Corporate Pressure on IBM and Senator Hawley’s Warning on AI

Corporate Pressure on IBM and Senator Hawley’s Warning on AI

May 1, 2026 · 28 min · Episode 117

About this episode

Dr. Josh Mann and Michaela Estruth discuss major headlines including corporate pressure on IBM and the implications of AI.

In this episode, Dr. Josh Mann and staff writer Michaela Estruth review the week’s major headlines, including congressional questioning of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Iran, the Federal Reserve’s interest rate decision, and a Supreme Court ruling on Louisiana’s congressional map that could impact midterm redistricting.They then examine how big business continues to support transgender treatments for minors. Michaela details a Heritage Foundation shareholder push at IBM for transparency o...

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