Podcasts about national news

Tara dives into a whirlwind of national and local stories shaping politics, justice, and the economy. From the impending execution of triple-murderer Steven Bryant via firing squad in South Carolina to the state GOP's gerrymandering debacle with Ralph Norman challenging Jim Clyburn's protected district, no stone is left unturned. Tara also breaks down Trump's controversial H-1B visa comments, corporate job cuts hitting over 1.15 million this year, and how foreign worker policies may be depressing wages for American workers. Plus, a rare geomagnetic storm could make northern lights visible across the South, adding a cosmic twist to this jam-packed episode. Justice, politics, and the solar storm – South Carolina is heating up on every front. In this episode, Tara tackles an extraordinary mix of stories from justice, politics, and science. First, the South Carolina Supreme Court denies Steven Bryant's last-minute appeal, clearing the way for his firing squad execution — a rare, high-profile death penalty case drawing national attention. She then unpacks the political chaos in Columbia, where GOP leadership has ignored Trump's call to redraw Jim Clyburn's gerrymandered district, with Ralph Norman campaigning to expose the state legislature's liberal-leaning, RINO behavior. Tara also dissects Trump's recent H-1B visa remarks amid soaring corporate layoffs, arguing that foreign worker policies are harming American engineers and wages. Finally, she previews a rare geomagnetic storm potentially producing visible northern lights across the Southeast, showing how even the skies are part of this week's news spectacle. South Carolina Politics, Ralph Norman, Jim Clyburn, GOP Leadership, Gerrymandering, Death Penalty, Steven Bryant, Firing Squad, Henry McMaster, Donald Trump, H1B Visas, Corporate Layoffs, U.S. Jobs Market, STEM Employment, Wage Suppression, Solar Storm, Geomagnetic Activity, Northern Lights, National News, American Workers

In this episode of Advocacy Bites, hosts Renee Sekel and Susan Book detail what Susan is seeing on the local level and how that relates to national issues in special education. We dive deep into the state of special education—from alarming local stories in Wake County to the broader national challenges facing students with disabilities. Susan shares her family's personal journey through the trauma of restraint and seclusion practices in schools, shedding light on the policies, data gaps, and systemic failures that continue to harm vulnerable students. Together, Renee and Susan connect these issues to the national dismantling of education oversight, including the impact of cuts to the Office for Civil Rights and Department of Education staff, and what that means for families who rely on federal protections. This episode unpacks: Wake County's rising restraint and seclusion numbers — and what's behind them The role of lawsuits and media transparency in driving accountability How systemic bias impacts Black and Brown students in special education Why federal oversight matters now more than ever What parents and advocates can do to create safer, more equitable schools

Front Page, Metro and National News articles from The Des Moines Register and USA Today. The volunteer Voices of IRIS read newspapers aloud to keep over 11,000 blind and print disabled listeners informed and connected to their communities. Learn more at IowaRadioReading.org

Front Page, Metro and National News articles from The Des Moines Register and USA Today. The volunteer Voices of IRIS read newspapers aloud to keep over 11,000 blind and print disabled listeners informed and connected to their communities. Learn more at IowaRadioReading.org

(November 06, 2025) Host of ‘How to Money’ Joel Larsgaard joins the show to discuss workers planning ahead for a potential layoff, people refinancing into 84-month car loans, and ads infiltrating your fridge and car. Bed shortage could lead to release of mentally ill inmates; Orange County DA Todd Spitzer joins the show. A boy and his thousands of bees took on this California city… and won. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Front Page, Metro and National News articles from The Des Moines Register and USA Today. The volunteer Voices of IRIS read newspapers aloud to keep over 11,000 blind and print disabled listeners informed and connected to their communities. Learn more at IowaRadioReading.org

(November 05, 2025) California Prop 50 passes. Old democrats won’t leave. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

(November 05, 2025) Amy King and Neil Saavedra join Bill for Handel on the News. Prop 50 in California, approving democrats to redraw state congressional maps. Mamdani defeats Cuomo is NYC mayor’s race. At least 7 dead, 11 injured in UPS plane crash and explosion at Kentucky airport. Israel says Hamas has returned the remains of another hostage.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

