UNBIASED Politics (4/22/25): COVID.gov Gets New 'Lab Leak' Look, Abrego Garcia Case Updates, Supreme Court to Decide If Parents Can Opt Children Out of LGBTQ Classroom Instruction, and More.

Episode Format:

1. Supreme Court Acts on Alien Enemies Act; More Action to Come (0:33)

2. Supreme Court to Decide Whether Mandatory Insurance Coverage for Certain Preventative Services Can Stand (8:38)

3. Supreme Court to Decide Whether Parents Can Opt Children Out of Classroom LGBTQ+ Classroom Instruction (12:52)

4. Abrego Garcia Case Updates: Senator Visits El Salvador, DHS Releases Traffic Stop Report, President Trump Shares Picture of Tattoos (15:56)

5. Harvard Sues Administration; NY Times Reports Administration Mistakenly Sent Demand Letter (22:53)

6. Four Anonymous Sources Say Hegseth Texted Yemen Strike Plans to Family Group Chat on Signal (25:40)

7. COVID.gov Gets New 'Lab Leak' Look (28:05)

8. Quick Hitters: HHS to Do Away With Eight Remaining Artificial Food Dyes, FTC Sues Uber Over UberOne Membership, Education Dept. to Resume Loan Collection, Walgreen to Settle Opioid Lawsuit, Pope Francis Dies (32:31)

9. Critical Thinking Segment (35:51)

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Supreme Court Acts on Alien Enemies Act; More Action to Come

https://www.scotusblog.com/2025/04/justices-temporarily-bar-government-from-removing-venezuelan-men-under-alien-enemies-act/

https://www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/24/24A1007/356063/20250418172902261_2025.04.18%20AARP%20Application.pdf

https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/04/19/us/trump-news

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/supreme-court-temporarily-blocks-new-deportations-under-alien-enemies-act/

Supreme Court to Decide Whether Mandatory Insurance Coverage for Certain Preventative Services Can Stand

https://constitution.congress.gov/browse/essay/artII-S2-C2-3-1/ALDE_00013092/

https://www.scotusblog.com/2025/04/court-to-hear-challenge-to-aca-preventative-care-coverage/

https://www.law.cornell.edu/constitution-conan/article-2/section-2/clause-2/overview-of-principal-and-inferior-officers

https://www.law.georgetown.edu/public-policy-journal/blog/inferior-or-principal-the-current-appointments-clause-jurisprudence-just-isnt-enough/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zec14Uv8fJg

https://www.scotusblog.com/2025/04/court-appears-to-back-legality-of-hhs-preventative-care-task-force/

Supreme Court to Decide Whether Parents Can Opt Children Out of Classroom LGBTQ+ Classroom Instruction

https://www.scotusblog.com/2025/04/supreme-court-considers-parents-efforts-to-exempt-children-from-books-with-lgbtq-themes/

https://www.scotusblog.com/case-files/cases/mahmoud-v-taylor/ 

Abrego Garcia Case Updates: Senator Visits El Salvador, DHS Releases Traffic Stop Report, President Trump Shares Picture of Tattoos

https://san.com/cc/abrego-garcia-reportedly-out-of-cecot-gop-turns-down-dem-trip-to-el-salvador/

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/chris-van-hollen-interview-kilmar-abrego-garcia-visit/

https://www.dhs.gov/news/2025/04/18/dhs-releases-bombshell-investigative-report-kilmar-abrego-garcia-suspected-human

https://www.ice.gov/doclib/news/releases/2025/25_0418_hsi_referral-abrego-garcia.pdf

https://www.newsweek.com/dhs-bombshell-report-kilmar-abrego-garcia-about-traffic-stop-2061612

https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.mdd.578815/gov.uscourts.mdd.578815.97.0.pdf

https://www.newsweek.com/kilmar-abrego-garcias-new-prison-location-revealed-trump-admin-2062317

https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/114361211919694573

https://www.newsnationnow.com/us-news/immigration/kilmar-abrego-garcias-tattoos-ms-13/

https://www.usatoday.com/picture-gallery/news/nation/2025/04/15/kilmar-abrego-garcia-deportation-trump-immigration-photos/83104318007/

