UNBIASED Politics (5/29/25): Does the Big Beautiful Bill Give Trump the Ability to Cancel/Delay Elections? Take Away Courts' Ability to Enforce Orders? PLUS New Trump's Tariffs on the Chopping Block, and More.

UNBIASED Politics

Jordan Berman

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4.9 • 2.1K Ratings

🗓️ 29 May 2025

⏱️ 55 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: FBI Re-Opens Three High-Profile Investigations: Cocaine in White House, Leaked Dobbs Draft Decision, and Pipe Bomber (0:52) NPR Files Lawsuit Against Trump Over Federal Funding Cuts (5:08) State Dept. Pauses Student Visa Interviews (12:17) Trump Takes South Sudan Deportations to Supreme Court (14:43) CDC Updates COVID Vaccine Recommendations (17:49) Court Strikes Down Trump's "Liberation Day" Tariffs (22:14) (**Update: a federal appeals court has since put the lower court's order on hold. Tariffs can stand as of 5/29.) Trump's Dialogue with Russian Advisers Leads to WWIII Threat (25:29) Hegseth Accused of Illegal Wiretapping (29:33) Judge Allows DOGE Employees to Access Treasury Dept. Systems (32:50) Musk Says He's "Disappointed" in Big Beautiful Bill; Here's Why (34:44) Quick Hitters: TX New App Store Law, Musk Leaves Trump Admin, Paramount Offer Trump Millions to Settle Lawsuit (38:03) Rumor Has It: Does the Big Beautiful Bill Allow the President to Delay/Cancel Elections? Take Away Courts' Ability to Enforce Orders? Allow the President to Ignore Supreme Court Rulings? (39:38) 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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0:00.0	Welcome back to Unbiased, your favorite source of unbiased news and legal analysis.
0:06.9	Welcome back to Unbiased Politics. Today is Thursday, May 29th. Let's talk about some news. As a reminder,
0:13.2	I do have another Unbiased Society newsletter going out tomorrow morning. So be sure to subscribe
0:18.0	to my substack. If you are not subscribed already, it's completely free.
0:22.5	You just need an email address. And every Tuesday and Friday morning, you'll get a little
0:26.3	newsletter from me filling you in on the biggest political, pop culture, health, international,
0:32.0	and business news headlines. I always have a link to subscribe in the episode notes of each episode, but you can
0:39.2	also find the newsletter by just going to substack.com or the substack app and searching for
0:46.6	unbiased society. And now, without further ado, let's talk about some news. On Monday,
0:53.8	deputy director of the FBI, Dan Bongino, announced a new renewed
0:58.1	focus on three high-profile unresolved cases that have captured the public's interest. So those three
1:06.0	cases include the 2023 discovery of cocaine at the White House, the 2022 leak of the Supreme Court's
1:13.5	draft opinion in the Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization case, and then the 2021 placement
1:19.8	of pipe bombs near the Democratic and Republican National Committee headquarters the night before
1:25.3	January 6th. Bonjino stated that these cases are being revisited because of their implications for public
1:32.6	corruption and national security and that the FBI will be allocating additional resources
1:37.6	and conducting weekly briefings to further these investigations.
1:42.1	So what I want to do here is quickly revisit each of these three cases and talk about what
1:46.1	happened, just so we're all on the same page.
1:48.2	We will talk about them in chronological order.
1:50.9	So the first case involves pipe bombs placed near the Democratic and Republican National
1:55.2	Committee headquarters on January 5th, 2021.
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