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The Morning Five: May 14, 2026 - President in China, Burbank Drops Out in NE, Trucks in the Middle East, Stanford Study on Reading/Math Scores
The Morning Five: May 13, 2026 - Inflation Is Up, Hegseth Testifies Before Congress, Utah Sen. John Curtis, DOJ Files Criminal Charges
The Morning Five: May 12, 2026 - VA Dems Petition Supreme Court, Fed Gas Tax Suspension, New Student Loan Rule
The Morning Five: May 11, 2026 - Trump in China & Will Discuss Pastor Ezra Jin, Iran Negotiations, Plus Virginia Supreme Court Strikes Down New Map
The Morning Five: May 7, 2026 - TN Redistricting Proposal, CNN's Turner Dies, Pastor Ezra Jin Remains Imprisoned in China, Encouraging ALS Trial
The Morning Five: May 6, 2026 - Indiana Primary, No War Powers Approval, WH/ICE Security Funding Bill
The Morning Five: May 5, 2026 - Canadian PM speech, New AI Company, Cell Phone Ban Study
The Morning Five: May 4, 2026 - Spirit Airlines, Air Travel Costs, Rubio in Italy, Chatbots & Violence
The Morning Five: April 30, 2026 - Kevin Warsh Nomination, Iran War Costs, Louisiana Congressional Map
The Morning Five: April 29, 2026 - Elon Musk Testifies, James Comey Indictment, King Charles Speech, War Powers Act
The Morning Five: Thursday, April 23 -- Redistricting, Trump's New Plan for Afghan Refugees and Another House Resignation
The Morning Five: Tuesday, April 21 -- Hearing for Fed Chair Nominee, Cabinet Shakeup and New Apple CEO
The Morning Five: Monday, April 20 -- Some Christian Nonprofits See Costs Rise During Iran War, Possible Pancreatic Cancer Breakthrough
The Morning Five: Thursday, April 16 -- Sudan, More American Troops to Middle East and Stock Market Optimism
The Morning Five: Wednesday, April 15 -- Orban Out, Local Journalism In
The Morning Five: Tuesday, April 14 -- Trump Criticizes Pope Leo, Swalwell, and Data Center Pushback
The Morning Five: Monday, April 13 -- Gas Prices, Swalwell and Iran Peace Talks
The Morning Five: Thursday, April 9 -- Data Centers, GA Election and My Reflections on This Past Week and America's 250th
The Morning Five: Wednesday, April 8 -- AI and Work, and Ceasefire in Iran
The Morning Five: Tuesday, April 7 -- Pam Bondi Out, Artemis II Rounds the Moon and Iran Update
The Morning Five: Thursday, April 2 -- Maundy Thursday
The Morning Five: Wednesday, April 1 -- Free Speech Ruling and To the Moon!
The Morning Five: Tuesday, March 31 -- Wealth Tax, Iran Update and Matthew 21-22
The Morning Five: Monday, March 30 -- Holy Week, Pope Leo's Palm Sunday Message and Trump Acts on TSA
The Morning Five: Thursday, March 25 -- Meta/YouTube Face Major Loss in Court, Iran, More on Predictive Markets and Consider This Before Cloning
The Morning Five: Wednesday, March 25 -- Speaker Johnson Pushes Trump AI Plan
The Morning Five: Tuesday, March 24 -- DHS Partial Shutdown Ongoing, Climate and Trump Pushes Oil & Gas
The Morning Five: Monday, March 23 -- Rob Sand, Robert Mueller and Fuel Prices
The Morning Five: Thursday, March 19 -- Millionaires Dominate U.S. Senate
The Morning Five: Wednesday, March 18 -- Trump Official Resigns Over Iran, Prediction Markets
The Morning Five: Tuesday, March 17 -- Senate Prepares SAVE Act Push, SCOTUS to Take Up Immigration Case and NASA Near the Moon
The Morning Five: Monday, March 16 -- Mid-Atlantic Prepares for Storms, AI and Work, and the War in Iran Continues
The Morning Five: Thursday, March 12 -- The Heart of the Public
The Morning Five: Wednesday, March 11 -- Is Public Education Relying Too Much on Devices? Also, AI Embraced by U.S. Senate Offices.
The Morning Five: Tuesday, March 10 -- Asteroid Diverted, FDA Revises Position on Flavored E-Cigarettes, and U.S. Likely Behind Missile Which Damaged Girls' School in Iran and Killed 175
The Morning Five: Oklahoma and Michigan Devastated by Tornadoes, Iran Conflict Deepens
The Morning Five: Thursday, March 5 -- More Election Results, and Who Has The (War) Power?
The Morning Five: Wednesday, March 3 -- Texas Election Results, U.S. Forces and Assets Face Retaliation from Iran
The Morning Five: Tuesday, March 3 -- Iran: What's Next?
The Morning Five: Monday, March 2 -- U.S. and Israel Attack Iran
The Morning Five: Thursday, February 26 -- Predictive Markets, Iran, Aviation Safety
The Morning Five: Wednesday, February 25 -- SOTU, Anthropic, More Tariffs
The Morning Five: Tuesday, February 24 -- JCOS Warns Of Risks of Military Action in Iran, Mexico Cartel Leader Killed and New Alzheimers Research
The Morning Five: Monday, February 23 -- Ben Sasse, Iran, Talking Filibuster and USA! USA! USA!
The Morning Five: Thursday, February 19 -- Meta to Spend Big to Promote Pro-Tech Candidates, No Ceasefire in Ukraine and Gov. Cox Opposes Predictive Markets in Utah
The Morning Five: Wednesday, February 18 -- Rev. Jesse Jackson Dead at 84, Mamdani Considers Raising Property Taxes
The Morning Five: Tuesday, February 17 -- Prices See New Year Increase, Trump Moves to Protect Potomac, and George Washington's Farewell Address
The Morning Five: Monday, February 16 -- Elon to the Moon, Another Shutdown and Sec. Rubio Goes to Munich
The Morning Five: Thursday, February 12 -- New Insider AI Warnings and Positive Jobs Numbers
The Morning Five: Wednesday, February 11 -- Trump Admin Plans Environmental Rollback + Deregulation, Americans Less Optimistic About Future and Trump Questions Canada-U.S. Bridge Opening
The Morning Five: Tuesday, February 10 -- Study on AI Chatbots + Medical Advice, Texas Senate Polling and Maxwell Pleads the Fifth
The Morning Five: Monday, February 9 -- Heartbreak for Lindsey Vonn, Japanese Elections and Trump at the Prayer Breakfast
The Morning Five: Thursday, February 5 -- Humanitarian Cuts Have Human Costs, Mass Firing at Washington Post and Medical Associations Advise Against Transgender Surgeries for Minors
The Morning Five: Wednesday, February 4 -- Dilley Detention Center, Shutdown Short-lived and Manufacturing Jobs Down
The Morning Five: Tuesday, February 3 -- (Paula Cole Voice) Where Has All the Data Gone and Elon Musk Merges Space/AI Companies
The Morning Five: Monday, February 2 -- Labor Data Suggests Value of Bachelor's Degree Fading and Trades Rising, Speaker Johnson Hopes to End Shutdown this Week and Surprise Democratic Pickup in Texas
The Morning Five: Thursday, January 29 -- Shutdown v. 2026, Amazon Layoffs, and Rep. Omar Accosted at Town Hall
The Morning Five: Wednesday, January 28 -- Russia-Ukraine War Results in Massive Death Toll, Population Growth Down, and Eleanor Holmes Norton to Retire
The Morning Five: Minnesota Christians Step Up
The Morning Five: Monday, January 26, 2026 -- AI in the Workplace, Winter Storm and Minneapolis
The Morning Five: Thursday, January 22, 2026 -- Christian Persecution in China, Greenland, Winter Storm
The Morning Five: Wednesday, January 21, 2026 -- Canada's Carney on Changing International Order, S&P Falls, VP and Second Lady Expect Fourth Child
The Morning Five: Tuesday, January 20, 2026 -- Anti-ICE Protest at Minnesota Church, Americans Pay for Tariffs, U.S. Catholic Leadership Expresses Concern on Foreign Policy
The Morning Five: Minnesota, New Study Finds No Link Between Tylenol and Autism, British PM Criticizes Trump's Retaliatory Tariff Threat over Greenland
The Morning Five: Thursday, January 15, 2026 -- Marie Gluesenkamp-Perez, FBI Raids Journalist's Home, Greenland Increases Defense and Trump Admin Freezes Visa Processing
The Morning Five: Wednesday, January 14, 2026 -- AI-supported Medical Breakthrough, Iran Death Toll Rises
The Morning Five: Tuesday, January 13, 2026 -- Fed Chair Powell Issues Stark Message, Senator Mark Kelly Sues Secretary Hegseth
The Morning Five: Monday, January 12, 2026 -- Minnesota Update, Pope Speaks to Diplomats,Protests in Iran
The Morning Five: Thursday, January 8, 2026 -- ICE Shooting in Minnesota, U.S. Withdraws from 66 International Orgs and Agencies, ACA and the Hyde Amendment
The Morning Five: Wednesday, January 7, 2026 -- CA Rep. Passes, Iran Protests Continue, Greenland
The Morning Five: Tuesday, January 6, 2026 -- Venezuela Updates, CDC Cuts Recommended Vaccines for Children and Marjorie Taylor Greene Leaves Congress
How to Reframe an Angry Year: A Conversation with Mark Labberton
The Morning Five: Monday, January 5, 2026 -- Protests in Iran, Secret Service Expansion, Venezuela Intervention
The Morning Five: Tuesday, December 23, 2025 -- Capitol Retirements
The Morning Five: Monday, December 22, 2025 -- Epstein Files Partially Released, Heavily Redacted
The Morning Five: Thursday, December 18, 2025 -- NYS Set to Legalize "Assisted Dying"
The Morning Five: Wednesday, December 17, 2025 -- The Trump Administration Targets Sr. Norma Pimentel and Catholic Charities
The Morning Five: Tuesday, December 16, 2025 -- The Reiners and the Political Response
The Morning Five: Monday, December 15, 2025 -- Mass Shootings in Australia, Brown University
The Morning Five: Thursday, December 11, 2025 -- MacKenzie Scott Gives Over $6 Billion
The Morning Five: Wednesday, December 10, 2025 -- Congress Considers Oversight of Trump Military Actions
The Morning Five: Tuesday, December 9, 2025 -- Trump Proposes Bailout for Farmers Suffering from Tariffs
The Morning Five: Monday, December 8, 2025 -- Artificial Actors
The Morning Five: Thursday, December 4, 2025 -- How the Church is Serving in the Wake of Tragic Fire in Hong Kong
The Morning Five: Wednesday, December 3, 2025 -- Hope for Democrats in TN Special Election, But No Victory
The Morning Five: Tuesday, December 2, 2025 -- New Evidence Regarding Cell Phones and Health of Young People
The Morning Five: Monday, December 1, 2025 -- Debriefing Russia-Ukraine
The Morning Five: Thursday, November 13, 2025 -- House Passes Spending Bill, Why People Talk to Chat GPT and the Penny Meets Its Ruin
The Morning Five: Wednesday, November 12, 2025 -- House to Vote on Spending Bill Today and Saturn Hospitable to Life?
