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The NPR Politics Podcast

Weekly Roundup: Eric Adams; More Trump Nominees Confirmed

The NPR Politics Podcast

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Politics, Daily News, News

4.524.9K Ratings

🗓️ 14 February 2025

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

The Department of Justice instructed prosecutors to dismiss federal corruption charges against New York City Mayor Eric Adams. Rather than abiding by the order, many prosecutors have resigned in protest.

Then, two of President Trump's more controversial cabinet picks, Tulsi Gabbard and Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., were confirmed to their posts. How did they overcome initial skepticism?

This episode: White House correspondent Asma Khalid, senior White House correspondent Tamara Keith, national justice correspondent Carrie Johnson, and congressional correspondent Deirdre Walsh.

The podcast is produced by Bria Suggs & Kelli Wessinger, and edited by Casey Morell. Our executive producer is Muthoni Muturi.

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12.09 p.m. Eastern Time on Friday, February 14th, Valentine's Day of 2025.

0:49.1

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0:54.3

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0:55.3

And thank you for listening.

0:57.3

Hey there, it's the NPR Politics Podcast.

0:59.4

I'm Asma Khalid.

1:00.2

I cover the White House.

1:01.3

I'm Tamara Keith.

1:02.2

I also cover the White House.

1:04.0

And I'm Carrie Johnson.

1:05.1

I cover the Justice Department.

1:06.6

And since it is Friday, and since we have a lot of news to cover, we are bringing you our classic Friday political roundup.

1:14.4

When we're going to start with news out of New York, the city's embattled Democratic mayor, Eric Adams, got a lifeline from the Trump administration.

1:22.8

Adams was facing these federal corruption charges, but this week, the Justice Department told federal

1:28.7

prosecutors to drop the charges. The lead prosecutor on the case resigned rather than obey that

1:35.0

order. And last night, a number of other officials at the Justice Department also resigned

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