Israel ends a two-week cease-fire with Hamas with a combination of air and ground strikes, but what will it take to secure the release of hostages? Plus, Donald Trump threatens the Houthis in Yemen will be “completely annihilated" if they continue to hold shipping routes hostage. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…

Donald Trump's phone call with Vladimir Putin didn't produce a 30-day cease-fire in Ukraine, let alone a durable peace agreement. Will Trump now pressure Putin to drop some of his demands? Plus, Europe gets serious about rearming as negotiations drag on. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…

Donald Trump invokes national security and the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 to deport hundreds of alleged gang members to El Salvador, ignoring a judge's order to halt proceedings. This comes amid growing GOP calls for judicial impeachments, and prompts a rare pushback from Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts. What's at stake in this fight? And is the country headed for a showdown over judicial power? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…

Donald Trump is moving fast, yet one big question is how his more populist GOP will handle the pressing issue of healthcare. On this episode of All Things, Sally Pipes--healthcare aficionado and author of "The World’s Medicine Chest"--lays out the risks of Joe Biden's coming drug price controls, the need to cut billions in waste and fraud from Medicaid, the fading chances for replacing ObamaCare, and the upsides and downsides of some of Trump's health cabinet picks, including HHS Secretary RFK, Jr. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…

The progressive majority on the Wisconsin Supreme Court is at stake in an April 1 election, and Democrats have decided their best campaign strategy is to run against Elon Musk and Donald Trump. Will it work? Plus, Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer endures the wrath of the left for helping Republicans avoid a government shutdown. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…

Secretary of State Marco Rubio expresses "cautious optimism” for a deal, but Vladimir Putin is making military gains in the Kursk region, raising the question of what the U.S. will do if Russia wants to keep fighting. Plus, Chuck Schumer faces the ire of fellow Democrats after arguing that helping to pass the House GOP spending bill is better than shutting down the government. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…

Speaker Mike Johnson pulls together House Republicans to pass a bill funding the government through Sept. 30, putting pressure on Senate Democrats to agree before a deadline of midnight Friday. Plus, the GOP shields itself from a tough vote on Donald Trump's trade wars, as the president threatens to respond to Europe's tariff retaliation with a 200% levy on imported wine. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…

Mahmoud Khalil, a "lead negotiator" for the anti-Israel protesters at Columbia University last year, is detained by federal agents who want to revoke his green card, and President Trump says more such cases are coming. Can speech, such as support for Hamas, be a legal grounds for deportation? What about the First Amendment? And could this case go to the Supreme Court? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…

Amid a measles outbreak in Texas and New Mexico that has put 29 in the hospital and killed a school-age child, health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. calls MMR vaccines an option, while also touting steroids and cod-liver oil as a miracle treatment. Plus, an appeals court upholds a New York law ending school vaccine exemptions for religious beliefs, which could go to the Supreme Court. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…

How is Donald Trump's much-discussed Department of Government Efficiency working in practice? In this episode of All Things, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin explains his agency's partnership with DOGE and the process by which they are identifying waste and fraud to make the federal government more accountable. What grants or programs are being cut, and why? What's happening to the EPA workforce? How much internal "resistance" is there to these goals? And how does EPA balance its mission of "clean air, land and water for every American" with the goal of a smaller government? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…

Despite warnings in financial markets, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick says there will be no economic downturn. Donald Trump is more equivocal as he says the economy is in transition to better days as his tariffs are implemented. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The number of migrants encountered at the southwest border has dropped significantly since Donald Trump's re-election in November, as he turns the U.S. toward a message of deterrence. Meantime, mayors from major “sanctuary cities," including New York and Chicago, are called to Capitol Hill for tough questions about their efforts to shield illegal immigrants from federal law. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…

The President's 25% tariffs on Mexico and Canada are on again, then off, then on again, and then partially off--at least for a month. What's Donald Trump up to with his trade policy, and is the resulting uncertainty starting to hurt a U.S. economy that is already weakening? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…

A defiant Donald Trump delivers the longest presidential speech to Congress in modern history, interrupted by jeers from Democrats, including Rep. Al Green, who is escorted out. But on the substance, has the President proposed enough clear direction for the GOP, given his many ambitious promises, from a balanced budget and tax-free tips to the Panama Canal and Greenland? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…

The explosive meeting between Volodymyr Zelensky and Donald Trump continues to radiate fallout, as the president announced a pause in aid to Ukraine, and Europe rallied around Ukraine with promises of troops. Can the U.S.-Ukraine rare minerals deal still be salvaged? And what's the next stage in the now three-year conflict that Russian president Vladimir Putin started with his invasion of his neighbor? On this episode of All Things, New York Rep. Mike Lawler (R-N.Y.) explains why Vladimir Putin was the only winner after the Trump/Zelensky meeting and what he thinks comes next--as well as his sense of Trump's broader vision of foreign policy. He also provides the latest state of play on a bill to avoid a shutdown, and the broader negotiations on a reconciliation bill to enact Trump's border, energy and tax policies this year. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…