NPR's podcast about the economy, Planet Money has a new project. It's called BOTUS.

And it's an automated bot that will trade stocks in reaction to President Trump's tweets.

Hear how it works and learn about the secretive world of hedge funds trading in reaction to

the news. Follow the BOTUS bot on Planet Money starting Friday, March 31st on the NPR-1

app and NPR.org slash podcasts.

Hi, this is Mike Holland from North Dakota. This podcast was recorded at 328 PM on Thursday,

March 30th.

Things may change by the time you hear it. Keep up with all of NPR's political coverage

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Okay, here's the show.

It's the NPR Politics podcast here with our weekly roundup of some of the week's political

news. We're talking about the latest on the Russian investigations that are happening

or not happening in the House and Senate. Plus, a look at whether the Senate is about

to go nuclear over the gorsuch nomination. I'm Tamara Keith. I cover the White House

for NPR.

I'm Scott Detrello. I cover Congress.

And I'm Ron Hilving, Editor-Corespondent.

All right. And Scott, you are up on the hill in a tiny booth.

In a very tiny booth.

Because news is breaking out all over and you did not have time to get up here.

But we are joined and this is really exciting for the first time on the podcast today by

our brand new colleague on the Congress beat. Jeff Bennett, introduce yourself.

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