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How might Spain's snap election affect the political balance in Europe?

Spain’s snap election is poised to upend not just domestic politics … but EU politics, too. On today’s show, Zoya Sheftalovich and Ian Wishart break down the potential impact of the Madrid tumult — from the EU long-term budget to the potential puncturing of Ursula von der Leyen’s fragile majority in Parliament. Next, Hungarian Prime […]

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What should we consider about leadership accountability in times of crisis?

Three years after the deadly Hamas-led October 7 attacks in southern Israel, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is fighting for political survival ahead of legislative elections later this month. Reports that Arab leaders warned him of the assault in advance have undercut his claims that Israel's security chiefs are to blame, but his political base appears to be holding

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What should lawmakers consider when responding to claims of covering up issues related to abuse survivors?

Two family members of Virginia Giuffre, who was one of Jeffrey Epstein’s sex trafficking victims, slammed Rep. Jeff Crank (R-CO) on Monday for previously voting to “cover up” the Epstein files in Congress. Giuffre’s brother, Sky Roberts, and her sister-in-law, Amanda Roberts, targeted Crank in a new ad released by Jessica Killin, who is running […]

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What should we consider about the use of lethal injection for executions after recent incidents in Tennessee?

Tennessee death row inmate Christa Pike survived two rounds of lethal injection Wednesday in an apparent botched execution and was rushed to a hospital as her attorneys filed emergency litigation to stop the state from trying again. “This execution is causing Ms. Pike unnecessary agony and occurring in violation of her right to be executed

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How might the influence of political figures on the Supreme Court affect its decisions and our laws?

The Supreme Court's next chapter begins Monday, with the justices set to decide key questions involving President Trump's immigration agenda, climate-change litigation and gun control in their new term. The big picture: But one of the most closely watched fights may be on Truth Social, rather than the docket, as an increasingly agitated Trump chastises the high court he helped shape. The executive and judicial branches are set for another round in the white-columned ring with a president who moves at breakneck speed. State of play: The court recently agreed to hear two major immigration cases, one over mandatory detention for certain immigrants and another over deporting immigrants to third countries where they lack ties. On the latter, the high court allowed the administration to restart its fast-tracked third-country deportations late last month while it considers the underlying legal questions in December.The court agreed Thursday to take up the detention case, setting the stage to test the Trump administration's legal interpretation that noncitizens who entered the country illegally, but have been living in the U.S., are to be held without bond. While federal appeals courts have been divided on the issue, a vast majority — nine of the 11 — have rejected the Trump administration's interpretation. Flashback: While the Supreme Court shot down Trump's attempt to undermine birthright citizenship last term, it handed him a number of immigration wins and green-lit policies on its shadow docket. Those victories for Trump allowed the administration to end temporary protected status, enforce stricter asylum rules and use a revamped tool to check voters' citizenship. Zoom out: Before those cases come to the bench, the court will hear arguments Monday in a key climate case that could determine the fate of state-court lawsuits nationwide seeking climate damages from oil giants, Axios' Ben Geman reports. The court also added two other cases to its lineup Thursday, on top of t

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