The Morning Five: Tuesday, November 11, 2025 -- Spending Bill Moves to House, Trump Meets with Syrian President
The Morning Five: Monday, November 10, 2025 -- Progress on Deal to End Shutdown and Air Travel Disrupted
The Morning Five: Thursday, November 6, 2025 -- Colossians 1
The Morning Five: Wednesday, November 5, 2025 -- Election Results and Former VP Dick Cheney Dies at 84
The Morning Five: Tuesday, November 4, 2025 -- Election Day
The Morning Five: Monday, November 3, 2025 -- Will Trump Admin Fund SNAP? Also, Trump condemns persecution of Christians in Nigeria, and POLITICO poll shows pessimistic public
The Morning Five: Thursday, October 30, 2025 -- Fed Cuts Rates Again, Major Job Layoffs and South Korea Trade Deal
The Morning Five: Wednesday, October 29, 2025 -- Hurricane Melissa, States Challenge Federal Government on SNAP and Military Strikes Another Suspected Drug Smuggling Vessel
The Morning Five: Tuesday, October 28, 2025 -- Federal Employers' Unions Call for End to Shutdown, ICE Changes and Trump to North Korea?
The Morning Five: Monday, October 27, 2025 -- Shutdown Consequences, China Trade Deal and Trump Delays SF Troop Deployment
The Morning Five: Thursday, October 16, 2025 -- Court Steps in on Shutdown Firings, SCOTUS Hears Voting Rights Case and Pew Global Survey on AI
The Morning Five: Wednesday, October 15, 2025 - Trump Administration Tests Limits, Meta Seeks to Allay Concerns Regarding Child Safety
The Morning Five: Tuesday, October 14, 2025 -- Hostages Return Home, More Court Action on National Guard Deployments, Nobel Peace Prize
Spiritual Formation for Activists
The Morning Five: Thursday, October 9, 2025 -- Israel-Hamas Reach Ceasefire Agreement, Comey Pleads Not Guilty, and AI and Youth
The Morning Five: Wednesday, October 8, 2025 -- SCOTUS Hears Conversion Therapy Case, Shutdown Update
The Morning Five: Tuesday, October 7, 2025 -- SCOTUS Opens New Term, Illinois Pushes Back on National Guard Order, Nobel Prize Week
The Morning Five: Monday, October 6, 2025 -- Shutdown Update, Gaza Ceasefire Negotiations and National Guard to Oregon
Africa’s Bright Future
The Morning Five: Thursday, October 2, 2025 -- Shutdown Update, Pope Leo Urges Climate Action and Dr. Jane Goodall Dies
The Morning Five: Wednesday, October 1, 2025 -- First Federal Government Shutdown in Seven Years, Trump and Hegseth Address Military Leadership and Federal Government Employee Buyouts Effectuated
The Morning Five: Tuesday, September 30, 2025 -- Last Day to Avert Shutdown, Trump and Netanyahu Meet, and Trump Admin to Invest in Reviving Coal
The Morning Five: Monday, September 29, 2025 -- Shutdown Looms, National Guard to Portland, Comey Indicted and LDS Church Shooting
Creating a Culture of Care Panel
The Morning Five: Thursday, September 25, 2025 -- Trump Changes Tune on Ukraine, Obamacare and the Looming Funding Cliff, NASA Announces Lunar Mission
The Morning Five: Wednesday, September 24, 2025 -- Trump Addresses United Nations, Secret Service Disrupts Telecommunications Threat and Jimmy Kimmel Returns
The Morning Five: Tuesday, September 23, 2025 -- Nvidia and OpenAI Announce Major Deal, and Western Nations Move to Recognize Palestinian Statehood
The Morning Five: Monday, September 22, 2025 -- Kirk Memorial Service, Stopgap Spending Measure Fails to Pass Senate, and USDA Stops Food Insecurity Survey
Democratic Leadership in Fractious Times
The Morning Five: Wednesday, September 17, 2025 -- Suspect Charged for Kirk Assassination, Israel Launches New Ground Offensive in Gaza, Democrats Prepare to Oppose GOP Stopgap Spending Bill
The Morning Five: Tuesday, September 16, 2025 -- US-China Close to TikTok Deal, Trump Admin Funds HBCUs, Pope Leo XIV Gives First Interview
The Morning Five: Monday, September 15, 2025 -- Charlie Kirk, Russian Drones in EU Airspace
For the Good of the Public Trailer
Strengthening Our Democracy
For The Good of the Public | A New Weekday Rhythm
The Morning Five: Thursday, September 11, 2025
The Morning Five: Wednesday, September 10, 2025: Updated Jobs Data, Israel Military Action in Qatar and Trump Gives Religious Freedom Speech
The Morning Five: Tuesday, September 9, 2025 -- Matthew 5
The Morning Five: Monday, September 8, 2025 -- Department of War, Jobs Report and Public Health
The Morning Five: Thursday, September 4, 2025 -- White House Meddles in NYC Mayoral Contest, Court Rules in Favor of Harvard, and Florida Surgeon General Plans to Repeal School Vaccine Mandates
The Morning Five: Wednesday, September 3, 2025 -- Court Rejects Trump Rationale for Using Troops in LA, Google Court Decision
The Morning Five: Tuesday, September 2, 2025: Eurasian Leaders Meet, Trump EO Strips Federal Workers' Union Rights and Rep. Nadler to Retire
The Morning Five: Wednesday, August 27, 2025 -- Trump-Appointed Judge Criticizes Executive Branch, AI Politics and ICE Brings Back "Neighborhood Checks"
The Morning Five: Tuesday, August 26, 2025 -- Trump Fires Federal Reserve Governor, Executive Order on Flag Burning and Trump Meets with South Korean President
The Morning Five: Monday, August 25, 2025 -- Trump Considers Expanding National Guard Presence and Fed Chair Powell Hints Interest Rate Cut Coming Soon
The Morning Five: Thursday, August 21, 2025 -- Texas House Approves Redistricting Plan, Senate Considers Asserting Authority on Spending and (Paula Cole voice) Where Have All The Readers Gone?
The Morning Five: Wednesday, August 20, 2025 -- Trump Admin Revokes Security Clearances, Private Philanthropy Supports Public Television and WH Starts TikTok Account
The Morning Five: Tuesday, August 19, 2025 -- Trump and Zelensky Meet in D.C., Hamas Reportedly Accepts Ceasefire Proposal and More Lawsuits on Trump Immigration Policy
The Morning Five: Monday, August 18, 2025 -- Trump and Putin Meet, D.C. Protests and New Immigration Directive on "Moral Character"
The Morning Five: Thursday, August 14, 2025 -- Trump-Putin Meeting on Friday, Foreign Aid Update and Alcohol Consumption Down in America
The Morning Five: Wednesday, August 13, 2025 -- Debt Up, Inflation Down; Trump Admin Puts Smithsonian Under Review; Illinois Prohibits Some Uses of AI in Therapy
The Morning Five: Tuesday, August 12, 2025 -- Trump Asserts Federal Control in D.C., U.S. and Nvidia Pursue Business in China, Trump Considers Marijuana Reclassification
The Morning Five: Thursday, August 7, 2025 -- Violent Crime Reached Two-Decade Low in 2024, Apple Announces U.S. Investment with Trump and DOJ Escalates Campaign to Pressure Lawyers
The Morning Five: Wednesday, August 6, 2025: Texas Gerrymandering Controversy and HHS Slashes mRNA Vaccine Funding
The Morning Five: Tuesday, August 5, 2025 -- State Dept to Pilot Visa Bond, Sec. Duffy with Lunar Ideas and Gerrymandering on Gerrymandering on Gerrymandering
The Morning Five: Monday, August 4, 2025 -- The Summer Day
The Morning Five: Thursday, July 31, 2025 -- Fed Holds Interest Rates, TX GOP Proposes Redistricting and Kamala Harris Declines to Run for Governor
The Morning Five: Wednesday, July 30, 2025 -- Roy Cooper Running for Senate, EPA Plans to Rollback Finding on Greenhouse Gases and Democrats Sue to Save Planned Parenthood Funding
The Morning Five: Tuesday, July 29, 2025: New Guidance for Federal Employees on Religion, New Study Puts Efficacy of Direct Cash Payments in Doubt and US-Canada Trade Agreement Seems Far Off
The Morning Five: Monday, July 28, 2025 -- US-EU Trade Deal, Israel Lets in More Food Aid, AP Shows Trump Approval Rating Mostly Steady
The Morning Five: Thursday, July 24, 2025 - Columbia Settles with Federal Government, White House AI Strategy, DOJ Investigating Obama
The Morning Five: Wednesday, July 23, 2025 -- U.S.-Japan Trade Deal, U.S. Olympics Bans Transgender Women from Women's Sports and Associated Press Loses in Federal Court Over WH Access
The Morning Five: Tuesday, July 22nd, 2025 - CBO Projects New Tax and Spend to Explode Deficit, Speaker Johnson Says No Vote on Epstein Files, and Officer Sentenced in Breonna Taylor Raid
The Morning Five: Monday, July 21, 2025 -- New Spending Cuts, Church in Gaza Bombed and Congress Passes Crypto Bill
The Morning Five: Thursday, July 17th, 2025 -- Senate Takes up White House's Proposed Spending Cuts, House Republicans Push to Release Epstein Files and Israel Attacks Syrian Defence Ministry
The Morning Five: Wednesday, July 16, 2025 -- Russia Rejects Trump’s Ultimatum, Senate Cuts Deal to Save PEPFAR, Inflation Back Up
The Morning Five: Tuesday, July 15, 2025 -- U.S. to Sell Weapons to NATO for Ukraine, SCOTUS Allows Education Overhaul to Proceed, Andrew Cuomo to Run as Independent in NYC Mayoral Race,
The Morning Five: Monday, July 14, 2025 -- Biden Defends Use of Autopen, State Department Mass Firings and EU Prepares for Tariff-driven Economic Recession
The Morning Five: Wednesday, July 9, 2025 -- SCOTUS Allows Trump Fed Workforce Cuts to Proceed, Secretary Rubio Has an Impersonator and TSA Says 'Keep Your Shoes On"
The Morning Five: Thursday, July 3, 2025 -- "Big, Beautiful Bill" Passes House and Will Become Law, Court Intervenes on Trump Asylum Ban and U.S. Pauses Air Defense Aid to Ukraine
The Morning Five: Wednesday, July 2, 2025 -- Trump's "Big, Beautiful Bill" Passes Senate, AI Moratorium Rejected, and Judge Temporarily Halts HHS Overhaul
The Morning Five: Tuesday, July 1, 2025 -- DOJ Prosecutes Health Care Fraud, Trump Admin Finds Harvard Violated Civil Rights and "Big, Beautiful Bill" Update
The Morning Five: Monday, June 30, 2025 -- Senate Set to Vote on "Big, Beautiful Bill," and SCOTUS Issues Final Decisions of Term
The Morning Five: Thursday, June 26, 2025 - RFK Jr.’s New Vaccine Panel Holds First Meeting, Trump Administration Sues Maryland Over Immigration Rule, NATO Pledges Major Defense Spending Boost Amid Trump Push
The Morning Five: Wednesday, June 25, 2025 - Israel-Iran Ceasefire, States Sue Trump Admin, and Mamdani defeats Cuomo in NYC Primary
The Morning Five: Tuesday, June 24, 2025 -- Israel-Iran Updates, Fast-Track Deportations Resume, and Texas Food Label Law Could Reshape U.S. Market
The Morning Five: Monday, June 23, 2025 -- U.S. Military Operation Against Iran and Update on Tax Bill
The Morning Five: Thursday, June 19, 2025 -- SCOTUS Upholds TN Law Limiting Medical Treatments for Transgender Minors, Fed Continues to Hold Interest Rates, Iran's Leader Warns U.S.
