US onAir Curators
The Conversation
What Ukraine can now do with longer-range US missiles − and how that could affect the course of the war
Why does the Senate confirm Trump’s picks for key posts — and how? A legal scholar explains the confirmation process and the ‘constitutional loophole’ of recess appointments
Trump’s criminal conviction won’t stop him from getting security clearance as president
Vox
Five questions on Trump’s solidifying plans to deport immigrants en masse
What were some of the themes you saw among voters on immigration during the 2024 campaign?
What are some of the checks and balances that could exist for these policies? And how effective do we think the 2024 courts could be in checking some of them and their constitutionality?
Who are going to be the architects of Trump’s immigration policy going into the next term?
Digital Future Daily, Politico
Why ‘Burgum bros’ are psyched right now
Burgum enjoys a reputation as a pro-business pragmatist willing to break (under certain favorable circumstances) with conservative orthodoxy on issues like climate change and zoning. That makes him maybe the best hope for policymakers who favor an “abundance agenda,” the phrase coined by Atlantic journalist Derek Thompson in 2022 to describe a maximalist, anything-goes approach to marshaling state power in order to revamp America’s badly outdated housing, transportation and energy infrastructure.
“When it comes to energy policy I don’t think of him as somebody who’s overly ideological,” Thomas Hochman, a policy manager at the Foundation for American Innovation, told DFD. “I think he really will just favor more energy production, period.”