Harvard Sues Administration; NY Times Reports Administration Mistakenly Sent Demand Letter

https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-harvard-letter-mistake-b2736120.html

https://www.wsj.com/us-news/education/harvard-sues-trump-administration-lawsuit-0f00e894?mod=hp_lead_pos3

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/04/14/us/trump-harvard-demands.html 

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/18/business/trump-harvard-letter-mistake.html 

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/04/14/us/harvard-letter.html 

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/04/19/trump-white-house-harvard-funding-mistake.html 

https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/19/us/harvard-trump-administration-letter-mistake/index.html 

https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-officials-tried-claim-harvard-030616955.html 

https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2025/4/19/nyt-reports-trump-letter-error/ 

 https://www.ed.gov/about/news/press-release/joint-task-force-combat-anti-semitism-statement-regarding-harvard-university 

Four Anonymous Sources Say Hegseth Texted Yemen Strike Plans to Family Group Chat on Signal

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/20/us/politics/hegseth-yemen-attack-second-signal-chat.html

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/defense-chief-hegseth-shared-war-plans-second-signal-chat-nyt-reports-2025-04-20/

https://www.wsj.com/politics/national-security/hegseth-brought-his-wife-to-sensitive-meetings-with-foreign-military-officials-c16db0ea

https://abcnews.go.com/US/2nd-signal-chat-reveals-hegseth-messaging-yemen-strikes/story?id=120997685

https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/20/politics/hegseth-second-signal-chat-military-plans/index.html

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/hegseth-shared-details-yemen-strikes-second-signal-chat-report

https://www.wsj.com/politics/national-security/pete-hegseth-signal-chat-pentagon-e717ea84

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-stands-behind-hegseth-after-attack-plans-shared-second-signal-chat-white-2025-04-21/

https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2025/04/20/pentagon-chaos-ullyot-hegseth-00205594

https://x.com/SeanParnellATSD/status/1914135704101175583

https://www.wsj.com/politics/national-security/pete-hegseth-trump-defense-secretary-job-signal-bc5605de?mod=hp_lead_pos4

COVID.gov Gets New 'Lab Leak' Look

https://www.whitehouse.gov/lab-leak-true-origins-of-covid-19/

https://abcnews.go.com/Health/white-house-covid-web-page-page-supporting-lab/story?id=120956514

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/18/science/trump-covid-website-lab-leak.html

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/cia-shifts-assessment-covid-origins-saying-lab-leak-likely-caused-outb-rcna189284

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/cia-shifts-assessment-covid-origins-saying-lab-leak-likely-caused-outb-rcna189284

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/covid-19-conspiracies-soar-after-new-classified-report-on-virus-origins

Quick Hitters

https://abcnews.go.com/US/rfk-jr-plans-phase-artificial-food-dyes-us/story?id=121034287

https://san.com/cc/uber-faces-ftc-lawsuit-over-unsolicited-subscriptions-to-uber-one/

https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/2025/04/ftc-takes-action-against-uber-deceptive-billing-cancellation-practices

https://www.congress.gov/congressional-report/111th-congress/senate-report/240/1

https://san.com/cc/trump-administration-to-resume-collecting-defaulted-student-loans-may-5/

https://www.ed.gov/about/news/press-release/us-department-of-education-begin-federal-student-loan-collections-other-actions-help-borrowers-get-back-repayment

https://fiscal.treasury.gov/top/

https://san.com/cc/walgreens-to-pay-300-million-in-opioid-lawsuit-settlement/

https://www.justice.gov/archives/opa/pr/justice-department-files-nationwide-lawsuit-alleging-walgreens-knowingly-filled-millions

https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/walgreens-agrees-pay-350m-illegally-filling-unlawful-opioid-prescriptions-and-submitting

https://www.justice.gov/civil/false-claims-act

https://apnews.com/article/vatican-pope-francis-dead-01ca7d73c3c48d25fd1504ba076e2e2a

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/04/honoring-the-memory-of-his-holiness-pope-francis/