The Morning Five: Wednesday, June 18, 2025 -- Iran Update, Federal Appeals Court Considers Constitutionality of Trump Military Deployment in LA, Democratic Primaries in VA
The Morning Five: Tuesday, June 17, 2025 -- Israel Strikes Iran's Nuclear Program, Political Violence and Trump Makes Immigration Concession
The Morning Five: June 12, 2025 - Johnson to address Knesset, Fulbright board resigns, May inflation report, new gun study
The Morning Five: June 11, 2025 - US and China agree to "framework," LA protest update, mass shooting in Austria
The Morning Five: June 10, 2025 - Rep. Green resigns, LA protest update, travel ban in effect, Canada's NATO pledge
The Morning Five: June 9, 2025 - Los Angeles ICE protests, new Supreme Court Decisions, May jobs report
The Morning Five: Wednesday, June 4, 2025 - AI Guardrails, South Korean Election, Car Manufacturers Warn on China Export Ban
The Morning Five: Tuesday, June 3, 2025 - Boulder Attack Update, Russia, Ukraine Talks, “Medicaid Moderates”
The Morning Five: Monday, June 2, 2025 - Attack in Boulder, Colorado; Musk steps down; Ukraine Attacks Russian Air Bases
The Morning Five: Thursday, May 29, 2025 - Musk disappointed with big beautiful bill, Israel kills Gaza Chief, Germany & Ukraine
The Morning Five: Wednesday, May 28, 2025 - Covid vaccine updates, social media age restriction laws, and federal contracts with Harvard University
The Morning Five: Tuesday, May 27, 2025 - Trump delays EU Tariffs and Russia launches largest drone and missile attack
The Morning Five: Thursday, May 22, 2025 -- DOJ Rolls Back Biden-era Police Reforms, Qatari Plane Accepted and Another Oval Office Confrontation,
The Morning Five: Wednesday, May 21, 2025 -- Trump's Golden Dome, Budget Bill Update and Google Responds to AI Competition
The Morning Five: May 20, 2025 -- New SCOTUS Immigration Decision, POTUS Talks with Putin and VP Vance Meets Pope Leo XIV
The Morning Five: Monday, May 19, 2025 -- Former President Biden Receives Cancer Diagnosis, MD Gov Vetoes Reparations Bill, and Pope Leo XIV's Inauguration
The Morning Five: Thursday, May 15, 2025 -- Congressional Budget Machinations and CDC Reports Drop in Overdose Deaths
The Morning Five: Wednesday, May 14, 2025 -- Trump Visits Middle East, Qatar Offers Trump Gift Plane and DNC Considers Removing Hogg, Kenyatta
The Morning Five: Tuesday, May 13, 2025 -- Hamas Releases American Hostage, US-China Deescalate, Trump Welcomes White South African Refugees and Pope Leo XIV Meets with Journalists
The Morning Five: Monday, May 12, 2025 -- New Pope, China-U.S. Trade Deal and Trump Preps EO on Pharmaceuticals
The Morning Five: Thursday, May 8, 2025 -- India and Pakistan Conflict Erupts, and Fed Declines to Cut Interest Rates
The Morning Five: Wednesday, May 7, 2025 -- Conclave Begins Today, SCOTUS Allows Trump Transgender Military Ban to Proceed and Trump Meets with New Canadian PM
The Morning Five: Tuesday, May 6, 2025 -- Israel Plans Escalation in Gaza, Trump Offers Money for Self-Deportation and Europe Seeks to Attract Scientists
The Morning Five: Monday, May 5, 2025 -- White House Proposes Budget, GOP Congress Moves to Slash Regulations, and National Security Changeup
The Morning Five: Wednesday, April 30, 2025 -- Harvard Releases Reports on Campus Bias Against Jewish and Muslim Students, Senate Confirms Amb. to China and White House Eases Auto Tariffs for Domestic Manufacturers
The Morning Five: Tuesday, April 29, 2025 -- Trump Redirects DOJ Civil Rights Division, Canada Sticks with Liberal Party and NY Set to Ban Cellphone Use in Public Schools
The Morning Five: Monday, April 28, 2025 -- U.S. Pushes for Resolution in Ukraine, Trump's Historically Low Approval Rating and ICE Deports Hundreds in Florida
The Morning Five: Thursday, April 24, 2025 -- Trump Signals Openness to Reducing China Tariffs, Senator Dick Durbin Retires and Trump Wants Crimea on the Table in Ukraine Negotiations
The Morning Five: Wednesday, April 23, 2025 -- Secretary Rubio Announces Plan to Overhaul State, 60 Minutes Producer Resigns and SCOTUS Hears Case on Religious Freedom and Public Schools
The Morning Five: Tuesday, April 22, 2025 -- Pope Francis, and NPR Reports Defense Secretary Hegseth Might be Replaced
The Morning Five: Thursday, April 17, 2025 -- Powell Warns of Stagflation, Sec. Kennedy Announces New Autism Study and Britain's High Court Rules on Sex and the Equality Act
The Morning Five: Wednesday, April 16, 2025 -- Albrego-Garcia Update, Hegseth Advisor Under Investigation for Leaks, and Rep. AOC's Fundraising Haul
The Morning Five: Tuesday, April 15, 2025 -- El Salvador's President Visits Oval, Harvard Stands Firm and Katy Perry Sends Me Into Orbit
The Morning Five: Monday, April 14, 2025 -- Tariffs Sour Opinion on Trump's Handling of Economy, Arson at PA Governor Shapiro's Home
The Morning Five: Thursday, April 10, 2024 -- Trump Pauses Tariffs, Freezes More Higher Ed Funding, and House Postpones Budget Vote
The Morning Five: Wednesday, April 9, 2025 -- 'Liberation Day' Tariffs Go Into Effect Today, SCOTUS Blocks Lower Court Ruling, IRS Chief Resigns Following IRS/ICE Information Sharing Agreement
The Morning Five: Tuesday, April 8, 2025 -- Stock Market Turmoil Continues, Trump Pursues Nuke Deal with Iran and SCOTUS Actions on Deportations
The Morning Five: Monday, April 7, 2025 -- "Liberation Day" Fallout, Budget Plan and Protests
The Morning Five: Thursday, April 3, 2025 -- "Jesus Waits for Us"
The Morning Five: Wednesday, April 2, 2025 -- Senator Booker's Filibuster and Election Results
The Morning Five: Tuesday, April 1, 2025 -- Myanmar, WI Supreme Court Election and more
The Morning Five: Thursday, March 27, 2025 -- SCOTUS Rules on 'Ghost Guns,' Another Immigration Ruling and Democrats Get Upset Win in PA State Senate Election
The Morning Five: Wednesday, March 26, 2025 -- VP Vance to Greenland, Trump EO on Elections and Utah Signs Law on Family Influencers
The Morning Five: Tuesday, March 25, 2025 -- Signal-gate, SCOTUS Hears LA Congressional District Case and Former Congresswoman Mia Love Passes
The Morning Five: Monday, March 23, 2025 -- Pope Francis Discharged, Canada PM Calls Snap Election and Trump Presses for New Nuclear Deal with Iran
The Morning Five: Thursday, March 20, 2025 -- Fed Declines Interest Rate Cut, Department of Education EO Planned and Amtrak CEO Resigns
The Morning Five: Wednesday, March 19, 2025 -- Putin Resists Full Ceasefire, Democrats Continue to Debate Schumer's Decision and USAID Shutdown Unconstitutional
The Morning Five: Tuesday, March 18, 2025 -- Storms Sweep U.S., Brown University Professor Deported and NASA Astronauts to Return from Mission
The Morning Five: Monday, March 17, 2025 -- Public Opinion on Trump, Democrats and DOGE; Recession Worries and Schumer Decides
The Morning Five: Thursday, March 13, 2025 -- EPA Scraps Major Environmental Regulations, Another Senate Democrat Declines Reelection Campaign and House Passes Stopgap Funding Bill
The Morning Five: Wednesday, March 12, 2025 -- Education Department Layoffs, Metals Tariff Goes in Effect,and Ceasefire in Ukraine?
The Morning Five: Tuesday, March 11, 2025 -- Trump Admin Seeks to Deport Columbia University Protestor and Green-Card Holder, Ruth Marcus Resigns from The Washington Post, and Violence in Syria
The Morning Five: Monday, March 10, 2025 -- Trump Suggests Economic Bumps Ahead, House GOP Releases Spending Bill and Canada Anticipates New PM
The Morning Five: Thursday, March 6, 2025 -- Tariffs and the Economy, SCOTUS Decision on Foreign Aid and U.S. Secret Talks with Hamas
The Morning Five: Wednesday, March 5, 2025 -- President Trump's Speech to Congress
The Morning Five: Tuesday, March 4, 2025 -- Wildfires in Carolinas and Georgia, Tariffs Go Into Effect and Linda McMahon Confirmed as Education Secretary
The Morning Five: Monday, March 3, 2025 -- Trump & Zelensky and Europe Regroups, Border Crossings at Long-time Low and Decline in Christianity Plateaus
The Morning Five: Thursday, February 27, 2025 -- 1 John 3
The Morning Five: Wednesday, February 26, 2025 -- House Passes Budget Resolution, USAID Funding Court Order and DOGE Employees Resign
The Morning Five: Tuesday, February 25, 2025 -- Trump and Macron Meet, AP Lawsuit Update, and Vivek Runs for Ohio Governor
The Morning Five: Monday, February 24, 2025 -- DOGE Wants Reply...or else, Trump Fires Several Military Officials and Germany Elects New Leader
The Morning Five: Thursday, February 20, 2025 -- Trump Admin Goes After NYC Congestion Pricing, Pentagon Budget Cuts and Trump Calls Zelensky a "Dictator"
The Morning Five: Wednesday, February 19, 2025 -- Pope Francis' Health, Update on NYC Mayor and Top Social Security Official Resigns
The Morning Five: Tuesday, February 18, 2025 -- Concern Across the Atlantic, GOP Budget Directives, Flooding in Ohio Valley and DNC Tries to Listen
The Morning Five: Thursday, February 13, 2025 -- President Trump Talks to Putin, Inflation Persists and Tulsi Gabbard Confirmed
The Morning Five: Wednesday, February 12, 2025 -- U.S. Secures Release of American Detained in Russia, Religious Opposition to Trump Immigration Policy and Trump Meets with Jordan's King Abdullah II
The Morning Five: Tuesday, February 11, 2025 -- Israel/Hamas Ceasefire at Risk, Funding Freeze Contested, and Kennedy Center Changes
The Morning Five: Monday, February 10, 2025 -- Courts Pause USAID Staff Action, Metal Tariffs and Government Shutdown
The Morning Five: Thursday, February 6, 2025 -- Concerns CIA Officials Exposed, Trump Signs EO on Transgender Women in Sports and DOGE Oversight
The Morning Five: Wednesday, February 5, 2025 -- Pam Bondi Confirmed as AG, President Trump Proposes U.S. Occupation of Gaza, USAID Update and New Study on Smartphones in Schools
The Morning Five: Tuesday, February 4, 2025 -- Tariffs for Mexico and Canada Off...for now, Legal Actions in Response to Trump, and an American Sovereign Wealth Fund?
