UNBIASED Politics (5/12/25): Suspending Habeas Corpus, the Qatari Government's $400M Gift, Mayor Arrested at ICE Facility, an Attempt to Lower Drug Prices, and More.

Episode Format:

1. Announcement from Jordan (0:00)

2. Pope Leo XIV (Robert Francis Prevost) Becomes First American Pope (1:59)

3. Encounter at ICE Facility in NJ Leads to Mayor's Arrest and Conflicting Stories of Assault (6:08)

4. ACLU Attorneys Representing 2-Year-Old U.S. Citizen Removed From U.S. Voluntarily Dismisses Lawsuit (15:37)

5. White House Says It's Considering Suspension of Habeas Corpus (18:16)

6. First South African Refugees Enter U.S. Under Trump's New Refugee Program (24:45)

7. Qatari Government to Donate Jumbo Jet to Be Used as Air Force One (28:31)

8. Trump Signs Executive Order Aimed at Lowering Drug Prices; Is It Possible? (34:26)

9. Supreme Court Will Soon Hear Arguments in Birthright Citizenship Case; Here's What You Need to Know (38:53)

10. Quick Hitters: US/China Trade Deal, Last American Citizen Hostage Released, Diddy's Trial, Federal Officials Subpoena California Records (44:31)

11. Critical Thinking Segment (46:56)

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Pope Leo XIV (Robert Francis Prevost) Becomes First American Pope

https://people.com/cardinal-robert-prevost-announced-pope-leo-xiv-2025-papal-conclave-11727596

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Leo_XIV

https://augustinian.org/2015-1-13-former-prior-general-ordained-bishop-in-peru

https://www.americamagazine.org/faith/2023/01/30/pope-francis-ouellet-prevost-dicastery-bishops-244623

https://ctu.edu/ctu_alumni/bishop-robert-francis-prevost-osa

https://people.com/cardinal-robert-prevost-announced-pope-leo-xiv-2025-papal-conclave-11727596

Encounter at ICE Facility in NJ Leads to Mayor's Arrest and Conflicting Stories of Assault

https://www.dhs.gov/news/2025/05/09/members-congress-break-delaney-hall-detention-center

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/dhs-says-arrests-on-table-after-new-jersey-house-dems-caught-camera-storming-ice-facility

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/ice-facility-democrats-stormed-holds-child-rapists-murderers-officials

https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/10/politics/dhs-lawmakers-ice-newark-mayor-arrest

https://www.nj.com/essex/2025/05/feds-are-lying-about-members-of-congress-storming-ice-center-congresswoman-says.html

https://x.com/DHSgov/status/1921271072147546558 (DHS Video)

ACLU Attorneys Representing 2-Year-Old U.S. Citizen Removed From U.S. Voluntarily Dismisses Lawsuit

https://www.dhs.gov/news/2025/05/10/aclu-drops-baseless-lawsuit-over-false-claims-ice-deported-us-citizens

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/family-2-year-deported-us-citizen-dismisses-suit/story

https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/25/us/toddler-deported-honduras-us-citizen-judge

https://truthout.org/video/deportations-of-us-citizen-children-raise-fear-for-mixed-status-families

White House Says It's Considering Suspension of Habeas Corpus

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/05/delivering-most-favored-nation-prescription-drug-pricing-to-american-patients/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Habeas_corpus

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wh-trump-suspending-habeascorpus/story?id=121653587

https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/habeas_corpus

https://www.livenowfox.com/news/trump-habeas-corpus-suspension-threat

https://constitution.congress.gov/browse/essay/artI-S9-C2-1/ALDE_00001087/

https://www.axios.com/2025/05/09/habeas-corpus-white-house

https://constitution.congress.gov/browse/essay/artI-S9-C2-1/ALDE_00001087/#ALDF_00001902

First South African Refugees Enter U.S. Under Trump's New Refugee Program

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/02/addressing-egregious-actions-of-the-republic-of-south-africa/

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/05/11/49-white-south-africans-leave-for-us-after-trump-offered-them-refugee-status-00341204

https://apnews.com/article/trump-south-africa-refugees-afrikaners-white-9d6f87ae9b09ac21ba6ae2a2197b11d3

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/white-south-africa-afrikaner-refugees-united-states-arrival/

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-bring-white-afrikaners-us-refugees-south-africa-wake-expropriation-legislation

https://www.npr.org/2025/05/12/nx-s1-5395067/first-group-afrikaner-refugees-arrive

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/11/trump-administration-south-african-refugees

Qatari Government to Donate Jumbo Jet to Be Used as Air Force One

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-administration-poised-accept-palace-sky-gift-trump/story?id=121680511 

https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5294701-trump-to-accept-a-luxury-747-as-a-gift-from-qatar-reports/ 

https://www.axios.com/2025/05/11/trump-qatar-plane-democrat-torres-investigation 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J1E_rfSPPfU 

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DJh74BhO2dS/?igsh=MXZobXk4aGM2N2Qzdw%3D%3D 

 https://www.politico.com/news/2025/05/11/qatar-calls-jet-gift-trump-inaccurate-00341084 

 https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/114492082555622686 

https://constitution.congress.gov/browse/essay/artI-S9-C8-3/ALDE_00013206/#:~:text=No%20Title%20of%20Nobility%20shall,%2C%20Prince%2C%20or%20foreign%20State. 

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/qatar-offers-trump-jumbo-jet-serve-air-force-one 

https://x.com/SenSchumer/status/1921634213838610605 

https://x.com/SenAdamSchiff/status/1921575263881834543 

https://www.ktsm.com/news/national/ap-what-is-the-emoluments-clause-and-how-might-it-apply-to-qatar-giving-trump-a-plane/

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/12/us-presidential-foreign-gifts-laws-rules-ntwnfb

Trump Signs Executive Order Aimed at Lowering Drug Prices; Is It Possible?

https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/114491534347862682

https://san.com/cc/trump-to-sign-order-cutting-prescription-drug-prices-by-up-to-80/

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-sign-executive-order-he-says-slash-drug-prices-up-80

https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/11/politics/trump-prescription-drug-prices

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/05/delivering-most-favored-nation-prescription-drug-pricing-to-american-patients/

https://www.fda.gov/regulatory-information/selected-amendments-fdc-act/prescription-drug-marketing-act-1987

https://www.newsnationnow.com/health/trump-rfk-jr-health-drug-prices/

https://www.cms.gov/newsroom/press-releases/trump-administration-announces-prescription-drug-payment-model-put-american-patients-first

Supreme Court Will Soon Hear Arguments in Birthright Citizenship Case; Here's What You Need to Know

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/17/supreme-court-end-birthright-citizenship-trump-00296984

https://www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org/topics/birthright-citizenship

https://www.scotusblog.com/2025/04/justices-will-hear-arguments-on-trumps-effort-to-end-birthright-citizenship/

Quick Hitters

https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/2025/05/joint-statement-on-u-s-china-economic-and-trade-meeting-in-geneva/

https://abcnews.go.com/US/us-china-announce-deal-cut-reciprocal-tariffs-90/story?id=121702514

https://www.foxbusiness.com/economy/us-china-announce-reduced-tariffs-90-days-after-trade-talks

https://www.reuters.com/world/what-have-china-united-states-agreed-geneva-2025-05-12/

https://san.com/cc/hamas-frees-last-surviving-american-hostage-edan-alexander/

https://abcnews.go.com/US/live-updates/sean-diddy-combs-trial-live-updates/?id=121656142

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/homeland-security-subpoenas-california-possible-cash-benefits-illegals