How Trump is re-shaping life and work in the U.S.

By
Sarah McCammon
,
,
Joel Rose
and
Andrea Hsu
WNYC | Jan 24, 2025

President Trump campaigned on a promise of mass deportation and reducing the size of the federal workforce. Has he followed through on those promises? And what impacts do they have?

Then, everyone's favorite Friday segment, Can't Let It Go.

This episode: political correspondent Sarah McCammon, White House correspondent Franco Ordoñez, immigration correspondent Joel Rose, and labor correspondent Andrea Hsu.

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