The Morning Five: Monday, February 3, 2025 -- USAID's Weekend, Trade War and New DNC Chair
The Morning Five: Thursday, January 30, 2025 -- White House Rescinds Spending Freeze Order, EPA Administrator Confirmed, More Immigration News
The Morning Five: Wednesday, January 29, 2025 -- Trump Disrupts Federal Spending + Workers, PM Netanyahu to Visit U.S.
The Morning Five: Tuesday, January 28, 2025 -- Treasure Secretary Confirmed, Deepseek, Tech Stocks Plummet and USAID Staff Dismissed
The Morning Five: Monday, January 27, 2025 -- Trump Nominations Update, IGs Dismissed and SOTU Set
The Morning Five: Thursday, January 23, 2025 -- Laken Riley Act Sent to President Trump's Desk, and NSC Staffing Under Review
The Morning Five: Wednesday, January 22, 2025 -- Trump Admin Moves Quickly, Bishop Budde Asks for "Mercy" at Prayer Service
The Morning Five: Tuesday, January 21, 2025 -- Parting Pardons from Biden, Trump Returns to White House
The Morning Five: Thursday, January 16, 2025 -- Ceasefire Agreement, Biden's Farewell Speech and FDA Bans Red Dye No. 3
The Morning Five: Tuesday, January 14, 2025 -- President Biden Speaks at State Department, Special Counsel Criticizes Biden and Hochul Poised to Limit Cellphone Use in Schools
The Morning Five: Monday, January 13, 2025 -- Trump Sentenced, Cabinet Hearings and President Biden Honors Pope Francis
The Morning Five: Thursday, January 9, 2025 -- LA Wildfires Rage, Elections in Lebanon and State Funeral for President Carter
The Morning Five: Wednesday, January 8, 2025 -- Trump Press Conference, House Passes Laken Riley Act, Meta to Scale Back Content Moderation
The Morning Five: Tuesday, January 7, 2025 -- Congress Certifies Trump Victory, Trump Considers Paring Back Tariffs and Justin Trudeau to Step Down
The Morning Five: Monday, January 6, 2025 -- Election Certification, POTUS Honors Medal of Freedom Recipients and President Carter Remembered
The Morning Five: Thursday, December 12, 2024 -- NDAA Passes House, Wray to Resign
The Morning Five: Wednesday, December 11, 2024 -- Senator McConnell Suffers Fall, Trump to Meet with Speaker Johnson and Syria Update
The Morning Five: Tuesday, December 10, 2024 -- SCOTUS Update, TikTok on Track for Ban and NYC Murder Suspect Apprehended
The Morning Five: Monday, December 9, 2024 -- Assad Flees Syria, Trump Marks Priorities and Notre Dame Cathedral Hosts First Mass since 2019
The Morning Five: Thursday, December 5, 2024 -- Hegseth Confirmation Under Pressure, French PM Ousted, Political Crisis in South Korea
The Morning Five: Wednesday, December 4, 2024
The Morning Five: Wednesday, November 27, 2024 -- Israel-Lebanon Ceasefire, Trump Nominates Critic of NIH COVID Policies to Lead NIH
The Morning Five: Tuesday, November 26, 2024 -- Trump Prosecutions End; Trump Tariffs to Begin?
The Morning Five: Monday, November 25, 2024 -- More Trump Appointments, ICC Issues Warrants and Senate Moves Judges Forward
The Morning Five: Thursday, November 21, 2024 -- Trump Fills Out Cabinet, Russia/Ukraine
The Morning Five: Thursday, November 14, 2024 -- More Trump Nominations, Biden/Trump Meet and Israel Reacts to Election
The Morning Five: Wednesday, November 13, 2024 -- Trump Staffs Up, Historic Leaker, and LA Ten Commandments
The Morning Five: Thursday, November 7, 2024 -- Election Results and Biden Seeks to Shore up Ukraine Support
The Morning Five: Tuesday, November 5, 2024 -- European Officials Allege Russia Behind Airplane Plot, Final Campaign Events
The Morning Five: November 4, 2024 -- Elections in Moldova! Also, the Other Elections This Week
The Morning Five: Thursday, October 31, 2024 -- Five Days Out
The Morning Five: Wednesday, October 30, 2024 -- Apple Rolls out New AI for iPhone, WaPo Declines to Endorse POTUS Candidate and VP Harris Speaks to 75,000 in D.C.
The Morning Five: Monday, October 28, 2024 -- Election Monday
The Morning Five: Thursday, October 24, 2024 -- Following Former Trump Officials, Harris Says Trump is Fascist; Freshman College Enrollment Drops; Peruvian Theologian Rev. Gustavo Gutiérrez Dies
The Morning Five: Tuesday, October 22, 2024 -- On the Campaign Trail and Elections in Moldova
The Morning Five: Monday, October 21, 2024 --Election Monday (Keep an Eye on Ohio)
The Morning Five: Thursday, October 17, 2024 -- Italy Bans Citizens from Seeking Surrogacy Overseas, LA Catholic Archdiocese Settles Sex Abuse Lawsuits and 2024 Update
The Morning Five: Wednesday, October 16, 2024 -- Early Voting Underway, Elon Musk Makes Big Political Donation and US Government Pressures Israel on Gaza Aid
The Morning Five: Tuesday, October 15, 2024 -- UNICEF Issues Warning on Child Malnutrition, Harris Reaches out to Black Men, Arab-American PAC Declines Endorsement
The Morning Five: Monday, October 14, 2024 -- Election Monday
The Morning Five: Tuesday, October 8, 2024 - Supreme Court turns down case, Intelligence officials talk about Iran nuke threat and election interference, New EPA rule
The Morning Five: Monday, October 7, 2024 - Israel, Gaza, Lebanon, and the 1-year anniversary
The Morning Five: Thursday, October 3, 2024 - President visits North Carolina/Florida/Georgia, DHS reports election threats, new evidence in Trump's 2020 election case
The Morning Five: Wednesday October 2, 2024 - VP debate, Iran strikes, Dockworker strike, first woman president in Mexico
The Morning Five: Tuesday, October 1, 2024 - VP Debate tonight, Israel ground invasion, Congress may return, new immigration rule
The Morning Five: September 30, 2024: Hezbollah leaders killed and praying over Helene flooding
The Morning Five: Thursday, September 26, 2024 -- New Ceasefire Proposal, Spending Bill Heads to POTUS' Desk and NYC Mayor Anticipates Indictments
The Morning Five: Wednesday, September 25, 2024 -- UNGA and the Filibuster
The Morning Five: Monday, September 23, 2024 -- Spending Deal, UN Official Warns of Escalating Violence in Lebanon, and Lausanne Congress Convenes
The Morning Five: Thursday, September 19, 2024 -- House Rejects Speaker Johnson's Spending Plan, Teamsters Refuse to Endorse and the Fed Cuts Interest Rates
The Morning Five: Wednesday, September 18, 2024 -- UN Reports on Myanmar, CA Regulates AI re: Elections, Small Explosions Across Lebanon and Syria
The Morning Five: Tuesday, September 17, 2024 -- Second Assassination Attempt, Amazon Corporate Workplace Policy Change and Teamsters Consider Endorsement
The Morning Five: Thursday, September 5, 2024 -- School Shooting in Georgia, Ukraine Update and Russia Influences Conservative Media
The Morning Five: Wednesday, September 4, 2024 -- NYS Gov Staffer Paid by China for Influence, SCOTUS Ruling on Title X, Harris and DNC Transfer Funds Down Ballot
The Morning Five: Tuesday, September 3, 2024 -- VP Harris Says US Steel Should Stay American-Owned and Operated, and Foreign Policy Updates
The Morning Five: Thursday, August 29, 2024 -- Life Together
The Morning Five: Wednesday, August 28, 2024 -- Zelensky Sees Path to War's End, Zuckerberg Regrets Meta's Acquiescence to Government Pressure and Revised Indictment of Trump Filed
The Morning Five: Tuesday, August 27, 2024 -- Democrats Sue in Georgia, Federal Judge Temporarily Halts Biden Immigration Program and Trump/Harris Debate the Debate Terms
The Morning Five: Monday, August 26, 2024 -- Hezbollah Retaliates, Trump Sends New Message on Abortion and Harris Campaign Breaks Fundraising Record
The Morning Five: Thursday, August 22, 2024 -- Jobs Numbers Revised Down, Democratic Convention Concludes Tonight
The Morning Five: Wednesday, August 21, 2024 --FTC Noncompete Rule Struck Down, RFK Considers Supporting Trump, U.S. Reconsiders Nuclear Strategy and Democratic Convention Continues
The Morning Five: Tuesday, August 20, 2024 -- Iran Cyberattacks on Presidential Campaigns and Opening Night of Democratic Convention
The Morning Five: Monday, August 19, 2024 -- Democratic Convention Starts Today
The Morning Five: Monday, August 12, 2024 -- Kipling's "If"
The Morning Five: Tuesday, August 6, 2024 -- Federal Judge Rules Against Google, Global Markets Drop and VP Harris Set to Announce Running Mate
The Morning Five: Thursday, August 1, 2024 -- "We are imbeciles in the heart, and morons in the spirit"
The Morning Five: Wednesday, July 31, 2024 -- Hamas and Hezbollah Leaders Killed, New Secret Service Director 'Ashamed,' and Harris to Hit Trail with Running Mate Tuesday
The Morning Five: Tuesday, July 30, 2024 -- Biden Poses SCOTUS Reforms, Iowa Abortion Restrictions Go Into Effect and Venezuela Election Contested
The Morning Five: Monday, July 29, 2024 -- US-Japan Alliance and 2024 Updates
The Morning Five: Thursday, July 25, 2024: Netanyahu Addresses Congress, Biden Addresses Nation
The Morning Five: Tuesday, July 23, 2024 -- Dem Consolidation Around Harris Continues, Secret Service Director Faces Congress and Delta Airlines Gains Sec. Pete's Attention
The Morning Five: Monday, July 22, 2024 -- President Biden Drops Out, Endorses VP Harris
The Morning Five: Thursday, July 18, 2024 -- Senator Vance Keynotes GOP Convention, Pressure on Biden to Dropout Builds and China Faces Economic Challenges
The Morning Five: Wednesday, July 17, 2024 -- Sen. Menendez Convicted, Elon Musk Moves Companies out of CA and Biden Set to Support SCOTUS Changes
The Morning Five: Tuesday, July 16, 2024 -- President Trump Selects Running Mate, Republican Convention Begins and Sen. Sanders on Political Violence
The Morning Five: Monday, July 15, 2024: Former President Trump Survives Assassination
The Morning Five: Thursday, July 11, 2024 -- NATO, Sen. Welch, IRS
The Morning Five: Wednesday, July 10, 2024 -- Matthew 5
The Morning Five: July 9, 2024 - Biden looks to reconsolidate, RNC moves platform forward, and Ukraine
The Morning Five: July 8, 2024 - Update on President Biden, elections in France and the UK
The Morning Five: Thursday, July 4, 2024: Happy Fourth!
