Hi, this is Natalie, and I'm home for the holidays with my siblings in Evansville, Indiana.

As is our secret holiday tradition, we are on our way to the liquor store, unbeknownst to our disapproving parents. This

podcast was recorded at 106 p.m. Eastern time on Wednesday January 3rd

2024. Things may have changed by the time you hear this but my siblings and I will be sneaking into my high school bedroom to pour ourselves some extra holiday cheer.

Okay, here's the show.

The secret to family gatherings is good. I have one of those parents. The

disapproving on the you know but you know you got to do what you got to do as long as you're above 21.

Yeah it's all about survival.

Hey there it's the NPR Politics Podcast.

I'm Ashley Lopez I cover politics.

I'm Carrie Johnson I cover the Justice Department. And I'm Domenical Munciner, our senior political editor and correspondent.

On today's show we look at former President Donald Trump and his various legal woes and his campaign,

as we are less than two weeks away from the

first presidential nominating contest in Iowa. I don't know about you guys but that

made my ears ring as soon as I said it. Carrie states nationwide are debating whether to include the former

president on primary ballots. So far, Trump has been banned in Colorado and Maine,

and there are more than a dozen cases pending in other states.

Let's start with what the latest is with Colorado and Maine.

Sure, so in Colorado, Trump has been booted off the primary ballot by the Supreme Court.

He's expected any day now to file an appeal with the U.S. Supreme Court.

Voters in Colorado have also petitioned the High Court, as as the Colorado Republican Party.

And time really is of the essence here because they've got to print those ballots pretty soon

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