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Did the Supreme Court Just Save the Election? With Skye Perryman

Can Trump use the Postal Service to control how Americans vote by mail? And when does a campaign promise cross the line into an attempted bribe? Democracy Forward Preside

Will the Court Help Trump Steal the 2026 Election?

Could the Supreme Court help Trump disrupt the 2026 election? In this episode of The Oath and The Office, Corey Brettschneider and John Fugelsang examine a new fight ove

Trump’s Mafia Presidency, with Barbara McQuade

Trump’s abuses of power keep colliding with the law. But even when courts recognize the danger, procedural barriers can prevent them from stopping it. Corey and John exa

The Christian Nationalism Behind January 6, with Rep. Jared Huffman

Why did the January 6 Committee underplay the role of Christian nationalism in its final report? Rep. Jared Huffman, the only openly nonbelieving member of Congress, joi

Trump’s Presidency for Sale?

This week on The Oath and the Office, we follow four stories that raise one question: what happens when the restraints on presidential power start disappearing? Donald T

Trump vs. the Supreme Court. Again.

Trump already lost on birthright citizenship. Now he is testing the limits of constitutional law with two narrower executive orders. We explain the high-stakes game of ch

Blanche’s Confirmation Deal: Trump’s Weaponization Fund Could Return

Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche appears to have secured the committee votes needed to advance his nomination. He cleared the path by agreeing to rescind Donald Trump

What Trump and the New Right Really Believe | David French

What does Trump actually believe, and how does his worldview connect to the New Right? Corey Brettschneider and John Fugelsang look beyond the latest outrages to the ideo

Trump’s Media Threats & Todd Blanche’s $1.8B Slush Fund (with Skye Perryman)

Threatening the broadcast licenses of news networks is a direct assault on the free press. Corey Brettschneider and John Fugelsang tear down Trump’s extraordinary primeti

Trump Targets the Press—and Spies on Americans (with Sen. Ron Wyden)

Trump’s Justice Department subpoenaed New York Times reporters after they exposed security problems with the Qatari jet Trump accepted for use as Air Force One. The prose

Trump’s $2.2 Billion Presidency: The Corruption the Constitution Saw Coming

Trump’s latest financial disclosure points to something far bigger than another ethics scandal: a presidency being used as a vehicle for private financial gain. From cryp

Trump Loses Birthright, Wins a Power Grab (with Joyce Vance)

The Supreme Court dealt Trump a major defeat by rejecting his effort to end birthright citizenship. It also refused to let him fire the head of the Federal Reserve. But i

Trump’s DOJ Is Hiding the Epstein Files. Katie Phang Is Suing.

Katie Phang joins The Oath and the Office to discuss her legal fight to force Trump’s DOJ to release the Epstein files. This is not about money. It is about whether Trump

Trump’s War on Habeas Corpus and DOJ Independence — with Harry Litman

Corey Brettschneider and John Fugelsang open with explosive new reporting that Stephen Miller pushed a plan for President Trump to suspend habeas corpus — the fundamental

Trump Melts Down as Congress Pushes Back

Trump melts down in a chaotic Meet the Press interview, lashing out when pressed on his “anti-weaponization” fund and his false claims of rigged elections. Corey Brettsch

Trump’s Bad Week Is Democracy’s Opening

Donald Trump’s revenge politics hit resistance this week — not by accident, but because citizens, journalists, lawyers, judges, and lawmakers kept pushing. This week on

Trump’s Imperial Presidency: Bogus Charges and Foreign Wars

Trump’s claim of power above the law is showing up on every front: bogus prosecutions, deportation threats, attacks on speech, war powers, and military escalation abroad.

The Secret Memos Behind the Supreme Court’s Shadow Docket (with Jodi Kantor)

What is the Supreme Court doing when it acts without full briefing, oral argument, or a real explanation? This week on The Oath and The Office, Pulitzer Prize-winning Ne

Can Trump Undo Our Citizenship Rights? (with ACLU’s Cecilia Wang)

This week on The Oath and The Office, Corey Brettschneider and John Fugelsang begin with the new redistricting wars, as southern states move to dilute Black Americans’ vo

The Supreme Court’s Assault on Our Rights (with Kate Shaw)

The Supreme Court is reshaping American democracy — weakening voting rights, empowering the presidency, and narrowing the protections that have defined modern civil right