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Hosted by Matt Kiser · 🇺🇸 US · EN-US · 31 episodes
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A sane, once-a-day update on today’s essential political news. Chronicling the daily shock and awe since 2017.
Matt Kiser hosts WTF Just Happened Today? – Audio Edition, a news show with 31 episodes published.
Tuesday, March 10, 2026 In this episode: Seven U.S. service members have been killed and 140 troops have been wounded in the first 10 days of the U.S.-Israeli war against Iran; Energy Secretary Chris Wright posted – and
Monday, March 9, 2026 In this episode: Trump claimed that fighting in Iran was “very complete, pretty much” and would end “very soon,” but then threatened to strike Iran "at a much, much harder level" if Tehran disrupted
Thursday, March 5, 2026 In this episode: Trump fired Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and replaced her with Sen. Markwayne Mullin; Senate Democrats blocked a Republican bill to reopen the Department of Homeland Se
Wednesday, March 4, 2026 In this episode: The Republican-led House Oversight Committee voted to subpoena Attorney General Pam Bondi for a closed-door deposition about the Justice Department’s handling of records tied to
Tuesday, March 3, 2026 In this episode: Trump warned that "I guess the worst case" from U.S.-Israeli campaign against Iran would be “somebody takes over who’s as bad as the previous person”; Secretary of State Marco Rubi
Monday, March 2, 2026 In this episode: Trump declined to rule out sending U.S. ground troops into Iran “if they were necessary,” saying “whatever it takes” and adding, “I don’t have the yips with respect to boots on the
Thursday, February 26, 2026 In this episode: Pro-Trump activists circulated a 17-page draft executive order urging Trump to declare an election emergency and use it to impose federal voting rules, including limits on mai
Wednesday, February 25, 2026 In this episode: Trump used his first State of the Union of his second term to insist that “our nation is back,” calling it “a turnaround for the ages,” and that “the roaring economy is roari
Tuesday, February 24, 2026 In this episode: Trump will deliver his first State of the Union of his second term with his approval rating near an all-time low, and polling showing that 55% of Americans disapprove of his jo
Monday, February 23, 2026 In this episode: The European Union demanded that the U.S. honor last summer’s EU-U.S. trade deal, saying “a deal is a deal,” after the Supreme Court struck down Trump’s emergency tariffs and he
Thursday, February 19, 2026 In this episode: Trump used the first meeting of his Board of Peace to announce that he’ll decide "over the next probably 10 days" whether to continue nuclear talks with Iran or order a U.S. m
Wednesday, February 18, 2026 In this episode: The White House installed a critic of the CDC as the acting director of the CDC; the U.S. and Iran both claimed they’ve made “progress” in during latest nuclear talks even as
Tuesday, February 17, 2026 In this episode: Congressional Democrats sent the White House a new counterproposal to reopen the Department of Homeland Security after the agency’s funding lapsed Saturday; an 18-year-old man
Thursday, February 12, 2026 In this episode: The Senate failed to advance a bill to fund the Department of Homeland Security through Sept. 30, leaving the agency headed for a partial shutdown when funding expires Friday
Wednesday, February 11, 2026 In this episode: Democrats accused Attorney General Pam Bondi of turning the Justice Department "into Trump’s instrument of revenge"; a federal grand jury refused to indict six Democratic law
Tuesday, February 10, 2026 In this episode: The Trump administration will rescind the EPA’s 2009 “endangerment finding,” stripping the core legal basis for federal limits on greenhouse gas pollution under the Clean Air A
Monday, February 9, 2026 In this episode: Ghislaine Maxwell invoked the Fifth Amendment and refused to answer all questions during a closed-door House Oversight Committee deposition; the top House and Senate party leader
Thursday, February 5, 2026 In this episode: Democrats threatened to block the Homeland Security funding bill unless Republicans accepted “dramatic changes” to ICE oversight and operations; Trump said Attorney General Pam
Wednesday, February 4, 2026 In this episode: Trump doubled down on his call to “nationalize” voting, saying the federal government should “get involved” in state elections; the Supreme Court allowed California to use its
Tuesday, February 3, 2026 In this episode: Trump signed the roughly $1.2 trillion spending package into law, ending the three-day partial federal government shutdown; the U.S. military shot down an Iranian drone after it
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