(November 05, 2025) Transportation Department may close parts of airspace if government shutdown continues. Tom Brady’s dog is a clone of his dog that passed away in 2023. Dr. Jim Keany, Chief Medical Officer at Dignity Health St. Mary Medical Center in Long Beach, joins The Bill Handel Show for 'Medical News'! Dr. Keany talks with Bill about the alarming surge in memory problems among young adults, key biological difference between psychopaths and normal, and taking melatonin for long periods being linked to heart problems.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Amy talks with Pasadena Humane Comm. Director Kevin McManus about National Senior Pet Adoption Month.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

KFI Tech Reporter Rich DeMuro joins Wake Up Call for ‘Wired Wednesday’! Rich talks about WhatsApp for Apple Watch, iOS 26.1 update, and OpenAI Sora now on AndroidSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dr. Jim Keany, Chief Medical Officer at Dignity Health St. Mary Medical Center in Long Beach, joins The Bill Handel Show for 'Medical News'! Dr. Keany talks with Bill about the alarming surge in memory problems among young adults, key biological difference between psychopaths and normal, and taking melatonin for long periods being linked to heart problems.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Front Page, Metro and National News articles from The Des Moines Register and USA Today. The volunteer Voices of IRIS read newspapers aloud to keep over 11,000 blind and print disabled listeners informed and connected to their communities. Learn more at IowaRadioReading.org

(November 04,2025)Dick Cheney, George W. Bush's VP, dies at 84. California voters head to the polls for special election. Trump threatens to cut funds if ‘communist' Mamdani wins mayoral election. Why plastic bags will be gone from California grocery stores next year.

(November 04,2025)KTLA & KFI tech reporter Rich DeMuro joins the show for ‘Tech Tuesday.' Today, Rich covers Apple's latest software update, TikTok's first-ever award show, AI and heart health. Enjoy Apply CarPlay while you still can. Why the future of coffer doesn't belong to Starbucks.

(November 04,2025)Amy King and Neil Saavedra join Bill for Handel on the News. Former Vice President Dick Cheney dies at 84. Polls open today for California's special election. California appeals court strikes down Huntington Beach voter ID law. World Series Game 7 ratings largest since 2017. YouTube declines Disney's proposal to restore ABC for election coverage.

Amy King hosts your Tuesday Wake Up Call.  ABC News correspondent Jordana Miller joins the show live from Jerusalem to talk about Israel fearing that Hamas won't disarm. ABC News' Steven Portnoy speaks on democrats blasting President Trump for not shifting more funds for SNAP. Bloomberg's Denise Pellegrini updates us on the latest in business and Wall Street. The show closes with the host of ‘How to Money' Joel Larsgaard talking about renters having the upper hand, holiday budgeting, and new cars for $50k.

Amy talks with the host of ‘How to Money' Joel Larsgaard about renters having the upper hand, holiday budgeting, and new cars for $50k.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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(November 03,2025)Thousands more prosecuted, but is it working? What common jobs have mostly disappeared in the U.S? Here's the data. AI is making death threats way more realistic.

(November 03,2025)Heather Brooker and Neil Saavedra join Bill for Handel on the News. Dodgers defeat Blue Jays in World Series Game 7 to cement a dynasty. Dodgers World Series win sparks chaos in LA streets – police deploy tear gas after being struck with fireworks. Worst weekend for air traffic controller staffing since start of shutdown.

(November 03,2025)Trump administration faces Monday deadline to respond to judge's SNAP order. Host of "Petros & Money" on AM 570 LA Sports Petros Papadakis recaps the epic World Series that crowed the Dodgers back-to-back champions. Federal monitors are coming to California for Prop 50. Car repossessions are on the rise. 

Heather Brooker hosts your Monday morning Wake Up Call. Host of "Dodger Talk" on AM 570 LA Sports David Vassegh opens the show recapping the epic World Series ending crowning the Dodgers back-to-back champions. Co-host of Roggin and Rodney on AM 570 LA Sports Fred Roggin talks about the historic finish to the Dodgers' 2025 season. Bloomberg Media's Denise Pellegrini shares the latest in business and Wall Street. The show closes with Heather talking with ABC News national correspondent Jim Ryan about time spent commuting hitting a record high.  

