2020 Election

President Trump says it would be great for the justice system if courts would "do what's right."

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Trump and aides face charges in Georgia election interference case

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A nearly 100-page indictment describes how Trump and several collaborators allegedly worked to steal Georgia in the 2020 presidential election.

President Trump speaks at the "Stop The Steal" Rally on the Ellipse on January 6, 2021, in which he repeated his claims of having won the 2020 presidential election. He also urged the large crowd to march on the nearby US Capitol, where the House was preparing to vote to certify President Biden's election victory. (AP Photo by Evan Vucci)

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Media coverage of US political extremism: two perspectives

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NPR media correspondent David Folkenflick and Politico's White House Bureau Chief Jonathan Lemire discuss the challenges of reporting on the growing right-wing extremism and disinformation in American politics.

Alexander Burns, with his New York Times reporter colleague and co-author Jonathan Martin, offers a compelling new account of how COVID, Donald Trump and the January 6th Insurrection have challenged American democracy like never before. (Burns photo (c) Cassidy DuHon/cover image Simon and Schuster)

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"This Will Not Pass": Chronicling America's imperiled democracy

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New York Times reporter Alexander Burns, co-author with Times colleague Jonathan Martin, discusses their harrowing new account of how political events of the past 18 months have shaken the foundations of American democracy.

Edward-Isaac Dovere is a staff writer and senior political correspondent at The Atlantic. (photo: The Atlantic)

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Isaac Dovere's "Battle for the Soul": How Democrats Beat Trump

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The Atlantic's lead politics reporter goes deep inside the Democrats' urgent 2020 campaigns to defeat President Trump.

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Isaac Dovere's "Battle for the Soul": How The Democrats Beat Trump

Tom Hall

The Atlantic's lead politics reporter goes deep inside the Democrats' urgent 2020 campaigns to defeat President Trump.

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Evan Osnos's Probing Portrait Of President-Elect Biden

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(Originally broadcast November 12, 2020)On this archive edition of Midday, Tom talks with Evan Osnos, a staff writer for The New Yorker, about his latest…

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Evan Osnos's Probing Portrait Of The President-Elect

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(Originally broadcast November 12, 2020) On this archive edition of Midday, Tom talks with Evan Osnos, a staff writer for The New Yorker, about his latest…

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"Hoax": CNN's Brian Stelter On Trump, FoxNews And Truth

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(Originally broadcast Oct. 1, 2020)Today, we revisit a conversation Tom had in October with Brian Stelter, the chief media correspondent for CNN, about…

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Gerald Seib On Trump & The Trials Of U.S. Conservatism

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(Originally broadcast October 21, 2020)Today, on this archive edition of Midday, a conversation Tom had two weeks before the November election with Gerald…

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Midday News Wrap 11.20.20: Trump's Dangerous Election Challenges

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As the country falls deeper into the morass of a surging pandemic, President Trump has ignored the coronavirus and most of his other presidential duties,…