HHS Cuts $500M in mRNA Vaccine Funding, Bondi Orders Grand Jury Investigation Over Obama-Era Russian Intelligence, Where the Trump Admin Stands on IVF Access, and More.

Episode Format:

1. More States Jump Into the Re-Districting Fight; Civil Arrest Warrants Issued for Democratic Lawmakers (0:00)

2. AG Bondi Orders Grand Jury Investigation Over Obama-Era Alleged Manipulation of Russian Intelligence (8:38)

3. Trump Reportedly Walks Back Promises on IVF Access; Here's What We Know (14:41)

4. HHS Cuts $500M Worth of mRNA Vaccine Research Funding; Answering Your Questions (17:37)

5. Quick Hitters: Shooting at GA Military Base, New ICE Detention Facility, Apple's New Investment, Trump Calls for New Census (28:25)

6. Rumor Has It: Did the Library of Congress Delete Sections of the Constitution from its Website? (31:45)

7. Critical Thinking Segment (34:08)

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More States Jump Into the Re-Districting Fight; Civil Arrest Warrants Issued for Democratic Lawmakers

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/08/05/trump-texas-redistricting-00493624

https://www.cnn.com/2025/08/06/politics/texas-redistricting-wednesday

https://www.cnn.com/2025/08/05/politics/california-illinois-new-york-redistricting-texas

https://www.texastribune.org/2025/08/04/texas-democrats-house-warrants-arrest-quorum-break/

https://www.governor.ny.gov/news/video-audio-photos-rush-transcript-governor-hochul-stands-texas-legislators-combat-trump

https://kiley.house.gov/posts/rep-kiley-to-introduce-redistricting-legislation

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/05/us/politics/california-texas-redistricting-maps.html

https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/pritzker-illinois-district-map-texas-democrats/

https://www.txcourts.gov/media/1452658/210667.pdf

AG Bondi Orders Grand Jury Investigation Over Obama-Era Alleged Manipulation of Russian Intelligence

https://san.com/cc/ag-pam-bondi-orders-grand-jury-probe-into-2016-russia-intel-claims/

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/pam-bondi-orders-grand-jury-probe-obama-admin-review-2016-election-rcna223016

https://www.cnn.com/2025/08/04/politics/justice-department-russia-grand-jury

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/doj-launching-grand-jury-investigation-russiagate-conspiracy-allegations-source

https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/us-doj-open-grand-jury-investigate-obama-officials-source-says-2025-08-04/

https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/pam-bondi-doj-obama-grand-jury-trump-win-rcna223192

Trump Reportedly Walks Back Promises on IVF Access; Here's What We Know

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/08/03/trump-administration-ivf-care/

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-ivf-pledge-treatment-americans-waiting/

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/02/expanding-access-to-in-vitro-fertilization/

https://www.cnn.com/2025/08/04/politics/trump-ivf-2024-promise-free-switch

HHS Cuts $500M Worth of mRNA Vaccine Research Funding; Answering Your Questions

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/05/health/rfk-jr-vaccine-funding.html

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/rfk-jr-halts-500-million-for-mrna-vaccine-research/

https://www.hhs.gov/press-room/hhs-winds-down-mrna-development-under-barda.html

https://x.com/SecKennedy/status/1952851097019633766

https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/mrna-vaccine-vs-traditional-vaccine

https://www.axios.com/2025/08/06/mrna-vaccines-funding-trump-kennedy

https://san.com/cc/rfk-jr-pulls-500m-meant-for-vaccine-development/

https://www.cnn.com/2025/08/05/health/hhs-slashes-funding-for-mrna-vaccine-development

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/rfk-jr-cancels-500-million-mrna-research-hhs-prioritize-safer-vaccine-alternatives

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cly75p9yd67o#

https://www.cdc.gov/flu/php/viruses/change.html

https://www.statnews.com/2025/08/07/mrna-cancer-vaccines-kennedy-future/

Quick Hitters

https://www.dhs.gov/news/2025/08/05/speedway-slammer-new-partnership-dhs-and-state-indiana-expand-detention-space

https://www.cnn.com/us/live-news/fort-stewart-active-shooter-08-06-25

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-orders-new-census-excluding-undocumented-immigrants-amid/story?id=124442223

Rumor Has It

https://web.archive.org/web/diff/20250717091439/20250806023110/https://constitution.congress.gov/constitution/

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/constitution-sections-missing/

https://x.com/librarycongress/status/1953172740472779162