sessions of leading conservative activists: ‘Be not afraid of the accusations that you’re a voter suppressor’ | |||
| Inside the Biden administration’s failure to contain the border surge | 22 Mar 2021 | 00:09:25 | |
Plus, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin makes an unannounced trip to Afghanistan, and, the accused gunman in the Atlanta shootings gets expelled from his church. | |||
| Supreme Court nominee does not consider Roe v. Wade a ‘super precedent’ | 14 Oct 2020 | 00:10:50 | |
Plus, the Supreme Court allows President Trump to abruptly end the Census, and top scientists are appalled that the White House is entertaining a proposal to hasten “herd immunity.” | |||
| Trump tries to outrun coronavirus with Florida rally and ambitious schedule | 13 Oct 2020 | 00:12:43 | |
Plus, an acrimonious Supreme Court confirmation hearing begins, and a covid-19 reinfection in Nevada adds to questions about immunity, | |||
| New coronavirus cases spike as Trump returns to the campaign trail | 12 Oct 2020 | 00:12:57 | |
Plus, Amy Coney Barrett will promise to be a justice in the mold of Antonin Scalia as her confirmation hearing kicks off, and two Stanford professors win the Nobel prize in economics. | |||
| Trump says he wants to hold a rally on Saturday night | 09 Oct 2020 | 00:16:43 | |
Plus, the FBI charges six men with plotting to kidnap Michigan’s governor, and a top Republican fundraiser is charged with secretly being a foreign agent for China. | |||
| Trump goes back to Oval Office, even as the coronavirus continues to spread at top of government | 08 Oct 2020 | 00:12:26 | |
Plus, the pandemic looms large in a civil, but sharp, vice-presidential debate. And more Republicans in tough races distance themselves from the president. | |||
| The White House coronavirus outbreak is an epic disaster | 07 Oct 2020 | 00:15:21 | |
Plus, the secretive group Amy Coney Barrett was a “handmaid” for is trying to hide records of her role, and Mike Pence reluctantly agrees to plexiglass barriers in tonight’s V.P. debate. | |||
| With Trump back in White House, doctors refuse to answer key questions and dangers remain | 06 Oct 2020 | 00:11:59 | |
Plus, Eric Trump is interviewed by New York prosecutors investigating possible Trump Organization fraud, and the Nobel Prize in physics is awarded for discoveries about black holes. | |||
| Doctors use a kitchen sink approach to treat Trump’s coronavirus | 05 Oct 2020 | 00:15:55 | |
Plus, America's enemies may take advantage of our distracted country and hospitalized president, and Pope Francis warns that the world is drifting backward | |||
| Trump testing positive for coronavirus is an 'October surprise' | 02 Oct 2020 | 00:10:40 | |
Plus, France announces new restrictions as coronavirus cases surge in Europe, and House Democrats advance a 2.2 trillion relief bill after talks with the GOP falter. | |||
| Trump tries to clean up Proud Boys debate comment, but damage was already done | 01 Oct 2020 | 00:17:40 | |
The fallout from Tuesday's norm-shattering presidential debate. Plus, this recession is the most unequal in modern U.S. history. And a top Trump official is concealing a polar bear study that could affect oil drilling contracts in Alaska. | |||
| Biden will send Mexico surplus vaccine, as U.S. seeks help on immigration enforcement | 19 Mar 2021 | 00:05:09 | |
Plus, the Senate confirms William Burns as next director of the CIA, and Donald Trump faces an onslaught of legal problems, as investigations and dozens of lawsuits trail him from Washington to Florida. | |||
| Trump fails in first debate to make the race anything but a referendum on him | 30 Sep 2020 | 00:11:56 | |
Plus, ICE is preparing targeted, pre-election arrests of immigrants to amplify Trump’s reelection message, and USPS workers quietly resist the postmaster general’s changes to make sure ballots get delivered. | |||
| Fresh evidence shows the Trump campaign sought to dissuade African Americans from voting in 2016 | 29 Sep 2020 | 00:11:03 | |
