Roundup: Trump visits the Middle East
The NPR Politics Podcast
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4.5 • 24.9K Ratings
🗓️ 16 May 2025
⏱️ 27 minutes
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Then, the Department of Justice is pursuing charges against non-citizens alleged to have voted illegally in the 2024 election. It comes as President Trump tries to change national policies concerning voter identification.
This podcast: political correspondent Sarah McCammon, White House correspondent Franco Ordoñez, voting correspondent Miles Parks, and senior political editor & correspondent Domenico Montanaro.
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| 0:34.1 | This podcast was recorded at. 11.34 a.m. Eastern Time on Friday, May 16th, 2025. |
| 0:40.8 | Things may have changed by the time you hear it. |
| 0:43.2 | But the sun will have risen, the moon will have sat. |
| 0:46.0 | And I will certainly be in need of a nap. |
| 0:48.4 | Okay. Here's the show. And the sun. |
| 0:54.3 | Tahoe is so gorgeous. |
| 0:55.6 | Been out there a couple times on reporting trips, actually. |
| 0:57.6 | Full flower moon. |
| 0:58.6 | I think that's a nice way to describe a moon. |
| 1:00.8 | Hey there. |
| 1:01.4 | It's the NPR Politics Podcast. |
| 1:02.9 | I'm Sarah McCam and I cover politics. |
| 1:05.1 | I'm Frank Ordonez. |
| 1:06.4 | I cover the White House. |
| 1:07.7 | And I'm Domenico Montanaro, |
| 1:08.7 | senior political editor and correspondent. |
| 1:10.5 | And it's time for the weekly roundup. And let's start with you, Franco. You've been |
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