Political Turmoil and Immigration Policies Impacting Justice and Labor

On today’s show: NBC has what to know about a growing measles outbreak in Texas. Meanwhile, changes to a CDC vaccine panel under Robert F. Kennedy Jr. could reshape policy. NPR explains how.

The Justice Department is in turmoil after prosecutors who were ordered to drop charges against New York City Mayor Eric Adams quit in protest. Reuters reporter Sarah Lynch discusses the resignations. 

Immigrants drive Nebraska’s economy. NPR reporter Jasmine Garsd describes how Trump’s mass-deportations pledge has many of them living in fear.

Plus, Trump’s administration asked the Supreme Court to weigh in on his firing of a top official in a whistleblower-protection office. Police said a slain transgender man faced “prolonged” violence and torture in a case investigators described as “beyond depraved.” And at least eight people are dead after “historic” flooding in Kentucky.

Today’s episode was hosted by Shumita Basu.