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Please, Go On: VP Kamala Harris on women in the workplace

Jun 11th, 2021 19m 25s

In the inaugural edition of "Please, Go On," Post columnist James Hohmann speaks with Vice President Harris about the exodus of women from the workforce during the pandemic.

Introducing ‘Please, Go On’

Jun 4th, 2021 1m 47s

Washington Post columnist James Hohmann sits down with the author of a compelling op-ed from The Post’s Opinions section. “Please, Go On” features marquee names and everyday people with original perspectives. New episodes Fridays. Launching Jun

Infrastructure plan calls for $80 billion for rail. It could transform passenger service.

Apr 2nd, 2021 9m 54s

Plus, coronavirus vaccines are finally reaching poor countries, but some can’t cover the cost of administering them, and Women’s sports can do at least one thing men’s can’t, experts say: get bigger.

Gaetz investigation complicated by overture to his father about ex-FBI agent who went missing

Apr 1st, 2021 12m 56s

Plus, Georgia sports teams and major companies such as Coca-Cola and Delta Air Lines condemn new state voting law, and the EPA dismisses dozens of key science advisers picked under Trump.

Biden’s infrastructure and climate plan emerges as congressional wrangling begins

Mar 31st, 2021 10m 28s

Plus, ‘I stay up nights apologizing to George Floyd,’ says teen who documented his death for the world, and Gretchen Whitmer asks White House to surge vaccines to virus hot spots as cases climb.

Emotional first day of testimony at Derek Chauvin murder trial

Mar 30th, 2021 12m 36s

Plus, the White House dramatically increased tax proposal as it sought to address tensions over next big spending plan, and the CDC confirms Pfizer, Moderna vaccines are 90% effective after two doses in study of real-life conditions.

‘Vaccine passports’ are on the way, but developing them won’t be easy

Mar 29th, 2021 14m 6s

Plus, Senators see a possibility of bipartisan support for gun background checks in the wake of mass shootings, and the next phase of crisis at the border.

Biden holds his first press conference

Mar 26th, 2021 6m 56s

Plus, Georgia’s governor signs into law a sweeping voting reform bill, and multiple Republican senate candidates gear up for the 2022 elections.

At White House, Megan Rapinoe says she’s been ‘disrespected and dismissed because I am a woman’

Mar 25th, 2021 6m 45s

Plus, the White House considers extending a federal ban on evictions, and New York Governor Andrew Cuomo’s family were given special access to COVID testing.

Shootings spur Biden to call for tighter gun rules

Mar 24th, 2021 7m 15s

Plus, the Senate confirms Vivek H. Murthy as surgeon general, and North Korea fires short-range missiles in challenge to Biden administration.

White House prepares massive infrastructure bill

Mar 23rd, 2021 6m 41s

Plus, AstraZeneca’s U.S. trial shows coronavirus vaccine is 79 percent effective, and Boston Mayor Marty Walsh is confirmed to lead Labor Department.

Inside the Biden administration’s failure to contain the border surge

Mar 22nd, 2021 9m 25s

Plus, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin makes an unannounced trip to Afghanistan, and, the accused gunman in the Atlanta shootings gets expelled from his church.

Biden will send Mexico surplus vaccine, as U.S. seeks help on immigration enforcement

Mar 19th, 2021 5m 9s

Plus, the Senate confirms William Burns as next director of the CIA, and Donald Trump faces an onslaught of legal problems, as investigations and dozens of lawsuits trail him from Washington to Florida.

Suspect charged with eight counts of murder in killings at Atlanta-area spas

Mar 18th, 2021 5m 58s

Plus, the IRS to push the filing deadline for 2020 taxes to mid-May, and Ohio attorney general sues Biden administration over the stimulus package.

Putin targeted people close to Trump in bid to influence 2020 election, U.S. intelligence says

Mar 17th, 2021 5m 10s

Plus, House Democrats bring back Medicare-for-all, seeking to push Biden left, and Israeli archaeologists discover new Dead Sea Scrolls for first time in 60 years.

Biden faces growing political threat from border upheaval

Mar 16th, 2021 5m 36s

Plus, four of Europe’s largest countries suspend AstraZeneca vaccinations; safety agency says blood clot incidence is low. And Derek Chauvin’s attorney asks for continuance and change of venue in George Floyd case.

New York’s vaccine czar called county officials to gauge their loyalty to Cuomo

Mar 15th, 2021 8m 41s

Plus, President Biden’s push for equity in education faces a critical test, and, where we stand on the Iran Nuclear Deal.

Companies are scaling back layoffs because of Biden’s stimulus package

Mar 12th, 2021 7m 10s

Plus, DOJ seeks to build large conspiracy case against Oath Keepers for Jan. 6 riot, and, amid criticism for human rights abuses, China offers vaccine doses for all Olympic athletes.

Congress adopts $1.9 trillion stimulus, securing first major win for Biden

Mar 11th, 2021 6m 25s

Plus, the leaked U.S. plan to end the war in Afghanistan, and China and Russia to open moon base.

Jury selection begins for the Derek Chauvin murder trial

Mar 10th, 2021 6m 31s

Plus, Brazil’s growing coronavirus outbreak poses a threat far beyond its borders, and Biden’s dogs to return to White House after younger pet causes a ‘minor injury’ to an ‘unfamiliar person.'

Biden directs fresh review of Title IX rule on campus sexual assault

Mar 9th, 2021 7m 11s

Plus, the RNC moves portion of its spring donor retreat to Trump’s Mar-a-Lago Club, and Meghan and Harry’s interview with Oprah stunned, but is it likely to change the monarchy?

Biden stimulus showers money on Americans

Mar 8th, 2021 7m 33s

Plus, Biden signs executive order promoting voting rights on 56th anniversary of ‘Bloody Sunday,' and New York state Senate majority leader says Gov. Andrew Cuomo must resign.

Texas family detention centers expected to transform into rapid-processing hubs

Mar 5th, 2021 10m 50s

Plus, Meghan Markle says the royal family can’t expect her silence if palace is ‘perpetuating falsehoods,' and David Brooks of New York Times is criticized for undisclosed financial ties.