With the midterms right around the corner, The Takeaway has an in-depth look at the state of election security. A former government intelligence analyst weighs in on the vulnerabilities and potential threats to our nation’s voting systems. During the 2016 elections, Colorado was one of multiple states targeted in a Russian interference campaign ...…

Last week a school bus carrying children in northern Yemen was struck by a Saudi-led coalition airstrike. More than 40 children are believed to have been killed and dozens injured. We discuss the attack and the latest details about the conflict in Yemen, with a reporter in the nation’s capital; a recent report by Forbes alleges that U.S. Secret ...…

On this week that marks the 53rd anniversary of the signing of the Voting Rights Act, The Takeaway looks at what it was meant to do, the state of voting rights across the country, and why so many Americans who are eligible to vote are still kept from doing so. We also hear from a political scientist who has the numbers and the research pointing ...…

This weekend marks the first anniversary of the deadly “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville, Virginia. We discuss the strength of hate groups and extremist organizations, with the director of the Southern Poverty Law Center’s Intelligence Project. Earlier this week, voters in St. Louis, Missouri ousted a longtime county prosecutor who had ...…

We take a look at a plan underway in Puerto Rico to transfer some of the island’s prison population to a privately run prison in Arizona; a conversation with the co-vice chair of the Justice Department’s Religious Liberty Task force about why the Justice Department felt the need to address this issue now; the latest from Manafort Trial; a look ...…

We take a look at the factors contributing to the especially deadly nature of California’s massive wildfires this year; Chicago experienced a deadly weekend of gun violence. Dozens of shootings took place, mostly in the city’s south and west side neighborhoods. We hear from a local pastor about reaction from the communities impacted; In collabo ...…

President Trump has held more than two dozen political rallies since winning election. We explore the psychology and history behind these types of rallies; the trial of President Trump’s former campaign chairman, Paul Manafort resumed today in Alexandria, Virginia; we hear from one of the grandmothers participating in a nationwide protest movem ...…

Today's Politics with Amy Walter: A look at the rise of female veterans running for political office. There are 32 female veterans running for both the House and Senate, and a majority of them are Democrats. If 2018 is the year of the woman, will it also become the year of the female veteran? This hour explores why these women are inspired to r ...…

On Monday, a judge ordered the federal government to stop drugging immigrant children without proper consent and to remove them from the Shiloh Treatment Center in Texas; a look at police call logs documenting reports of sexual abuse at immigrant and non immigrant youth shelters across the U.S.; we wrap up our series with the Robert Wood Johnso ...…

2018 has been a hot, wet, fiery summer around the world. From record temperatures in China, to wildfires across the western United States, Sweden and Greece, and devastating floods in India and Japan. Today, we take a look back at the decade between 1979 and 1989 that was the key window for the U.S. to address climate change; a discussion on ho ...…

Paul Manafort’s trial kicks off today in a U.S. District Court in Alexandria, Virginia. We give you a preview of what to expect; a look at the TSA program spying on Americans during domestic flights; we hear from the Senior Science Advisor for UNAIDS about how far we’ve come, and what’s still left to do; a look at the intersection of race and c ...…

We take a look at what Facebook says they are doing to protect their users ahead of the 2018 midterm elections, and how that effort is going; an explanation on how WhatsApp is propagating mob violence in India; a larger discussion on how the MeToo movement has been changing circumstances in the past few months; a look at the election in Pakista ...…

According to President Trump's former personal attorney, the president knew in advance of a meeting where Russians were expected to offer dirt on Hillary Clinton to Donald Trump, Jr. We assess just how much we should take from all of this; a look at what really matters ahead of midterms; a discussion on the inroads made this week between Presid ...…

Today, is the deadline the U.S. government set for family reunification, after implementing the family separation policy of “zero tolerance.” We take a look at where the government is in terms of family reunification; a look at whether or not the “zero tolerance” policy has been a deterrent to people looking to cross; we hear from a congressman ...…

We take a look at the newly announced $12 billion aid package for farmers negatively impacted by tariffs; we discuss the case of an undocumented immigrant from Ecuador who was detained by ICE last month after making a food delivery to a military base in Brooklyn, New York; a look at 120 years since the U.S. invasion of Puerto Rico; and we end t ...…

Longtime government official Robert Wilkie will head the Department of Veterans Affairs after the Senate confirmed his nomination on Monday. We take a look at the future of the Veterans Affairs in light of the confirmation; a look inside wartime prisons detaining suspected ISIS fighters; a discussion on the Tronc layoffs at The Daily News and w ...…

