Luke Garrett

5 days ago | wgbh.org | Luke Garrett

June 02, 2025 The fate of legislation to enact President Trump’s domestic policy agenda moves to the GOP-controlled Senate this week, where a handful of Republican spending hawks are criticizing the price tag of the president’s mega-bill, which would grow the national debt by trillions of dollars, and calling for changes.

2 weeks ago | opb.org | Luke Garrett

A sign is displayed outside the Internal Revenue Service building on May 4, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)A nonprofit watchdog group sued the Trump administration on Monday for “unlawfully withholding records” regarding President Trump’s actions against Harvard University, including efforts to revoke the institution’s tax-exempt status.

2 weeks ago | houstonpublicmedia.org | Luke Garrett

Former President Joe Biden has been diagnosed with prostate cancer, which has metastasized to the bone, according to a statement from his personal office. Biden, 82, was seen for further tests last week after a finding of a prostate nodule. The cancer has a Gleason score of 9, representing a more aggressive case.

3 weeks ago | hawaiipublicradio.org | Michael Levitt |Tinbete Ermyas |Luke Garrett |Ari Shapiro

ARI SHAPIRO, HOST:Today, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments on an issue that courts have not questioned in more than a century - birthright citizenship. The 14th Amendment guarantees that every person born in the United States is automatically a U.S. citizen. President Trump ordered an end to birthright citizenship on his first day in office, and a judge put that order on hold. So this case is also about whether a judge can issue a nationwide injunction.

3 weeks ago | ctpublic.org | Michael Levitt |Tinbete Ermyas |Luke Garrett |Ari Shapiro

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