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Duration 15:13

Published 23 Oct 2026

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Episodes

The A.I.-Powered Cameras Watching Border Towns, and a Midterms Attack Ad Causes Outrage

New U.S.-Israeli Plans to Attack Iran, and Trump’s Whistle-Blower Rewards Program

America’s Utility Bill Crisis, and Trump’s Approval Rating Hits a New Low

The Fight to Tax Billionaires, and Why NDAs Are Everywhere Now

Israel’s High-Stakes Election, and How Illegal Gold Is Getting Into the Global Market

A.I.-Generated Ads Flood the Midterms, and Teenager Kills 4 at Oregon Elementary School

Inflation Data Undercuts Trump’s Economic Claims, and the Danger of New Jet-Powered Drones

The Downfall of Trump’s Ambassador to Greece, and the Pope’s Cancer Diagnosis

Musk Pours $276 Million Into the Midterms, and Federal Agents Raid Home of Rep. Ilhan Omar

Growing Threats Against Public Officials, and Trump’s Diesel Deal With Putin

The 2026 Nobel Peace Prize Winner, and the Pentagon’s Plan to Livestream an Execution

A Forced Retreat for Trump and Hegseth, and What to Know About the Russia Plague Scare

A Wall Street Record, and Why India Cut 130 Million Names From Its Voter Roll

Huge Protests Put France on Edge, and How Meta Exploited a Tax Credit to Save Billions

The Supreme Court’s New Term, and a Race for Nuclear Power on the Moon

Where Voters Are Abandoning Trump, and Barriers to New Cancer Treatments

What Newly Obtained Documents Show About the Cornell Case, and Inside the Bloody Midair Cockpit Attack

U.S. Withdraws From Iraq After Two Decades, and Trump Tells A.I. Giants to Police Themselves

Huge Data Breach Leaves F.B.I. Scrambling, and Russian Attacks Destroy Millions of Books

Your A.I. Questions Answered

Possible Terror Plot Thwarted at U.K. Base, and Amazon Drones Overwhelm a Texas Town

Trump’s Standoff With White House Reporters, and the Rise and Fall of ‘Pervert Glasses’

Judge Blocks Trump’s Ban on Reporters, and How A.I. Is Driving Up Health Care Costs

Trump’s Major Retreat on Greenland, and Why Texas Hit Pause on New Data Centers

Why Xi Is Coming to Washington, and White House TV Feeds Go Dark

Trump’s New Middle East Dilemma, and How DraftKings Uses A.I. to Target Gamblers

How the Kremlin Gets the Election Results It Wants, and R.F.K. Jr. Rallies Vaccine Skeptics

The Deadly Choice Facing Many Gazans, and a New Disclosure of “Concerning” A.I. Behavior

Fuel Riots Spread Around the World, and Trump Approves $2.8 Billion Arms Sale to Israel

New Poll Shows Democrats Have Midterms Momentum, and Trump Calls A.I. Fears ‘a Hoax’

The Escalating Warnings About A.I., and the Rise of a Deadly New Street Drug

What JD Vance Knew About the War, and New Warnings About A.I.

Trump Dangles $5,000 Payments if Republicans Win, and Deportees Are Stranded in Haiti

Why Trump Is Gathering Republicans in Texas, and Iran Targets U.S. Warships

Why the Pentagon Is Doing Polygraphs, and Officials Prepare to Release Huge Set of 9/11 Documents

A Surge of Russian Sabotage Attacks in Europe, and Musk’s Political War Chest

U.S. Attack Hits Iranian Wedding, and Influencers Are Being Quietly Paid to Talk Politics

Russia’s New Push to Torment Kyiv, and a Whistle-Blower’s Warning on Mail-In Voting

The Supreme Court’s Secret Documents, and an Unusual Order From the C.D.C. Director

The Navy’s Supply Chain Struggle, and Trump’s Unusual Oil Deal in Venezuela

Six Months of War, and Trump’s Push for ‘Lake America’

ICE Arrests Soar Across U.S., and Meta Agrees to Make Major Changes to Instagram and Facebook

Hegseth’s Army Purge, and Polling Chaos in the Midterms

An Alarming New Study About Brain Injuries in Football, and How States Are Paying Millions for Rain

Canada Is ‘at War’ With U.S. Over Tariffs, and U.S.P.S. Publishes Plan to Restrict Ballots

U.S.S. Lincoln Begins 13,000-Mile Journey Home, and the Shortage That Could Take Down the Grid

$40,047,425,768,420 in U.S. Debt, and an Experimental Vaccine for Skin Cancer

How Tech Executives Limit Their Kids’ Screen Time, and Trump’s Race to Finish His Ballroom

Trump’s $47 Billion-Dollar Border Wall Plan, and Why a Tupac Murder Trial Is Starting After 30 Years

U.S. and Iran Blow Past War Deadline, and the Rise of Islamophobia in Texas