Stephen Dinan: New asylum deals and progress on the border wall
Andy is joined by Stephen Dinan on the big immigration stories of the week. Up first, the three key Central American countries responsible for last year's migrant surge have signed asylum deals with the US. Officials say true asylum-seekers are fleeing persecution at home, and any safe country should be an...
Ben Wolfgang: China launches the Shandong
First up, get Andy's take on the news of the week, including the battle over stimulus funds, where the money comes from and where it should be going. And, did China under-report their number of COVID-19 infections? Then, foreign affairs reporter Ben Wolfgang joins Andy to talk about the Chinese military kicking off a...
Stephen Dinan: Citizenship test cuts questions on religion freedom
The new citizenship test, which immigrants began to use this month, no longer includes a question dealing specifically with the right to religious freedom, one of the Constitution's defining liberties. As Stephen Dinan reports exclusively, it's a startling move for the Trump administration, which has overall been...
Andy Parks: The well-wrapped gift of COVID relief
A wild week just gets wilder with the massive spending bill and COVID relief bill. Andy calls it a well-wrapped gift, "you don't know what's in it until you open it." Get more on what's actually in the bill, what's not in the bill and what it all means. Plus all the rest of the news of the week, including the removal of...
Andy Parks: Jeff Mordock on AG William Barr's "unmitigated failure"
First up, Andy gets into the big stories of the week, including a very sickly sounding Joe Biden, more Democrats busted having mask-less parties and London canceling Christmas. Then, Washington Times Justice Department reporter Jeff Mordock tells us about the end of the William Barr era, and a string of probes that...