After President Trump's rollback of Obama-era affirmative action guidelines, and Justice Anthony Kennedy's retirement, race-based college admissions could become a thing of the past. We have a big look at affirmative action, how it works, what attitudes around it are and how those attitudes are changing; a look at the Carter Page FISA applicati ...…

Friday host of The Takeaway Amy Walter talks with Chris Painter, the U.S’s former top cyber diplomat and General Michael Hayden, former director of the NSA and CIA, about what the implication's of this second meeting might be for the United States; Republican leaders had harsh words for Trump at the start of the week. That changed as the week w ...…

We take a big look at MS-13 in light of new data that shows Americans fears about the street gang; a look at a new tool police departments are using that allows them to better measure resident feelings about the job they are doing; a Democratic Congressman explains why he is speaking out specifically against newsprint tariffs; 90 percent of us ...…

On Monday, four members of the Department of Homeland Security's Advisory Council resigned over what they described as the Trump administration's "morally repugnant" treatment of migrant families crossing the US-Mexico Border; As families that were previously separated at the U.S.-Mexico border begin to be reunited, we are seeing the chilling e ...…

We discuss the ongoing tensions between police and residents in Chicago that have lead to clashes in the streets, and have turned violent at times; five years after Black Lives Matter coalesced into a national movement for social and racial justice, a co-founder reflects on the group's progress and impact; we take a look at the message of Obama ...…

A look at President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin meeting and press conference in Helsinki today; a break down of the new Pew numbers on income inequality for Asian Americans in the U.S.; the latest on a 15-hour siege that left two students dead and 10 injured at the National Autonomous University of Nicaragua (UNAN) in the ...…

Today, Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein announced a set of indictments in the Russian collusion probe; President Trump is in Europe this week, having first been in Brussels on Tuesday and Wednesday, then heading to the UK for Thursday meetings and a visit with Queen Elizabeth at Windsor Castle, before meeting with Vladimir Putin in Helsin ...…

We wrap up our policing series with a look at about how authorities watch our phones; we go across the pond as Trump’s visit gets underway; as the Men's World Cup wraps up in Russia, a look at different kind of soccer tournament — one for the workers who are building the stadiums for the 2022 Cup in Qatar; and we discuss the two films out this ...…

The story of one woman who self-deported and has still not been reunited with her son; a conversation about the irony of France’s relationship with immigrants in light of the team’s big win; we continue our policing series in with a look at DNA technology more broadly; and we round out the show with a look at unpaid internships. You can connect ...…

At the top, we look at who the people behind the Federalist Society are and what their role is in influencing the judiciary; we speak with someone who says he is included, but does not deserve to be on the NYPD "gang database"; we are joined by an NYPD chief who discusses the database's specifics; and a look at the right to literacy in light of ...…

We talk to a cave rescue expert who explains the strategies being employed and the challenges the rescue team in Thailand is facing; at least 100 people are thought to have died after record rainfall caused flooding and landslides in western Japan; with Amazon falling under criticism for selling their face recognition technology to law enforcem ...…

An hour-long look on American leadership begins with a look at just how dire the leadership and trust crisis is, and the historical analogies; Jelani Cobb discusses leadership on issues of race, and how the debate on gun violence is just one example of a much broader issue of leadership that falls along racial lines; a look at the state of cons ...…

We have a discussion on the contenders for the Supreme Court vacancy; we go to Kentucky to look at how the fight over a Medicaid overhaul is playing out; a conversation about American leadership; and we talk with Alexander Heffner about the threat to Democracy in the face of huge technological changes in this country. You can connect with The T ...…

American identity is shifting: from what we look like, to where we worship, to who we love. In this special hour, we seek to better understand how American identity is changing this country - and how much of that is self-imposed and how much is imposed by others. You can connect with The Takeaway on Twitter, Facebook, or on our show page at The ...…

On Monday night, Yeni Gonzalez-Garcia completed the 2,500-mile journey from Arizona to Harlem, New York, and finally, she was reunited with her children. We have the latest on the reunification story of Yeni and her children; a conversation Halima Aden, the Hijab wearing super model turned Unicef Ambassador; a look at the situation of displaced ...…

A federal judge demanded all separated children be reunited with their parents but the Trump Administration and its bureaucracy does not have a solid plan or infrastructure established to accomplish this. We explore the election results in Mexico, what to expect in the upcoming months from those who won, and the projected state of the nation bo ...…

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has vowed to bring that nominee to a vote by the fall, and now the pressure is on Democrats to resist a confirmation. We explore the political strategy that has evolved following the sabotage of Merrick Garland’s confirmation to today; nobody knows for certain how this moment will play politically five mon ...…

