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Senate Negotiations Over DHS Funding; Plus, Families’ Experiences in Seeking Help through California CARE Courts

00:08 — David Dayen is the executive editor of The American Prospect. 00:33 — Marisa Kendall is a reporter covering California’s homelessness crisis for CalMatters. June Dudas has helped her aunt and cousin to seek help through the CARE Courts. She joins us from El Cajon in southern California to discuss her family’s experience in the … Continued


Background Briefing (5am)

Background Briefing (5am) – January 30, 2026

Terrorizing Minnesota, the Trump/Miller Administration is Violating the First, Second, Fourth and Tenth Amendments We begin with the Trump/Miller administration’s violations of the First, Second, Fourth and 10th Amendments of the Constitution in Minnesota and speak with Bruce Fein, a constitutional lawyer who formerly served as associate deputy attorney general under the Reagan administration, general … Continued


Comprehensive coverage of the day’s news with a focus on war and peace; social, environmental and economic justice. Senate funds Homeland Security Department for 2 weeks while negotiations continue over restrictions on ICE; Oakland mayor Lee signs orders to protect city’s immigrants from Trump’s enforcement campaign; Minneapolis mayor says defenders of parks and streets are … Continued