Project manager for the Center for Governmental Studies
Project manager for the Center for Governmental Studies
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Steve Levin
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FROM Steve Levin
Which Way, L.A.?
Mayor Under Scrutiny for Ethics Violation in Universal City Development Deal Does Antonio Villaraigosa ’s love affair with a Telemundo reporter have any affect on his duties as Mayor? Neighbors of Universal City say maybe so. Telemundo is part of NBC-Universal , which is planning a three billion dollar development project over the next twenty years. The Mayor’s planning commission and his planning director, Gail Goldberg, will be crucial as the project gets under way. The Mayor himself has been more enthusiastically supportive than other elected officials.
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Who's to blame for the opioid crisis? Some of the lawyers who took on Big Tobacco are now going after Big Pharma. It’s all about the deadly epidemic of opioid use. Are the drug companies to blame? What about the users? Later, on today’s Talking Point: making sense of Britain’s upset election.
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What happens when America retreats from the world? Is President Trump taking his "America First" agenda to extremes, withdrawing the country from the international stage on trade and climate change, distancing America from its traditional allies across the Atlantic and even threatening to physically isolate the country through the building of a wall along its southern border? León Krauze guest hosts.
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The longest US war: Will Trump send more troops to Afghanistan? The Trump White House is divided over the Pentagon's request for more troops in Afghanistan—where the US has been fighting for the past 16 years. Is there a formula -- either for "victory" or a political settlement? Is there an end in sight for America's longest war?
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Ex-FBI Director Comey tells his side of the story Today, former FBI Director James Comey came close to calling the President who fired him a liar. The White House denied the claim and called it insulting, but Republican Senators did not challenge Comey’s truthfulness. Many questions remain: did the President try to obstruct a federal investigation? Later, we’ll go behind the “velvet rope” for a look at 5-Star health care for the richest Americans.