Plus, intelligence professionals say President Trump’s debts and foreign deals pose national security risks, and a new poll shows Joe Biden leading in Pennsylvania ahead of the first debate. | |||
| As the global death toll nears 1 million from covid-19, health officials acknowledge an undercount | 28 Sep 2020 | 00:11:13 | |
Plus, President Trump reportedly paid just $750 in federal income taxes in 2016 and 2017. And Democrats plan to make Amy Coney Barrett's Supreme Court confirmation a referendum on Obamacare. More: Read vignettes from around the world as we approach a grim coronavirus milestone | |||
| Trump’s escalating attacks on the election prompt fresh fears of a looming constitutional crisis | 25 Sep 2020 | 00:12:07 | |
Plus, Nancy Pelosi abruptly changes course by restarting a push for coronavirus aid amid signs the economy is straining, and protests over the Breonna Taylor decision continue in Louisville for a second night. | |||
| China is building even more detention camps for Muslims | 24 Sep 2020 | 00:12:54 | |
Plus, a Kentucky grand jury declines to file homicide charges in the death of Breonna Taylor. And President Trump refuses to commit to the peaceful transfer of power. | |||
| FDA guidance means a coronavirus vaccine is unlikely to be approved before Election Day | 23 Sep 2020 | 00:15:32 | |
Plus, Senate Republicans are racing to confirm Trump's Supreme Court pick before Halloween, and a government shutdown is averted, at least until after the election. | |||
| New book by a former member of Mueller’s team says they pulled their punches investigating Trump | 22 Sep 2020 | 00:15:48 | |
Plus, the Manhattan District Attorney says in court that President Trump could face charges for falsifying business records and tax fraud, and the CDC reverses its covid guidance yet again. | |||
| Amy Coney Barrett and Barbara Lagoa are the two leading contenders for Ginsburg’s seat | 21 Sep 2020 | 00:12:41 | |
Plus, the U.S. will imminently reach 200,000 fatalities from the coronavirus, and the TikTok tussle shows the uneven economic “decoupling” that’s accelerating between us and China. | |||
| Former Pence aide on coronavirus task force explains why she will vote for Biden | 18 Sep 2020 | 00:14:53 | |
Plus, a federal judge temporarily blocks Postal Service changes amid concerns about voters being disenfranchised, and testing limits make it hard to tell how much the coronavirus is spreading silently among kids. | |||
| U.S. came ‘much closer’ to war with North Korea in 2017 than public knew, Trump told Woodward | 17 Sep 2020 | 00:14:54 | |
Plus, President Trump’s plan for managing forests won’t save us in a more flammable world, and the CDC director says coronavirus vaccines won’t be widely available until the middle of next year | |||
| Suspect charged with eight counts of murder in killings at Atlanta-area spas | 18 Mar 2021 | 00:05:58 | |
Plus, the IRS to push the filing deadline for 2020 taxes to mid-May, and Ohio attorney general sues Biden administration over the stimulus package. | |||
| Trump says he would not do anything differently in responding to coronavirus | 16 Sep 2020 | 00:12:27 | |
Plus, a new report says the Boeing 737 Max crashes resulted from a ‘horrific culmination’ of errors, and Breonna Taylor’s family reaches a settlement with the city of Louisville. | |||
| Medicaid rolls are swelling amid the pandemic. It will only get worse. Nevada is Ground Zero. | 15 Sep 2020 | 00:17:36 | |
Plus, President Trump denies climate change as he inspects fire damage out West, and two major glaciers are tearing loose from their restraints in the Atlantic. | |||
| Trump defies local regulations to hold an indoor rally in Nevada | 14 Sep 2020 | 00:14:03 | |
Plus, smoke smothers the Pacific Northwest, hindering firefighting efforts. And Trump appointees seek greater control over CDC reports about the coronavirus. | |||
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