The Morning Five: Wednesday, July 3, 2024 -- Giuliani Disbarred, FDA Approves Alzheimer's Treatment and Hurricane Beryl
The Morning Five: Tuesday, July 2, 2024 -- SCOTUS on Presidential Immunity, Elections in France
The Morning Five: Monday, July 1, 2024 -- Debate Aftermath, SCOTUS Overrules Chevron and Terrorism Alert in Europe
The Morning Five: Thursday, June 27, 2024 -- Presidential Debate Tonight, China to "Other Side" of Moon and Episcopalians Elect New Leader
The Morning Five: Wednesday, June 26, 2024 -- Kenya, Religious Charter Schools and Election Results
The Morning Five: Tuesday, June 25, 2024 -- Democratic Primary Today, Apple Charged in Europe and Assange to Plead Guilty
The Morning Five, Thursday, June 20, 2024
The Morning Five: Tuesday, June 18, 2024: Biden's New Immigration Program, Putin to North Korea, and Warning Labels for Social Media?
The Morning Five: God's Grandeur
Episode 111: Listener Q+A & A Big Announcement
The Morning Five: Thursday, June 13, 2024 -- Fed Holds Interest Rates, SBC and Immigration
The Morning Five: Wednesday, June 12, 2024 -- CFPB Proposes Rules around Lending and Medical Debt, French Conservative Surprise and Hunter Biden Convicted
The Morning Five: Tuesday, June 11, 2024 -- Apple Makes AI Announcement, Baltimore Port Fully Functional and UN Security Council Passes Gaza Resolution
The Morning Five: Monday, June 10, 2024 -- Benny Gantz Leaves Israel's Wartime Cabinet, European Parliament Elections and Macron's Surprise
The Morning Five: Thursday, June 6, 2024: Dems Push Contrast on Reproductive Issues, Signs Trump's Conviction Cost Him Support and Federal Government to Investigate AI Antitrust Issues
The Morning Five: Wednesday, June 5, 2024 -- POTUS' Immigration Order, Elections in India and U.S.
The Morning Five: Tuesday, June 4, 2024 -- Biden WH Set to Move on Immigration Policy, South African Elections and Court Suspends Venture Fund for Black Women
The Morning Five: Monday, June 3, 2024 -- President Biden Announces Israeli Plan for Permanent Ceasefire, Fauci to Testify and International Elections
Episode 110: Former President Trump's NY Conviction
The Morning Five: Thursday, May 30, 2024 -- Justice Alito Responds, Hong Kong Activists Convicted and Biden in Philly
The Morning Five: Wednesday, May 29, 2024 -- New PM in Haiti, Harvard Institutes New Policy on Public Statements, and the First Millennial Saint
The Morning Five: Tuesday, May 28, 2024 -- Libertarian Party Nominates Candidate for POTUS, Netanyahu Expresses 'Regret' for Deadly Strike in Rafah and Closing Arguments in Trump Case
Episode 109: Sports betting and marijuana legalization
The Morning Five: Thursday, May 23, 2024 -- DOJ Prepares Suit Against Live Nation, Several European Leaders Recognize Palestine and UK Elections Announced
The Morning Five: Wednesday, May 22, 2024 -- Psalm 32
The Morning Five: Tuesday, May 21, 2024 -- Biden Pushes Back on ICC, Senate to Vote Again on Immigration Bill and Consequences of Marijuana Legalization
The Morning Five: Monday, May 20, 2024: SCOTUS Saves CFBP, Iran Leadership in Helicopter Crash, and 2024 Update
Ep 108: Free and fair elections, election integrity, & 2024 with Chris Crawford of Protect Democracy
The Morning Five: Tuesday, May 14, 2024 -- Michael Cohen Testifies, Airlines Challenge DOT Rule and AG Warns About Election Violence
The Morning Five: Monday, May 13, 2024 -- Putin Replaces Defense Minister, MD Prepared for Consequential Elections, and Justice Alito Issues Warning on Respect for First Amendment
Episode 107: Backlash to Apple's new iPad Pro ad - AI, culture, meaning, and tech innovation
The Morning Five: Wednesday, May 8, 2024 -- White House/Israel Update, TikTok Counters and IN GOP Nominates Braun for Governor
The Morning Five: Tuesday, May 7, 2024 -- Campus Protests, Gaza Update and Pulitzer Prize Awarded
The Morning Five: Monday, May 6, 2024 -- Hawaii Leg Calls for Ceasefire, Biden Sends Military Aid to Haiti and DACA + ACA
Episode 106: Is Biden’s campaign in trouble? An update on Episode 89
The Morning Five: Thursday, May 2, 2024 -- Fed Gov Appoints AI Expert, Court Rejects Louisiana Congressional Map, House Passes Antisemitism Bill
The Morning Five: Wednesday, May 1, 2024 -- Columbia Protest Broken Up by NYPD, Law Enforcement Officers Killed in Shootout in Charlotte, DEA to Reclassify Marijuana
The Morning Five: Tuesday, April 30, 2024 -- US Circuit Court of Appeals Rulings and FAA Reauthorization
The Morning Five: Monday, April 29, 2024 -- Biden Seeks Hostage Deal and Delay Rafah Invasion, U.S. Intelligence Finds "No Smoking Gun" Putin Ordered Navalny Assassination
The Morning Five: Thursday, April 25, 2024 -- Biden Signs Military Aid Bill, AZ Electors Charged, New USDA School Meal Guidance
The Morning Five: Wednesday, April 24, 2024 -- Aid for Ukraine, Israel, Taiwan Heads to POTUS' Desk, FTC Set to Restrict Noncompete Clauses, TN Leg Votes to Allow School Staff to Carry Guns
The Morning Five: April 23, 2024 - Foreign aid vote today & TikTok ban, Supreme Court hears arguments, Mississippi voting rights legislation
The Morning Five: Thursday, April 11, 2024 -- Iowa Immigration Law, EPA Moves on 'Forever Chemicals' and Israel/Hamas
The Morning Five: Wednesday, April 10, 2024 -- Biden's New Student Loan Plan, Trump's New Approach on Abortion and Terror Plot Disrupted in Idaho
Episode 105: Can we serve or debate those we don’t love? Democracy, philanthropy, service, 2024, and dinner table political discussions.
The Morning Five April 4, 2024: New Jersey Ballot Update, MA Approves Drug Pardons and House Leadership Update
(Updated) The Morning Five: Wednesday, April 3, 2024 -- Wisconsin Votes on Elections, Biden Admin Pushes F-15 Sales, Oklahoma Supreme Court Considers Religious Education
The Morning Five: Tuesday, April 2, 2024 -- Israel Strikes Iranian Embassy in Syria, Oregon Recriminalizes Drug Possession and FL Supreme Court Rules on Abortion Ban
The Morning Five: Thursday, March 28, 2024 -- Former U.S. Senator Joe Lieberman Passes, American Public Opinion Sours on Israeli Military Action in Gaza, and We're Losing a Second
The Morning Five: Wednesday, March 27, 2024 -- SCOTUS Hears Mifepristone Case, RFK Jr. Announces Running Mate, and Tragedy in Baltimore
The Morning Five: Tuesday, March 26, 2024 -- US Abstains for UNSC Vote, Trump Trial Date Set and a New, Young President elected in Senegal
The Morning Five: Monday, March 25, 2024 -- Terrorist Attack in Moscow, Israel Agrees to U.S. Proposal on Hostages, NJ Senate Race
Episode 104: Religious bullying & moral coercion of the vote
The Morning Five: Thursday, March 21, 2024 -- Congress On Track to Approve Spending thru 2024, Taliban Restricts Education for Girls and Biden Administration Student Loan Snafu
The Morning Five: Tuesday, March 19, 2024 -- SCOTUS Hears First Amendment Case, Biden Speaks With Netanyahu and PEPFAR Deal Possible
The Morning Five: Monday, March 18, 2024 -- Putin "wins" "election," Congress faces another government shutdown and Schumer Calls for Elections in Israel
Episode 103: Smartphones, social media, childhood development, & societal consequences
The Morning Five: Thursday, March 14, 2024 -- House Passes TikTok Bill, Judge Shopping and Dollar Tree
The Morning Five: Wednesday, March 13, 2024 -- 2024 Update and Surprise Congressional Retirement
The Morning Five: Tuesday, March 12, 2024 -- CIA Director Testifies to Senate, Kentucky Cracks Down on Vaping and Trump Seeks Another Court Delay
The Morning Five: Monday, March 11, 2024 -- Haiti, TikTok and Fiscal Updates
Episode 102: What did you think of the State of the Union address?
The Morning Five: March 7. 2024 - SOTU tonight, Congress' minibus, McConnell's endorsement, Haley drops out, Alabama IVF legislation
The Morning Five: March 6, 2024 - Super Tuesday results, Sinema will leave Congress, Menendez indictment, credit card junk fees
The Morning Five: March 5, 2024 - 14th amendment ruling, Supreme Court holds Texas migration law, Biden's rare interview
The Morning Five: March 4, 2024 - Praying over big current events around the world
Episode 101: The State of the 2024 Race
The Morning Five: Thursday, February 29, 2024 -- Senator Mitch McConnell's Major Announcement, SCOTUS to Hear Trump Case and Short-term Spending Deal Reached
The Morning Five: Wednesday, February 28, 2024 -- Michigan Votes, Sweden Approved to Join NATO, FTC Sues in Supermarket Merger and more
The Morning Five: Monday, February 26, 2024 -- South Carolina Primary, Ceasefire Talks Continue, POTUS to Meet with Congressional Leaders
Episode 100: Listener Questions! Child tax credit, school board elections, news consumption, news cycles, Trump support & Italian TomatoGate
The Morning Five: Thursday, February 22, 2024 -- Biden WH Considers Executive Action on Border and Takes Action on Student Loans, Ukraine Seeks to Expand Military Recruitment
The Morning Five: Wednesday, February 21, 2024 -- US veto at UN, Haley commits, Russia sanctions
The Morning Five: Tuesday, February 20, 2024 -- Discover Capital One, UN Security Council Set to Vote on Gaza Resolution and WI Approves New State Leg Map
The Morning Five: Monday, February 19, 2024 -- Trump Sentenced Again, Navalny Death and Manchin Won't Run for POTUS
Episode 99: The proposed CDC COVID guidelines, moral knowledge, Italian sandwiches, and sand dollars are actually sea urchins
The Morning Five: Thursday, February 15, 2024 -- National Security Concerns, KC Shooting, Israel Update
The Morning Five: Wednesday, February 14, 2024 -- NY-3 Special Election Results, Sec. Mayorkas Impeached, Pressure on House to Bring Senate Aid Bill for Vote
The Morning Five: Tuesday, February 13, 2024 -- Speaker Johnson Rejects Senate Ukraine/Israel Aid Bill, Trump's GOP and Special Election Today
The Morning Five: Monday, February 12, 2024 -- Special Counsel Recommends Against Charging Biden, Senate Moves Israel/Ukraine Aid Forward, Biden and Netanyahu Talk
Episode 98: We explain the border security debacle in Congress & the DOJ's Biden classified documents report
The Morning Five: Thursday, February 8, 2024 -- U.S. Drone Strike in Iraq, GOP Congressional Dysfunction and Israel Rejects Hamas Deal
The Morning Five: Wednesday, February 7, 2024 -- House Can Say No, but Can't Say Yes; Axios Reports Progress in Israel-Hezbollah Negotiations; Trump Not Immune
The Morning Five: Tuesday, February 6, 2024 -- Immigration Deal Hits Roadblock, King Charles Cancer Diagnosis and Biden Admin Prepares Title IX Volley
The Morning Five: Monday, February 4, 2024 -- Senate Announces Border Deal, Fed Warns on Debt, U.S. Retaliates Against Iran-backed Militias
Episode 97: What is Political Therapeutic Deism?
