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John Yoo helped developed the legal framework for the post-9/11 wars in the George W. Bush Justice Department. He argues Trump trying to invoke war powers too extraordinary to be used against crime.

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with David Wasserman of the Cook Political Report about the impact redistricting efforts will have on the 2026 midterms and beyond.

NPR's Juana Summers speaks with Mikhail Chester, professor of engineering at Arizona State University, about how extreme heat affects transportation infrastructure.

The Trump administration has said it's considering suspending habeas corpus. UC Berkeley law professor Amanda Tyler explains the concept, what rights it guarantees and whether a suspension is legal.

The Trump administration has sent migrants it calls terrorists to an overseas prison for indefinite detention. To some, it echoes the U.S.'s detainment of "unlawful enemy combatants" after 9/11.

Matt Ford, who covers the courts for The New Republic talks about Trump's idea to send '"homegrown criminals"-- U.S. citizens -- to prisons in El Salvador. He says it'd be flagrantly unconstitutional.

Ousted FDA vaccine chief Dr. Peter Marks talks about the current administration's policy on vaccines and how that is impacting its response to the ongoing measles outbreak in the southwestern U.S.

As negotiators try to hammer out a partial ceasefire, NPR's Juana Summers talks to Harvard historian Serhii Plokhy about Russia's history of broken promises to Ukraine.

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks to University of Virginia law professor Amanda Frost about the barrage of legal challenges against the Trump administration, which insists it's complying with judicial rulings.

NPR's Juana Summers talks to Bennett from the centrist think tank Third Way, about what he heard from leaders in the Democratic party and what he thinks about Trump's joint session of Congress speech.