Monday Morning Politics; New York Budget and NYC's High Cost of Living; Trump Trial; Socal Media Census

Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy (R CA) talks with reporters at the Capitol in Washington on 4/28/23. Last week, McCarthy united the House GOP majority to pass a sweeping debt ceiling package.

On today's show:

  • Susan Page, USA Today Washington bureau chief and the author of Madam Speaker: Nancy Pelosi and the Lessons of Power (Twelve, 2021), rounds up the latest news from Washington, including the House debt ceiling bill, plus news from Saturday's White House Correspondents Dinner.
  • New York City Public Advocate Jumaane Williams responds to the city and state budgets and a report showing half of all New Yorkers struggle with paying for the basic cost of living in the city.
  • The journalist and advice columnist E. Jean Carroll has accused former President Trump of raping her in a department store dressing room in the '90s. Jane Manning, director, Women's Equal Justice Project and former sex crimes prosecutor, offers updates on the proceedings, including the testimony Carroll gave under cross-examination from Trump's lawyers.
  • As Elon Musk's changes at Twitter cause further evolutions of the social media landscape, listeners call in to share what platforms they spend the most time on, and what they're seeing in terms of the public discourse that takes place there.

Transcripts are posted to each segment as they become available.