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Congress passes Trump's Big Beautiful Bill. Despite its name, it will cut more than a trillion from Medicaid. It will make deep cuts to SNAP, clean energy, college endowments, and increase state and local taxes.

It will mean giving huge tax breaks to the ultra-rich and making the poorest Americans pay more. It's not at all popular, but it's what Trump wanted, so it's what he got.

Except... he doesn't seem to know what's in it, and as Grant explains, he's been making promises to members to use executive orders to change the bill after he signs it into law (which he can't do).

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The Senate passed the One Big Beautiful Bill that's filled with a budget that's going to remake Medicaid, SNAP, and American wealth for a generation. It passed by a super narrow majority, 51-50, and now heads to the House, where it's expected to pass before hitting Trump's desk on the Fourth of July.

Grant talks about how the bill got passed, despite being massively unpopular. What it does. What you're going to hear that it does, and what happens next.

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A quick bonus episode about the Supreme Court ruling in Trump v. CASA that might remake the way federal laws are applied and enforced across the country, making for a messy and chaotic legal system.

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In the conversation about the US bombing Iran, there has been a lot of talk about the mission, the policy behind it, and how well it worked.

But one of the main driving reasons Trump chose to approve the mission hasn't been talked about: the religious extremism inside his administration.

Grant talks with Matt D. Taylor, the senior Christian scholar and the Institute of Islamic, Christian, and Jewish Studies about the influence of Christian Zionism, Christian Dominion, and Christian nationalism on Trump and it's getting more extreme.

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Institute for Islamic, Christian and Jewish Studies

Center for Peace Diplomacy

The Violent Take It By Force

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For days, President Donald Trump and his administration have been celebrating the bombing campaign against three Iranian nuclear sites, which effectively ended the conflict between Iran and Israel. Trump has repeatedly said the strikes "obliterated" the nuclear sites. But after an initial report about the strikes being less effective than Trump is saying, he's turned his sights on waging a war of words against the press, spearheaded by Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth.

Grant talks about the recent developments in the latest fight between the Trump administration and the press corps, what we actually know about the strikes in Iran, and why the most important answer from the Pentagon is the one they aren't giving.

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Israel and Iran agree to a ceasefire after Trump announces it on social media. But the peace is uneasy as both sides exchange final missile strikes and accuse the other of breaking the truce.

At the same time, Trump doesn't say where things are on negotiations with Iran about its nuclear program, how much damage was actually done during the bombing over the weekend, or where 900lbs of uranium were moved to in Iran.

Plus, Trump is dying to get a Nobel Peace Prize for bombing Iran. Why? Because Obama. Grant explains it all.

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After telling the American people and the world he was going to give it two more weeks before attacking, President Donald Trump bombed three major nuclear sites in Iran over the weekend. The decision seemed to come out of the blue and shocked the world, our allies, and members of Congress.

Grant answers the three big questions: what happened, is this legal, and what happens next?

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During the second Trump administration, news organizations have been under threat and under attack. ABC and CBS have faced settlements. NBC and CNN have been threatened with having their licenses to broadcast pulled. PBS and NPR are being defunded.

But no place has the attack on journalism been felt more than at Voice of America, the US foreign press organization that broadcasts to dozens of countries and has a mission to accurately tell the world about what's happening in America. The Trump administration is now dismantling the vital news organization that's been in place for decades.

Grant talks to VOA White House Bureau Chief Patsy Widakuswara, who is also the lead plaintiff in the lawsuit to stop the Administration from permanently shutting VOA down, and what's at risk for VOA, journalism, and the world if they don't succeed.

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