Front Page, Metro and National News articles from The Des Moines Register and USA Today. The volunteer Voices of IRIS read newspapers aloud to keep over 11,000 blind and print disabled listeners informed and connected to their communities. Learn more at IowaRadioReading.org

Heather Brooker hosts your Halloween Friday Wake Up Call. The show opens with award-winning parenting journalist & author Bethany Braun Silva speaking on how to talk to your kids about food insecurity amid looming SNAP benefit cuts. The host of ‘Home' on KFI Dean Sharp joins the show and talks about holiday painting. We ‘Get in Your Business' with Bloomberg's Courtney Donohoe who speaks on what the markets are looking like as the week comes to a close, The show closes with ABC News entertainment reporter Will Ganss talking about Emma Stone in ‘Bugonia,' ‘Sorry, Baby,' streaming on HBO, and Amy Poehler's ‘Good Hang' podcast.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

(October 31, 2025)Heather Brooker and Neil Saavedra join Bill for Handel on the News. Firefighters were ordered to leave smoldering Palisades burn site. President Trump calls for end of Senate filibuster to break funding stalemate. Dave Roberts challenges Dodgers batter for World Series game 6.

(October 31, 2025)IT'S FOODIE FRIDAY! Food enthusiast and host of ‘The Fork Report' on KFI Neil Saavedra joins Bill to talk about less food in restaurants but not for why you might think, Wicked Cake, and Costco Zombie Apocalypse $3,000 food supply. The show closes with ‘Ask Handel Anything.'

(October 31, 2025)Have Halloween decorations become too scary? Some parents are complaining. The history of daylight savings. What states want to ban it and which ones don't participate. Harvard says it's giving away too many As to undergrads. Men in California are in crisis and are falling through the cracks.

IT'S FOODIE FRIDAY! Food enthusiast and host of ‘The Fork Report' on KFI Neil Saavedra joins Bill to talk about less food in restaurants but not for why you might think, Wicked Cake, and Costco Zombie Apocalypse $3,000 food supply.

(October 30, 2025)Heather Brooker and Neil Saavedra join Bill for Handel on the News. Trump-Xi summit results in US lowering tariffs and Chisa easing rare Earth restrictions. Fed cuts interest rates despite steady inflation and missing data from shutdown. Dodgers make costly mistakes in World Series Game 5 loss vs Blue Jays. Trump orders Pentagon to start testing nuclear weapons ‘on an equal basis' with other countries.

(October 30, 2025)Trump orders Pentagon to start testing nuclear weapons ‘on an equal basis' with other countries. Escaped monkeys ‘destroyed' after Mississippi police are mistakenly told they're a danger. The innovation that's killing restaurant culture.

(October 30, 2025)Host of ‘How to Money' Joel Larsgaard joins the show to discuss whether the stock market is in a bubble, consumers feeling discount fatigue, and renters having an upper hand in the housing market these days. The battle over DEI is messier than ever for companies. 

Heather Brooker hosts your Thursday Wake Up Call. ABC News correspondent Jordana Miller joins the show live from Jerusalem to talk about the IDF saying strikes were directed at ‘terrorist targets.' ABC News White House correspondent Karen Travers speaks on why Trump's trip to Asia and meeting with President Xi went well. We ‘Get in Your Business' with Bloomberg's Denise Pellegrini discussing how the markets are looking today. The show closes with Heather talking with ABC News national correspondent Jim Ryan about health professionals fearing another bad flu season.

Host of ‘How to Money' Joel Larsgaard joins the show to discuss whether the stock market is in a bubble, consumers feeling discount fatigue, and renters having an upper hand in the housing market these days.

(October 28, 2025)Amy King and Neil Saavedra join Bill for Handel on the News. 25 states sue Trump administration over food stamp extension freeze during shutdown. Israel strikes Gaza less than 3 weeks into Trump's ceasefire. Border Patrol chief leading Trump administration immigration crackdown in Chicago ordered to report daily to federal judge. Hurricane Melissa's damage in Jamaica, severe flooding in Cuba after landfall.

(October 28, 2025)Everything we know about 3I/ATLAS. Six words every killer should know: ‘I feared for my life, officer.' CEOs are furious about employees texting in meetings. Meet the young Americans who want a monarchy… but not Trump.

Amy King hosts your Wednesday Wake Up Call. ABC News correspondent Clara McMichael opens the show talking about the ATC Union Head saying ‘layers of safety are being stripped away,' in regard to the government shutdown. KFI Tech Reporter Rich DeMuro joins Wake Up Call for ‘Wired Wednesday'! Rich talks about GM's eyes off driving, Open Tables new reward program, and ChatGPT Atlas. On this week's edition of ‘Amy's on It' she reviews 'A House of Dynamite' now streaming on Netflix. Denise Pellegrini from Bloomberg Media joins the show to give a business and stock market update. The show closes with Amy taking us ‘Out and About' to The 17th Door, Orange County's most intense, most terrifying and most fun haunted attraction in Buena Park California!

