Apr 13, 2018

04/13/2018: Trump did a 180 yesterday … and another today

President Donald Trump has gone back and forth on the Trans-Pacific Partnership the past few days, and you might be looking for a refresher. What exactly is in the thing? We'll get you up to speed today and talk a bit about the Farm Bill, too. Then: The president has kicked things up a notch in his fight with Amazon over the U.S. Postal Service. He's ordering a task force to dig into the operations and finances of the post office, which he says is on an unsustainable financial path. But is a task force gonna fix that? We'll look into it, but first, the Weekly Wrap.

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The ISIS regime you've never seen

by Kai Ryssdal and Sean McHenry

Apr 13, 2018

New York Times correspondent Rukmini Callimachi dug into 15,000 ISIS documents that provide a look at the group's administrative structure.

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Farmers are "excited" by the prospect re-entering the TPP

by Kai Ryssdal

Apr 13, 2018

Keith Alverson says farmers like him are after the 95 precent of consumers outside the U.S.

The photographer holds an ear of corn he found on the ground next to a corn field during harvest on September 13, 2012 near Teltow, Germany.

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President Donald Trump has gone back and forth on the Trans-Pacific Partnership the past few days, and you might be looking for a refresher. What exactly is in the thing? We’ll get you up to speed today and talk a bit about the Farm Bill, too. Then: The president has kicked things up a notch in his fight with Amazon over the U.S. Postal Service. He’s ordering a task force to dig into the operations and finances of the post office, which he says is on an unsustainable financial path. But is a task force gonna fix that? We’ll look into it, but first, the Weekly Wrap.