The Morning Five: Thursday, February 1, 2024 -- Fed Holds Interest Rates Steady, Tech CEOs Face Tough Senate Hearing on Child Safety, House Passes Tax Bill
The Morning Five: Wednesday, January 31, 2024 -- Tech CEOs Set to Appear Before Congress, Impeachment of DHS Secretary Moves Forward, Rep. Cori Bush Faces DOJ Subpoena and December Jobs Report
The Morning Five: Tuesday, January 30, 2024 -- North Korea Tests Missiles, House GOP Moves Toward Impeachment Vote of DHS Secretary and DOJ Indictment Related to Assassination Plot
The Morning Five: Monday, January 29, 2024 -- U.S. Servicemembers Killed in Jordan, Federal Jury Decides Payout in Trump Defamation Case, Border Security Politics
Episode 96: Spiritual disciplines, Ruby Bridges and The Spirit of Our Politics
The Morning Five: Thursday, January 25, 2024 -- Biden Issues Veto, Alabama Set to Move Forward with Novel Execution, UAW Endorses, Teagate
The Morning Five: Wednesday, January 24, 2024 -- NH Results, Turkey puts Sweden One Step Closer to NATO, Oregon Reconsiders Drug Decriminalization
The Morning Five: Tuesday, January 23, 2024 -- NH Votes Today, SCOTUS Sides with Biden Admin Argument on Texas Border, Malicious Political Technology in NH Primary
The Morning Five: Monday, January 22, 2024 -- DeSantis Drops Out, Gaza Death Toll Rises Above 25,000 and Biden Takes on Overdraft Charges
Episode 95: The NH primary and what's going on with DeSantis?
The Morning Five: Thursday, January 18, 2024 -- Pakistan Military Strikes in Iran, POTUS Meets with Congressional Leaders and White House Apologizes for DNC
The Morning Five: Wednesday, January 17, 2024 -- 2024 Update, Conflict in Middle East Escalates and Good News from Congress
The Morning Five: January 16, 2024 -- Iowa Caucus Results and Conflict in Yemen Continues
Episode 94: All about the Iowa caucus. Are the polls accurate? What happens next in New Hampshire?
The Morning Five: Thursday, January 11, 2024 -- Hunter Biden's Surprise Visit to Congress, Defense Secretary Faces Increasing Criticism, Christie Drops Out and FAA Holds Back Aircraft
The Morning Five: Wednesday, January 10, 2024 -- USDA Announces Good News re: Child Hunger, Threats of Political Violence Surging and GOP Debate Tonight
The Morning Five: Tuesday, January 9, 2024 -- Israel Suggests New Phase of War, House GOP to Consider Spending Deal, Pope Francis Speaks Out Against Surrogacy
The Morning Five: Monday, January 8, 2024 -- Defense Secretary Hospitalized, WH and Congress Left Unawares; Spending Deal Reached; Iowa Caucus Nears
Episode 93: Predicting 2024 - The election, politics & policy trends
The Morning Five: Thursday, January 4, 2024 -- Florida SG Calls to Halt mRNA COVID Vaccines, Bombing in Iran Puts Region Further on Edge, SCOTUS Teed Up to Decide Trump Campaign's Fate
The Morning Five: Wednesday, January 3, 2024 -- Pope Frances Expresses Concern for Church in Nicaragua, Hamas Leader Killed in Lebanon and Harvard President Resigns
Episode 92: The themes of 2023 politics - The economy, big bets, 2024, old conflicts re-emerge & further erosion of political trust
The Morning Five: December 21, 2023 - An Advent reflection and Christmas prayer
The Morning Five: Wednesday December 20, 2023: Colorado Supreme Court decision, Kevin McCarthy resignation, rising gas prices & a new Red Sea protection force
The Morning Five: Tuesday December 19, 2023 - New Texas migrant law, Ukraine aid, new Vatican rule
Episode 91: We Answer Listener Questions Part II
The Morning Five: Wednesday December 6, 2023 - Debate tonight, VP Harris' record breaking vote, NY primary scheduled, 2023 is the hottest year on record
The Morning Five: Tuesday, December 5, 2023 -- WH Warns Congress to Move on Ukraine Aid, Israel Military Moves on Southern Gaza and U.S. Mass Shootings Reach 17-year High
The Morning Five: Monday, December 4, 2023 -- Inflation News, Red Sea Skirmish and George Santos
Episode 90: We Answer Listener Questions Part I
The Morning Five: Thursday, November 30, 2023 - Henry Kissinger dies, Hamas hostage releases, Schumer speech, COP28 summit
The Morning Five: Wednesday, November 29, 2023 - Koch-backed Super PAC endorse Nikki Haley, student loan relief, hostage releases, Rosalynn Carter's funeral
The Morning Five: Tuesday, November 28, 2023 - Ceasefire extended, the ACA enters the 2024 chat, Judge Chutkan denies subpoenas, President Biden comments on price gouging
The Morning Five: November 27, 2023 - Israel-Hamas ceasefire updates, new polling on the "American Dream"
Episode 89: Is President Biden's re-elect in trouble?
The Morning Five: Wednesday, November 22, 2023 -- Israel-Hamas Reach Hostage Deal, Congressional Retirements and DeSantis Gets Big Iowa Endorsement
The Morning Five: Tuesday, November 21, 2023 -- Federal Court Undermines Voting Rights Act, Presidential Debate Dates and Troubling Post-COVID School Data
The Morning Five: Monday, November 20, 2024 -- Hostage Deal Pending, Argentina Elects President and Former First Lady Rosalynn Carter Dies
Episode 88: Serious Times and Unserious Politics
The Morning Five: Thursday, November 16, 2023 -- POTUS Meets China's Xi Jinping, House Ends Week Early and New Hampshire Sets Primary Date
The Morning Five: November 15, 2023 --Israel Conducts Military Operation at Gaza Hospital, House Votes on Stopgap, GOP Primary Update
The Morning Five: Tuesday, November 14, 2023 -- Gaza Strip Hospitals, Dem Congressional Staff Protest and SCOTUS Ethics
The Morning Five: November 13, 2023 - Sen. Tim Scott drops out, government shutdown, Israel-Hamas updates, APEC meeting for Biden and Jinping
Episode 87: GOP debate recap, candidate rankings, Sen. Chris Murphy's speech at CCPL
The Morning Five: November 9, 2023 -- Sec. Blinken Suggests Future Path for Gaza, GOP Debate, Election Results
The Morning Five: November 7, 2023 - Republican debate tomorrow, Virginia elections today, Trump appears at his NY fraud trial
The Morning Five: November 6, 2023 - New Biden-Trump polling, Blinken's surprise visits, new student loan plan
Episode 86: We discuss anxiety, control, & grief in our private & public lives with Michael & Lauren McAfee
The Morning Five: November 2, 2023 -- Egypt Welcomes Injured Palestinians, Fed Stays Interest Rates, Congressional Retirements, White House Announces Anti-Islamophobia Strategy
The Morning Five: November 1, 2023 -- Congress Negotiates Defense Spending, US-UK Talk AI and more
The Morning Five: October 31, 2023 -- New Iowa Poll, FDA Warning, WH acts on AI and UAW Update
The Morning Five: October 30, 2023 -- Israel enters "second stage" of war, Speaker Johnson Gets to Work and surprising economic numbers
Episode 85: New Speaker, Mike Pence's run, and what's the problem with public polling?
The Morning Five: October 26, 2023 -- UAW and Ford Strike Deal, New Speaker, Maine Shooting, Trump Fined
The Morning Five: October 25, 2023 -- Updates, New FAA Administrator and Distrust in Media
The Morning Five: Tuesday, October 24, 2023 -- Israel/Gaza Update, Sen. Menendez, UAW Strike and the Search for a Speaker
Episode 84: Talking work-life balance, new vocations, marriage, parenting & more with Richard & Jennifer Clark
The Morning Five: October 19, 2023 - Praying over Israel and Palestine + The Blessing of Aaron
The Morning Five: October 18, 2023 - Hospital attack in Gaza, 2nd Speaker vote today, new IRS tax filing platform
The Morning Five: October 17, 2023 - Israel-Hamas updates, Speaker vote today, Justice Amy Coney Barrett on ethical codes
The Morning Five: October 16, 2023 - Israel war updates, Speak of the House update, economy update, Louisiana primary
The Morning Five: October 12, 2023 -- Israel Forms Unity Government, Sec. Blinken to Israel, and...Speaker Scalise?
The Morning Five: October 11, 2023 -- President Biden Calls Hamas Attack "Pure Unadulterated Evil," House to Hold Votes on Speaker Today
The Morning Five: October 10, 2023 -- Americans Killed in Israel, Indy Campaign and U.S. Jobs Report
The Morning Five: October 9, 2023 -- Israel at War, Afghanistan News, Far-right Wins in German Elections
Episode 83: October GOP Power Rankings
Special Episode: The consequences of ousting Speaker Kevin McCarthy
The Morning Five: October 3, 2023 -- Trump in Court, Google in Court, Speaker McCarthy Faces Vote
The Morning Five: October 2, 2023 -- Government Shutdown Averted...For Now, Student Loans No Longer Averted for 40 Million and President Jimmy Carter Celebrates 99th Birthday
Episode 82: The Second GOP Debate Recap
The Morning Five: September 28, 2023 - Sen. Menendez pleads not guilty, Private returns from North Korea, Judge Chutkan will not recuse, Late-night returns
The Morning Five: September 27, 2023 - Bipartisan Senate spending bill, Trump ruling, President at the picket line bill, Trump
The Morning Five: September 26, 2023 -- Next Steps on Government Funding, GOP Debate Lineup Set, Federal Government Backs COVID At-Home Tests Again
The Morning Five: September 25, 2023 -- Sen. Menendez Indicted, Economic Hurdles, Bad Polls for Biden and Writer's Strike May End
Episode 81: Working class political realignment, zero-sum thinking, and some dismal Pew data on American politics
The Morning Five: September 21, 2023 -- More UNGA, House Republicans Offer Plan to Fund Government, New WH Climate Initiative and more
The Morning Five: September 20, 2023 - Biden speech, new WH office, new Pew poll, Azerbaijan escalation
The Morning Five: September 19, 2023 - POTUS to UN, Fed Meets Again and Rep. Wexton to Resign
The Morning Five: September 18, 2023 - Trump on Meet the Press, Zelenskyy visit, PEPFAR
Episode 80: Listener questions - Child poverty, Project 2025, Gentle parenting + more
The Morning Five: September 14, 2023 -- Romney, Tech Makes Promises and Russia-North Korea
The Morning Five: September 13, 2023 - Libya flooding, House impeachment, Memphis indictment, new poverty numbers
The Morning Five: September 12, 2023 -- U.S. Strikes Deal with Iran, FDA Approved COVID Booster and the House is Next
The Morning Five: September 11, 2023 -- Biden in Vietnam, New Abortion Data and Potential Auto Workers Strike
Episode 79: We discuss "The Great Dechurching"
The Morning Five: September 7, 2023 - Diplomacy and Hunter Biden
The Morning Five: September 6, 2023 - Courts to Redraw Alabama Districts, Former Proud Boy Leader Sentenced and Gabe Amo Wins RI Special Primary
The Morning Five: September 5, 2023 - Congress is back (in session), Goldilocks Scenario and the National Debt
Episode 78: September GOP Power Rankings and Pasta Power Rankings
The Morning Five: August 31, 2023 - Senator McConnell Has Another Episode, HHS Recommends Reclassification of Marijuana and Pope Francis Addresses Conservative American Catholics
The Morning Five: August 30, 2023 - Biden Administration Makes Major Health Care Announcement, New CNN CEO Expected and Hurricane Idalia
The Morning Five: August 29, 2023 - Trump Court Date Set, Senate to Hold Hearing on AI, and "Is reality secular?"
