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UNBIASED Politics

HHS Cuts $500M in mRNA Vaccine Funding, Bondi Orders Grand Jury Investigation Over Obama-Era Russian Intelligence, Where the Trump Admin Stands on IVF Access, and More.

UNBIASED Politics

Jordan Berman

Education

4.8 • 2.5K Ratings

🗓️ 7 August 2025

⏱️ 40 minutes

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SUBSCRIBE TO JORDAN'S ⁠FREE NEWSLETTER⁠. Get the facts, without the spin. UNBIASED offers a clear, impartial recap of US news, including politics, elections, legal news, and more. Hosted by lawyer Jordan Berman, each episode provides a recap of current political events plus breakdowns of complex concepts—like constitutional rights, recent Supreme Court rulings, and new legislation—in an easy-to-understand way. No personal opinions, just the facts you need to stay informed on the daily news that matters. If you miss how journalism used to be, you're in the right place. In today's episode: More States Jump Into the Re-Districting Fight; Civil Arrest Warrants Issued for Democratic Lawmakers (0:00) AG Bondi Orders Grand Jury Investigation Over Obama-Era Alleged Manipulation of Russian Intelligence (8:38) Trump Reportedly Walks Back Promises on IVF Access; Here's What We Know (14:41) HHS Cuts $500M Worth of mRNA Vaccine Research Funding; Answering Your Questions (17:37) Quick Hitters: Shooting at GA Military Base, New ICE Detention Facility, Apple's New Investment, Trump Calls for New Census (28:25) Rumor Has It: Did the Library of Congress Delete Sections of the Constitution from its Website? (31:45) Critical Thinking Segment (34:08) SUBSCRIBE TO JORDAN'S FREE NEWSLETTER. Watch this episode on YouTube. Follow Jordan on Instagram and TikTok. All sources for this episode can be found here.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Welcome back to Unbiased, your favorite source of unbiased news and legal analysis.

0:36.9

Welcome back to Unbiased politics.

0:39.1

Today is Thursday, August 7th.

0:41.1

Let's talk about some news.

0:43.0

Starting with an update from Monday's episode.

0:46.0

So in Monday's episode, we talked about the redistricting fight in Texas.

0:50.5

And since then, it's sort of escalated to a national level with states like New York, Illinois, California, Florida, all jumping into the ring.

1:00.5

So the first part of this discussion will basically be a recap from last episode, and then we'll get into how these other states are getting involved.

1:09.8

As we've talked about last week, Texas Republican

1:12.5

lawmakers released their first draft of a new congressional map, which proposed changing district

1:19.6

lines in a way that would result in five Democratic seats flipping to Republican seats for

1:26.8

next year's midterm elections. And as we talked about on Monday,

1:30.4

this is a process called gerrymandering. So partisan gerrymandering is legal so long as it doesn't

1:37.6

violate federal law, meaning whichever party has the majority in a state's legislature can

1:43.6

redraw the district lines in a way

1:47.0

that favors their political party, but they can't dilute a minority vote in doing so or draw

1:54.7

lines based on race. That would violate federal law. So what we're seeing in Texas is the boundaries for the congressional

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