WTF Just Happened Today? – Audio Edition Podcast
A sane, once-a-day update on today’s essential political news. Chronicling the daily shock and awe since 2017.
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Latest Episode
Day 1850: "Status quo."
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 night; the Trump administration said it will end “Operation Metro Surge” in Minnesota, drawing down thousands of federal immigration agents after a 2-month crackdown that produced mass protests, more than 4,000 arrests, and two fatal shootings of U.S. citizens in Minneapolis; the Justice Department tracked the search histories of lawmakers who reviewed the files from the Jeffrey Epstein investigation; the whistleblower complaint against Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard centers on an intelligence intercept that captured two foreign nationals discussing Jared Kushner; the House passed the SAVE America Act; a federal judge blocked the Pentagon from demoting Sen. Mark Kelly’s retired Navy rank and cutting his retirement pay over a video advising troops not to follow illegal orders; Trump rescinded the EPA’s 2009 “endangerment finding,” removing the legal basis the agency has used to regulate greenhouse gases under the Clean Air Act for nearly two decades; and 62% of Americans say Trump’s “gone too far” by deploying federal immigration agents into major U.S. cities, and 61% say he’s gone too far using federal law enforcement at protests.
Recent Episodes
Day 1849: "Not sustainable."
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 lawmakers over a video tha...
Day 1848: "Now I see what the big deal is."
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 Act; a newly unsealed ...
Day 1847: "Cover-up mode."
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 leaders received a heavil...
Day 1843: "Two things can be true."
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 Bondi ordered Direct...
Day 1842: "A strategic reset."
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 voter-approved congre...
Day 1841: "More questions than answers."
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 “aggressively appro...
Day 1840: "An unfolding emergency."
February 2, 2026
In this episode: The partial federal government shutdown entered its third day after funding lapsed Saturday morning, and the House still doesn’t have the votes needed to pass the Senate-approved bill to reopen age...
Day 1836: "Moment of truth."
January 29, 2026
In this episode: Trump and Senate Democrats said they reached a tentative agreement to fund most federal agencies through Sept. 30 while splitting Department of Homeland Security funding from the broader government...
Day 1835: "More relaxed."
January 28, 2026
In this episode: FBI agents executed a search warrant at Fulton County’s election facility near Atlanta, seeking records related to the 2020 election; Senate Democrats demanded new restrictions on ICE in any deal t...
Day 1834: "A very good job."
January 27, 2026
In this episode: Trump said he’ll be “watching over” an “honest investigation” into the killing of Alex Pretti by federal agents in Minneapolis before blaming Pretti for carrying a gun he was legally permitted to h...