The Morning Five: August 28, 2023 - Trump Campaign Raises Money Off Mugshot, Fed Reserve Update, Jacksonville Shooting and March on Washington Anniversary
Episode 77: The first 2024 GOP debate recap
The Morning Five: August 24, 2023 - GOP Debate Thoughts, Federal Judge Moves Indictments Forward, Wagner Chief Speculated Dead
The Morning Five: August 23 - Thefts and Missed Payments Hit Companies' Bottom Lines, Biden's Latest Move on Student Loans and Republicans Debate TONIGHT
The Morning Five: August 22, 2023 - Mortgages Hit High, Iowa Poll, GA Update and Pediatric Gun Deaths
The Morning Five: August 21, 2023 - Tropical storm Hilary, Biden visiting Maui and a new Camp David agreement, Wednesday's debate update, and join our Substack subscriber drive!
The Morning Five: August 17, 2023 - Global wealth, Biden admin visit to Israel, McCarthy stopgap measure, new ruling on abortion pill
The Morning Five: August 16, 2023 - GOP candidates react to the latest indictment, Russia's economy in trouble, FBI agent pleads guilty, Illinois law on child influencers
The Morning Five: August 15, 2023 - Trump Indicted (Again), McCarthy Seeks Stopgap Funding, Biden to Host Japan, South Korea Counterparts at Camp David
The Morning Five: August 14, 2023 - Jack Lew to Israel, Biden makes emergency funding request and Hunter Biden gets a special counsel
Episode 76: Examining Our Therapeutic Culture
The Morning Five: August 10, 2023 - WeWork, FBI Fatally Shoots Man Who Threatened POTUS, and Hawaii Wildfires
The Morning Five: August 9, 2023 - Biden Takes on China, Ohio Votes and a simple, effective state law
The Morning Five: August 8, 2023 - Pence Makes Debate, WaPo Exclusive on China Cyberattack on Japan, and Professor Ogletree
The Morning Five: August 7, 2023 - Biden's New Student Loan Plan Challenged, Pope Francis at World Youth Day, Billionaire Barbie
Episode 75: Masculinity and Gender, Plus Our 2024 GOP Power Ranking and Pasta Power Ranking
The Morning Five: August 3, 2023 - Synagogue gunman sentencing, Niger coup, VP's Mongolia meeting, Trudeau split
The Morning Five: August 2, 2023 - Trump indictment, Amazon's new virtual clinic, new RNC debate rules, Fitch downgrades the US
The Morning Five: August 1, 2023 - New EU travel rules, suing the first religious charter school, new 2024 poll, DeSantis' new economic proposal
The Morning Five: July 31, 2023 - Biden meets Italian PM, Congress in recess, Trump's PAC disclosure, Trump's CNN lawsuit, Biden Admin's heat response
The Morning Five: July 27, 2023 - Legal Troubles and Interest Rates
The Morning Five: July 26, 2023 - Court Strikes Down Biden Immigration Policy, Dept of Education Investigates Legacy Admissions and DeSantis Campaign Downsizes
The Morning Five: July 25, 2023 - Israel's Parliament Approves Judicial Reforms, New Global Survey on Religion and X
The Morning Five: July 24, 2023 - Blinken Sees Progress in Ukraine, Close Elections in Spain and Senator Murphy Leads on Social Connection
Episode 74: Barbenheimer, The Bear - the politics, religion & culture of it all
The Morning Five: July 19, 2023 - More Indictments, More Problems; Biden Admin Moves Forward on Student Loans and an American Soldier Crosses North Korea Border
The Morning Five: July 18, 2023 - POTUS Calls Netanyahu, House GOP Centrists Make a Stand and Russia Denies Ukraine Access to Black Sea
The Morning Five: July 17, 2023 - Heat Wave, Hollywood Strike and Campaign Fundraising News
Episode 73: GOP candidates interviewed by Tucker Carlson at evangelical Family Leadership Summit
The Morning Five: July 13, 2023 - Public Low on Higher Ed, Inflation Cools and SCOTUS News Proliferates
The Morning Five: July 12, 2023 - More Protests in Israel, Poison Pills and Ukraine Not Invited
The Morning Five: July 11, 2023 - NATO, POTUS Meets King Charles and Larry Nasser
The Morning Five: July 10, 2023 - Cluster Bombs, Yellen to China and Threads
Episode 72: We Answer Audience Questions - Cocaine Controversy, Florida Politics, Forward Party, UFOs & More
The Morning Five: July 6, 2023 - Israel's 2-day West Bank Incursion, the Federal Government and Social Media, and the Pope's New Commission
The Morning Five: July 5, 2023 - Gene Sperling Returns to WH, NATO and Gun Violence
The Morning Five: July 4, 2023 -- Frederick Douglass' "What to the Slave is the Fourth of July"
The Morning Five: July 3, 2023 -- SCOTUS Wrap-up, Riots in France, Biden to Europe
Episode 71: Supreme Court Decisions & Dissents: Voting rights, religious freedom, free speech, affirmative action, student loans
The Morning Five: June 29, 2023 - The Smoke Returns, Bidenomics and Home Sales Rebound
The Morning Five: June 28, 2023 - Gallup's Positive/Negative Emotions Index, New SCOTUS Decision and Trump Indictment Update
The Morning Five: June 27, 2023 - CO Springs Shooter Pleads Guilty, Putin Speaks to Nation, SCOTUS Makes New Voting Rights Move
The Morning Five: June 26, 2023 - Russia Update, Canada Regulates Social Media and Modi's U.S. Visit
Episode 70: Why is Mike Pence running? An interview with Politico's Adam Wren
The Morning Five: June 20, 2023 - Hunter Biden to Plead Guilty, Evictions Rising, USCCB to Issue Directive on Transgender Procedures
The Morning Five: June 19, 2023 - Blinken to China, IL Ban on Book Bans, Biden Ramps up Campaign
The Morning Five: June 15, 2023 - SBC Convention, Fed Halts Interest Rate Hikes and Migration Tragedy
The Morning Five: June 14, 2023 - Updates on Inflation and Indictments, plus nearly 200 churches leave Indiana Methodist Conference
The Morning Five: June 13, 2023 - Speaker McCarthy Seeks to Break House Impasse, HHS Lawsuit and Gallup Polls Americans on Morality
The Morning Five: June 12, 2023 - Trump Faces Federal Indictment, Pat Robertson Dies, Major PA Overpass Collapse
Episode 69: Luke Russert on his new book, politics, faith, and the Buffalo Bills
The Morning Five: June 8, 2023 - Mike Pence Gets in the Race, Trump Under Investigation
The Morning Five: June 7, 2023 - New Mayor Elected in Denver, New Candidate Hops Into GOP Primary and Wildfires in Canada
The Morning Five: June 6, 2023 - OK Approves Religious Charter School, Student Loan Change and a Surprising New Presidential Candidate
The Morning Five: June 5, 2023 - Debt Ceiling Done, Jobs Report and Congress Turns to AI
Episode 68: The Age Debate - Does age matter for the US presidency?
The Morning Five: June 1, 2023 - Speaker McCarthy Takes Care of Business, New Data on US Births, and Additional 2024 Entrants Coming Soon
The Morning Five: May 31, 2023 - Debt Ceiling Deal Clears House Hurdle, Drones Over Moscow and DeSantis in Iowa
The Morning Five: May 30, 2023 - Will Biden/McCarthy Agreement Get Through Congress? Plus, Turkey's Presidential Election and a Texas Impeachment
Episode 67: Tim Scott & Ron DeSantis announce + we’ve got a debt deal
The Morning Five: May 24, 2023 - Surgeon General Warns Social Media Poses Adolescent Health Risks, SC Leg Passes 6-Week Abortion Ban, DeSantis Jumps in GOP Primary Tonight
The Morning Five: May 23, 2023 - Biden and McCarthy Meet Again, Tim Scott Announces and COLORADO RIVER NEWS
The Morning Five: May 22, 2023 - A Big Week for Debt Ceiling Talks + 2024
Episode 66: Talking Evangelicals & 2024 with Journalist Jon Ward
The Morning Five: May 18, 2023 - TX Set to Ban Transgender Treatment, Latest on Debt Ceiling, Super Old Hebrew Bible Sold
The Morning Five: May 17, 2023 - NC Abortion Ban Update, KY Elections and Biden's Latest Debt Ceiling Play
The Morning Five: May 16, 2023 - DeSantis' New Law, Durham Report and UN Recognizes Palestinian Displacement
The Morning Five: May 15, 2023 - NC Gov. Cooper vetoes 12-week abortion ban, Turkey's Presidential Election and the Iowa Circuit
Episode 65: Does Christianity Have a Brand Problem?
The Morning Five: May 11, 2023 - New Proposed Rule on Airline Delays, FDA Panel Recommends Birth Control for OTC, Title 42 Ends Today
The Morning Five: May 10, 2023 - Jury Finds Trump Guilty, Feds Charge Santos and WH Meeting on Debt Ceiling
The Morning Five: May 9, 2023 - A Message on Gun Violence in America
The Morning Five: May 8, 2023 - Jobs Report, New 2024 Poll and Big Week for Debt Ceiling Talks
Episode 64: God Save the King! The Faith & Politics of King Charles III’s Coronation
The Morning Five: May 4, 2023 - Another Fed Interest Rate Hike, Loneliness Epidemic and Setting a Bad Record
The Morning Five: May 3, 2023 - Fourteenth Amendment, Hollywood Strike and Migration
The Morning Five: May 2, 2023 - Democrats Step Down from Influential Roles and Sec. Yellen Eyes June 1 for Debt Ceiling
The Morning Five: May 1, 2023 - Debt Ceiling Update, New Legislation on Social Media, Ukraine Counteroffensive
Episode 63: Wear We Answer Your Questions (Part III)
Welcome to Wear We Are
The Morning Five: April 27, 2023 - China and UAE, House Moves on Debt Ceiling and U.S. Smoking Drops to New Low
The Morning Five: April 26, 2023 - ISIS, SCOTUS and Belafonte
The Morning Five: April 5, 2023 - President Biden Announces, Cable News Shakeups, Sudan Update
The Morning Five: April 24, 2023 - Immigration Update, Sudan and St. Louis Police
Episode 62: 2024 Audio Files - VP Mike Pence, Sen. Tim Scott, Gov. Chris Christie, Rep. Jeff Jackson
The Morning Five: April 20, 2023 - The Weight of Glory
The Morning Five: April 19, 2023 - Dominion Settlement, Charlottesville Indictments and OK Gov. Kevin Stitt Calls for Resignations
The Morning Five: April 18, 2023 - Child Migration Crisis, McCarthy's New Debt Ceiling Proposal and Theodore McCarrick Charged with Sexual Assault
The Morning Five: April 17, 2023 - Dominion Lawsuit, SCOTUS Case to Watch, 2024 Announcement
Episode 61: Foreign Affairs with Damir Marusic - The Big Intel Leaks, Russia, Ukraine, China, France, NATO, & More
The Morning Five: April 13, 2023 - WaPo Exclusive on Leaker, Buckingham Palace Announcement and Sen. Feinstein
The Morning Five: April 12, 2023 - TN Gov. Lee Acts, Macron Faces Criticism and the Colorado River is Shrinking
The Morning Five: April 11, 2023 - Fallout from Data Leak, DNC Convention News and TN 3 Update
Episode 60: The Tennessee 3, the Need for Chaos Voter, TikTok is the new local news
The Morning Five: April 6, 2023 - WI Senate Special Election Results, Speaker McCarthy Hosts Historic Meeting, Red States Advance Trans Procedure Bans for Minors
The Morning Five: April 5, 2023 - Trump Faces 34 Counts, WI and Chicago Election Results and Finland Joins NATO
The Morning Five: April 4, 2023 - Trump's Arraignment, Wisconsin Special Election and Florida Moved Toward Six-week Abortion Ban
The Morning Five: April 3, 2023 - Biden's Investing in America Tour, DOJ sues Norfolk Southern, Fmr. Gov. Asa Hutchinson announces
Episode 59: So your child wants to become politically engaged! Plus, DeSantis v. Disney & the viral WSJ-NORC poll.