On Wednesday, on the last day of the term, Justice Kennedy announced his retirement. We look at Kennedy’s departure through the focus of his role as the swing vote; we seek to better understand why people are continuing to cross the border; we have a dispatch from Saudi Arabia where a family of women drove for the first time on Sunday; a look a ...…

In her dissent on the travel ban ruling, Justice Sotomayor invoked Korematsu v. United States, a 1944 Supreme Court decision that found it legal to hold Japanese Americans in internment camps during World War II. We look back at that decision and at whether the racial motivations then are similar to those we are seeing today. We follow our look ...…

Today, the Supreme Court issued a 5-4 ruling on the third version of the travel ban. In a huge and long-awaited victory for President Trump -- the court sided with the Trump administration. We look at how the Trump Administration's policies are playing out in the immigration court system; a reporter covering the motorcycle industry explains the ...…

As Immigration and Customs Enforcement — better known as ICE — dominates the headlines with stories like families being separated at the border, increased deportations, and the profitability of migrant detention, it can be easy to forget that ICE is a relatively new agency. So today, we discuss the department at the center of the immigration de ...…

All this week, The Takeaway is talking about men. The Takeaway speaks with two experts about why they're optimistic for the future of masculinity; Since the Parkland shooting, comedian and actor Michael Ian Black has been thinking critically about how masculinity is shaping our youth; a former NBA player spent most of his life running away from ...…

This week on The Takeaway Friday with Amy Walter, a big look at immigration from history and political strategies to consequences and the current state of immigration and the electorate. After announcing a zero tolerance at the border and the forced separation of children from their parents, outrage grew - from the media, the public and politic ...…

Up first, we take a look at the money behind private corrections and detention operators via a comprehensive report from the Corrections Accountability Project. Then, we talk to a self-described lifelong Republican Reverend about how he got interested in immigration, and why faith leaders chose to speak out now; we have a conversation about the ...…

A look inside two types of detention facilities, as Border Patrol finds itself unable to humanely process families being separated by the Trump administration's zero tolerance policy; an update on the Pukri family, who wanted to make America great again - but just didn't think it would come at the cost of their own family separation; listeners ...…

How both the far right in Germany and America have come to define the immigration debate around the world. And Minnesota regulators open final arguments this week on whether they should approve proposal to replace deteriorating pipeline from Canada across Minnesota. Also, today is Juneteenth, we talked with Actress Jenifer Lewis and writer Vann ...…

Increased visibility of family separation at the border has been leading some politicians and conservative religious leaders to denounce Trump’s immigration policies – people and groups who have typically supported the president. We spoke with the mayor of Morristown, Tennessee – a small, Republican town – who says it’s time to bring compassion ...…

From last weekend’s G-7 to the summit with North Korea this week, a lot has been happening on the world’s stage. Up first, we have a roundtable discussion about President Trump's economic diplomacy; Senator Pat Toomey and Congressman Kevin Cramer talk about the latest threat of increased tariffs; a look at the history of the Smoot-Hawley Tariff ...…

The Takeaway speaks with with Roger Bennett, from “Men in Blazers” and “American Fiasco,” about the World Cup. We continued our look at soccer with a discussion of religion and how Muslim players, who will be competing as Ramadan ends, bring their faith to the field. Plus, we have a conversation with Gurbir Grewal, the first Sikh in US history ...…

The Takeaway speaks with Dr. Colleen Kraft, president of the American Academy of Pediatrics, on the psychological toll separations at the border can have on young children's developing minds. Plus, we discuss the massive California wildfires that have a common thread: in all but one, Cal Fire named Pacific Gas and Electric, the biggest utility ...…

President Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un held a groundbreaking meeting in Singapore. It was the highest-level contact between North Korean and American officials in history. The Takeaway speaks with North Korean defector Yeonmi Park. Plus, we discuss the recent order by Attorney General Jeff Sessions to stop granting domestic abuse o ...…

On Tuesday, one of the most widely anticipated diplomatic events in recent history will be carried out at an island resort in Singapore, a summit between President Trump and North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un. The Takeaway speaks with the leader of Secretary Albright's North Korea delegation when she paid a visit to the hermetic country. Plus, w ...…

In April of this year, President Donald Trump signed an executive order directing federal agencies to strengthen current work requirements, or introduce new restrictions, for low-income Americans who receive government assistance. The order calls on agencies to reform their welfare programs "by strengthening existing work requirements for work- ...…

Puerto Rico is facing the biggest local government bankruptcy ever filed in the United States. The territory is currently 72 billion dollars in debt. Public employees are currently owed more than 50 billion dollars in pensions. And it's Puerto Rican residents who are feeling the impacts of the debt crisis. We look at how the government is prepa ...…