Press Play with Madeleine Brand
Why is the Trump administration still at the starting gate?
Yesterday Donald Trump signed a “decision memo” to revamp the air traffic control system. But there was no substance to the plan -- nothing to send to Congress. There’s not much to other splashy announcements, like tax cuts and the arms deal with Saudi Arabia. And hundreds of positions are unfilled in federal agencies.
By Madeleine Brand • • 1 min readYesterday Donald Trump signed a “decision memo” to revamp the air traffic control system. But there was no substance to the plan -- nothing to send to Congress. There’s not much to other splashy announcements, like tax cuts and the arms deal with Saudi Arabia. And hundreds of positions are unfilled in federal agencies.
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Madeleine Brand
Host, 'Press Play'
Sarah Sweeney
Vice President of Talk Programming, KCRW
Michell Eloy
Former Producer/Line Editor, Press Play
Amy Ta
Digital News & Culture Editor
Juliet Eilperin
senior national affairs correspondent for The Washington Post
Jonathan Bernstein
Bloomberg View
Stephen F. Hayes
The Weekly Standard
The full episode
1 of 4Why is Trump so behind on filling staff jobs, establishing concrete policies?- 0:00Why is the Trump administration still at the starting gate?You’re reading this
- 17:49When it comes to electric cars, what does China have that the U.S. doesn't?
- 26:45A prescription for improving U.S. healthcare
- 41:16Hella fresh, The 405: How to speak like a real Californian