Press Play with Madeleine Brand
A daily News podcast featuring Madeleine Brand
Press Play with Madeleine Brand
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A new report from Trump’s Department of Health and Human Services tries to discredit gender-affirming care, contradicting leading medical experts who say it can save lives.Yale grad student Tetiana Kotelnykova grew up in w
From meme coins to branded merch, President Trump has become marketer-in-chief, using his office to pad his personal wealth like few, if any, of his predecessors.President Trump praised Jeff Bezos for quickly denying that
A hundred days into his second White House term, Donald Trump has reshaped the conversation around immigration in the U.S., once seen as a proud melting pot of immigrants and cultures.Trump is trying to deport an unprecede
President Trump’s attempts to freeze federal dollars for “sanctuary” jurisdictions were thwarted in court last week. Where is the battle headed? The Supreme Court is considering two cases about public education this week.
Elon Musk says he's scaling back his work in Washington D.C. and returning to Tesla. He and DOGE had promised to cut $2 trillion from the federal budget.After reporting Tesla’s tanked first quarter profits, Elon Musk blame
Journalist Katherine Stewart charts the rise of the Christian right and its influence in the Trump administration in her new book “Money, Lies, and God.”“The Empire Strikes Back,” now 45 years old, changed Hollywood with i
LA Mayor Karen Bass has released her next budget. To help close a massive deficit, the city may have to lay off around 5% of the city workforce.LA’s Japanese American National Museum is refusing to follow the Trump adminis
Pope Francis, who died overnight, is remembered for having a more progressive approach to immigration, climate change, and the LGBTQ commmunity than his predecessors.Early Saturday morning, the Supreme Court blocked the Tr
Google and Meta are under fire in court. Officials claim they crushed rivals to stay on top. The outcome could upend how Big Tech works. The University of South Florida surveyed more than 1,500 kids, and found that 11 to 1
The Oakland mayoral race is a close call between progressive Barbara Lee and moderate challenger Loren Taylor. In SF, Mayor Daniel Lurie rounds out his first 100 days.A cinematic heist in Downtown Los Angeles: Thieves rece
Harvard will not comply with sweeping demands from the Trump administration targeting pro-Palestinian organizing. Can other universities afford to join them? Mohsen Mahdawi’s detention exposes the rising risks faced by pro
The Supreme Court ordered the Trump administration to facilitate Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s return to the U.S. The White House is asserting its power to say “no.” Immigration agents visited two South LA schools recently, looki
Several top IRS officials resigned as the Trump administration revealed its plans to use tax data to target undocumented immigrants.Despite vowing to fight a trade war to “the end,” Chinese officials are dealing with econo
President Trump’s pause on tariffs against most nations sent the stock market soaring. Meanwhile, tariffs against China, and from China, are going up.DuPont Clinic was supposed to open in Beverly Hills to provide late-term
President Trump is not backing down from imposing tariffs on all countries doing business with the U.S., including 100% or more on China. China has threatened tariffs against U.S. exports too, which could begin Thursday.Di
California’s nearly $4 trillion economy is heavily dependent on international trade. A tariff war could impact that significantly.The Altadena Ale and Wine House survived the Eaton Fire. Owner Gail Casburn also lost her ho
The manager of Rafu Bussan in Little Tokyo says she’s been stockpiling goods imported from Japan in preparation for Trump’s tariffs, but she may have to eat costs or raise prices soon. Stocks are in a tailspin following Pr
Democrats won a key Wisconsin Supreme Court race. The result is being seen as a rebuke of Elon Musk, who campaigned in the state and spent millions on the GOP candidate.New auto tariffs are supposed to be for “foreign” car
What is President Trump trying to accomplish with reciprocal tariffs, and do economists think he can reach his goals with these tactics? The Trump administration admitted in court on Monday that it mistakenly deported a Ma
On this Cesar Chavez Day, Press Play reairs some of our favorite segments: “Porcelain War” is a documentary that vividly portrays the lives of civilians-turned-soldiers on and off Ukraine’s battlefield against Russia. Joh
The federal government is planning to investigate the CA Dept. of Education over a state law that says schools cannot require officials to notify parents if students identify as transgender or are exploring their gender ide
The Trump administration has halted a program financing lawyers for immigrant children. That leaves 26,000 kids nationwide at risk of immediate deportation, unless alternate funding can be found.President Trump continued h
The Trump administration’s release of war plans on a group chat that included the Atlantic’s editor-in-chief raises questions about the competence of the president’s top national security staff and their use of the messagin
The Supreme Court heard oral arguments today in a challenge to Louisiana’s voting maps. A group of “non-African American” voters argue the state illegally relied on race to create the new districts.James Murdoch reveals th
Amid a new phase of war, public opinion polls show a majority of Israelis want to see the end of fighting in Gaza and a return of hostages. Meanwhile, many Gazans have turned against Hamas.Spanish-language TV networks Tele
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