The Morning Five: March 30, 2023 - Sen. Fetterman returns, Iraq War authorization repeal, Kentucky Senate overrides Governor Beshear's veto of transgender bill
The Morning Five: March 29, 2023 - Praying for Nashville, Biden's criticism of Israel, VP Mike Pence ordered to appear in front of grand jury, Russia's economy is weakening
The Morning Five: March 28, 2023 - Shooting at Nashville Covenant School, assault weapons ban, PM Netanyahu judiciary reform, Medicare expansion in North Carolina
The Morning Five: March 27, 2023 - Protests in Israel over Defense Minister firing, DOJ & death row, Iranian militia attacks on US in Syria
Episode 58: Trump & Evangelicals, Plus The 4 Day Work Week
The Morning Five: March 23, 2023 - Federal reserve rate hike, Moderna hearing, DHS, Fentanyl, Sen. Bernie Sanders
The Morning Five: March 22, 2023 - New law on declassifying COVID investigations, Wyoming ban on abortion pill, National Humanities Medal
The Morning Five: March 21, 2023 - Biden's first veto, Xi and Putin meet in Moscow, update on possible Trump indictment
The Morning Five: March 20, 2023 - Banking crisis and failure, new inflation report, the Federal Reserve, and the anniversary of the Iraq War
Episode 57: Audio Files - Nikki Haley, Marianne Williamson, Donald Trump & More
The Morning Five: March 6, 2023 - CPAC, Gov. Larry Hogan, Marianne Williamson announces, Norfolk Southern, Biden & Speaker McCarthy meeting
Episode 56: Faith & Politics with Chris Butler
The Morning Five: March 2, 2023 - Chicago mayoral election, Havana Syndrome, Governor Jim Justice conceal carry law
The Morning Five: March 1, 2023 - SCOTUS and student loan debt, Chicago mayoral election, China
The Morning Five: February 28, 2023 - CHIPS Act, child labor, SCOTUS and student loan debt
The Morning Five: February 27, 2023 - Medicaid coverage, COVID lab leak, Mississippi Tate Reeves, migrant boat crash
Episode 55: We Finally Talk About Christian Nationalism
The Morning Five: February 23, 2023 - Putin, Biden, Zelenskyy, China, Sen. Tim Scott trip to Iowa, NASA's latest images from the James Webb telescope
The Morning Five: February 22, 2023 - Virginia special election, Biden speech in Warsaw, Putin's announcement, New START treaty, new immigration policy
The Morning Five: February 21, 2023 - Biden's unannounced visit to Kyiv, another earthquake in Turkey and Syria, Sec. Buttigieg's letter
The Morning Five: February 20, 2023 - Munich Security Conference, Jimmy Carter enters hospice care, Sen. John Fetterman enters treatment for depression
Episode 54: What To Do When The News Is Alarming & Weird
Episode 53: Collin Hansen's New Book on Tim Keller
The Morning Five: February 16, 2023
The Morning Five: February 15, 2023
The Morning Five: February 14, 2023
The Morning Five: February 13, 2023
The Morning Five: February 9, 2023
The Morning Five: February 8, 2023
The Morning Five: February 7, 2023
The Morning Five: February 6, 2023
Episode 52: Preview the State of the Union with us!
The Morning Five: February 2, 2023
The Morning Five: February 1, 2023
The Morning Five: January 31, 2023
The Morning Five: January 30, 2023
Episode 51: Parenting Through Politics
The Morning Five: January 26, 2023
The Morning Five: January 25, 2023
Episode 50: Wear We Answer Your Questions (Part III)
The Morning Five: January 19, 2023
The Morning Five: January 18, 2023
The Morning Five: January 17, 2023
The Morning Five: January 16, 2023
Episode 49: Biden's 2023 Pivot
The Morning Five: January 12, 2023
The Morning Five: January 11, 2023
The Morning Five: January 10, 2023
The Morning Five: January 9, 2023
Episode 48: We have a House Speaker!
The Morning Five: January 5, 2023
The Morning Five: January 4, 2023
The Morning Five: January 3, 2023
The Morning Five: January 2, 2023
The Morning Five: December 22, 2022
The Morning Five: December 21, 2022
Episode 47: The Social Trends of 2022
The Morning Five: December 15, 2022
The Morning Five: December 14, 2022
The Morning Five: December 13, 2022
The Morning Five: December 12, 2022
Episode 46: Looking Back at the Politics of 2022
The Morning Five: December 8, 2022
The Morning Five: December 7, 2022
The Morning Five: December 6, 2022
The Morning Five: December 5, 2022
Episode 45: Is the Trump Era Coming to a Close?
The Morning Five: December 1, 2022
The Morning Five: November 30, 2022
The Morning Five: November 29, 2022
The Morning Five: November 28, 2022
Episode 44: The Lame Turducken
The Morning Five: November 22, 2022
The Morning Five: November 21, 2022
Episode 43: Wear We Answer Your Questions (Part II)
The Morning Five: November 17, 2022
The Morning Five: November 16, 2022
The Morning Five: November 15, 2022
The Morning Five: November 14, 2022
Episode 42: Midterms Recap
The Morning Five: November 10, 2022
The Morning Five: November 9, 2022
The Morning Five: November 8, 2022
The Morning Five: November 7, 2022
Episode 41: We Talk Democracy with Shadi Hamid
The Morning Five: November 3, 2022
The Morning Five: November 2, 2022
The Morning Five: November 1, 2022
The Morning Five: October 31, 2022
Episode 40: Political Violence
The Morning Five: October 27, 2022
The Morning Five: October 26, 2022
The Morning Five: October 25, 2022
The Morning Five: October 24, 2022
Episode 39: What does lettuce have to do with British politics?
The Morning Five: October 20, 2022
The Morning Five: October 19, 2022
The Morning Five: October 18, 2022
The Morning Five: October 17, 2022
Episode 38: Midterm Debate
The Morning Five: October 13, 2022
The Morning Five: October 12, 2022
The Morning Five: October 11, 2022
The Morning Five: October 10, 2022
Episode 37: Wear We Answer Your Questions
The Morning Five: October 6, 2022
The Morning Five: October 5, 2022
The Morning Five: October 4, 2022
The Morning Five: October 3, 2022
Episode 36: Nationalism, Identity and Politics
The Morning Five: September 29, 2022
The Morning Five: September 28, 2022
The Morning Five: September 27, 2022
The Morning Five: September 26, 2022
Episode 35: Five Questions to Ask Before You Vote
The Morning Five: September 22, 2022
The Morning Five: September 21, 2022
The Morning Five: September 20, 2022
The Morning Five: September 19, 2022
Episode 34: Which Party Will Win Congress This November? (Part Two)
The Morning Five: September 15, 2022
The Morning Five: September 14, 2022
The Morning Five: September 13, 2022
The Morning Five: September 12, 2022
Episode 33: Which Party Will Win Congress This November? (Part One)
The Morning Five: September 8, 2022
The Morning Five: September 7, 2022
The Morning Five: September 6, 2022
The Morning Five: September 5, 2022
Episode 32: Ranked choice voting & Biden's democracy speech
The Morning Five: September 1, 2022
The Morning Five: August 31, 2022
The Morning Five: August 30, 2022
The Morning Five: August 29, 2022
Episode 31: To forgive or not to forgive student debt
The Morning Five: August 25, 2022
The Morning Five: August 24, 2022
The Morning Five: August 23, 2022
The Morning Five: August 22, 2022
Episode 30: We're back and ready to have fun!
The Morning Five: July 21, 2022
The Morning Five: July 20, 2022
The Morning Five: July 19, 2022
The Morning Five: July 18, 2022
Episode 29: Let's analyze some 2022 polling!
The Morning Five: July 14, 2022
The Morning Five: July 13, 2022
The Morning Five: July 12, 2022
The Morning Five: July 11, 2022
Episode 28: The vibes are off
The Morning Five: July 7, 2022
The Morning Five: July 6, 2022
Episode 27: That One Time Melissa Accidentally Crashed An Interview with the President
The Morning Five: June 30, 2022
The Morning Five: June 28, 2022
The Morning Five: June 27, 2022
Episode 26: Dobbs + Guns
The Morning Five: June 23, 2022
The Morning Five: June 22, 2022
The Morning Five: June 21, 2022
The Morning Five: June 20, 2022
Episode 25: Romney's new child allowance bill + Democrats' Bad Idea
The Morning Five: June 16, 2022
The Morning Five: June 15, 2022
The Morning Five: June 14, 2022
The Morning Five: June 13, 2022
Episode 24: Jan. 6th Committee hearings
The Morning Five: June 9, 2022
The Morning Five: June 8, 2022
The Morning Five: June 7, 2022
The Morning Five: June 6, 2022
Episode 23: Gun Reform
The Morning Five: June 2, 2022
The Morning Five: June 1, 2022
The Morning Five: May 31
The Morning Five: May 30
Episode 22: Grief
The Morning Five: May 26, 2022
Launching The Morning Five with Michael Wear
Episode 21: Primary recap in PA, NC and other states set the table for November
Episode 20: Our hometown, Buffalo
Episode 19: Spring Awakening
Episode 18: The Student Loan Debt Debate
Episode 17: Democracy & Social Media
Episode 16: In which Melissa explains French politics
Ep. 15: That One Time Michael Broke Up With Me At A Funeral Parlor
Episode 14: Catching up on Ukraine
Episode 13: Rethinking Sex
Episode 12: Cultural Decay
Episode 11: On nuclear war
Episode 10: On Russia
Episode 9: DCCC polling and "anti-ambition"
Episode 8: Let your kids be bad at things
Episode 7: Boris Johnson & Larry Hogan
Episode 6: Pernicious Polarization
Episode 5: Culture Bubbles
Episode 4: The Future of Food
Episode 3: CTC and charcuterie boards
Episode 2: Family Politics
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