About this episode
The episode discusses the impact of political scandals and the challenges faced by Congress in funding immigration enforcement amidst Trump's agenda.
As recently as a few days ago, it looked like President Trump’s $1.8 billion anti-weaponization fund might prevent Congress from passing funding for immigration enforcement agencies. Even though it passed in the end, Trump's fund made the process harder. We discuss how the president is testing the limits of Republicans’ willingness to push through his agenda. Plus, do political scandals matter anymore? This episode: voting correspondent Miles Parks, congressional correspondent Barbara Sprunt, and White House correspondent Danielle Kurtzleben. This podcast was produced by Bria Suggs and edited by Rachel Baye. Our executive producer is Muthoni Muturi. Listen to every episode of the NPR Politics Podcast sponsor-free, unlock access to bonus episodes with more from the NPR Politics team, and support public media when you sign up for The NPR Politics Podcast+ at plus.npr.org/politics . See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for sponsorship and to manage your podcast sponsorship preferences. NPR Privacy Policy
People in this episode
Guests: Miles Parks, Barbara Sprunt, Danielle Kurtzleben
Topics covered
- political scandals
- Trump's agenda
- Congress funding
- immigration enforcement
- Republican party dynamics
Keywords
- political scandals
- Trump
- Congress
- immigration enforcement
- Republicans
- funding
- agenda
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Organizations: NPR, Congress, Trump
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