Amy takes us ‘Out and About' to The 17th Door, Orange County's most intense, most terrifying and most fun haunted attraction in Buena Park California!

KFI Tech Reporter Rich DeMuro joins Wake Up Call for ‘Wired Wednesday'! Rich talks about GM's eyes off driving, Open Tables new reward program, and ChatGPT Atlas.

Dr. Jim Keany, Chief Medical Officer at Dignity Health St. Mary Medical Center in Long Beach, joins The Bill Handel Show for 'Medical News'! Dr. Keany talks with Bill about how daylight savings affects your body, men needing twice as much exercise as women, and Kim Kardashian saying she got a brain aneurysm from stress and whether that can really happen.

(October 28,2025)Amy King and Neil Saavedra join Bill for Handel on the News. Hurricane Melissa's assault on Jamaica underway as catastrophic impacts threaten ‘total structural failure.' Freddie Freeman is Dodgers' World Series hero again in 18-inning win. Trump administration plans to install Border Patrol officials to lead a more aggressive migrant crackdown.

(October 28,2025)Trump administration opposes early voting on Prop 50 in California. Los Angeles homeowners among the most ‘house poor' in the country. Who's first for democrats in 2028? States invited to apply. Vaccine skepticism comes to pet owners.

(October 28,2025)KTLA & KFI tech reporter Rich DeMuro joins the show for ‘Tech Tuesday.' Today, Rich covers fake AI recreipts, anti-recognition glasses, Elon's Grokipedia, and GM's eyes-off driving. Political peril spurs Trump to act on beef prices. Singles are paying $200 to hold each other in dark rooms. Can ‘the feels' fix dating?

Amy King hosts your Tuesday Wake Up Call.  KFI White House correspondent Jon Decker opens the show talking about Trump's visit to Asia. Amy talks with the Regional Executive Director of the California Wildlife Crossing Beth Pratt about the progress being made to the Wallis Annenberg Wildlife Crossing. Bloomberg's Denise Pellegrini  updates us on the latest in business and Wall Street. The show closes with the host of ‘How to Money' Joel Larsgaard talking about prescription vending machines, cost plus drugs, Walmart and Aldi Thanksgiving, and why you should TAKE YOUR VACATION DAYS!

(October 27,2025)Drugs, crime, and homeless plague MacArthur Park… can a fence fix it? Tech is a young man's game! That's why older people are getting facelifts like never before. Founder of Lear Capitol Kevin DeMerritt joins the show to talk about the rise in gold and silver.

(October 27,2025)Amy King and Neil Saavedra join Bill for Handel on the News. US and China agree ‘framework' for trade deal ahead of Xi-Trump meeting. Government shutdown updates: Senate to reconvene on Monday amid funding stalemate. Staffing issues trigger temporary ground stop at LAX. Trump administration posts notice that no federal food aid will go out Nov. 1. Louvre jewel heist latest; suspects arrested near Paris.

(October 27,2025)Part of the White House's East Wing has been demolished… here's what was lost. ChatGPT's new web browser launched this week but beware, it's watching everything you do. More big companies bet they can still grow without hiring. The Poltergeist house in Simi Valley is available on Airbnb… what are some other haunted houses available to rent?

(October 24, 2025)Federal judge issues tentative ruling ordering that immigrant detainees have access to legal counsel. Trump ends all U.S. trade with Canada… what is the Ronald Reagan ad that has got Trump so mad. Surrogacy is a multi-billion-dollar business and sometimes the money goes missing. 

(October 24, 2025)Amy King and Neil Saavedra join Bill for Handel on the News. Trump says he's ending trade negotiations with Canada. Palisades fire suspect Jonathan Rinderknecht pleads not guilty in Los Angeles court. Senate blocks bill to pay federal workers during shutdown. Feds reveal mafia-linked gambling probe that led to arrests of Hall of Famer Chauncey Billups and NBA star Terry Rozier.

(October 24, 2025)IT'S FOODIE FRIDAY! Food enthusiast and host of ‘The Fork Report' on KFI Neil Saavedra joins Bill to talk about FREE food at Burger King, Costco's abomination aka pumpkin spice bagels, and Teal Pumpkins. The show closes with ‘Ask Handel Anything.'