UNBIASED Politics (5/29/25): Does the Big Beautiful Bill Give Trump the Ability to Cancel Elections? Take Away Courts’ Ability to Enforce Orders? PLUS New Trump's Tariffs on Chopping Block, and More.

Episode Format:

1. FBI Re-Opens Three High-Profile Investigations: Cocaine in White House, Leaked Dobbs Draft Decision, and Pipe Bomber (0:52)

2. NPR Files Lawsuit Against Trump Over Federal Funding Cuts (5:08)

3. State Dept. Pauses Student Visa Interviews (12:17)

4. Trump Takes South Sudan Deportations to Supreme Court (14:43)

5. CDC Updates COVID Vaccine Recommendations (17:49)

6. Court Strikes Down Trump's "Liberation Day" Tariffs (22:14)

7. Trump's Dialogue with Russian Advisers Leads to WWIII Threat (25:29)

8. Hegseth Accused of Illegal Wiretapping (29:33)

9. Judge Allows DOGE Employees to Access Treasury Dept. Systems (32:50)

10. Musk Says He's "Disappointed" in Big Beautiful Bill; Here's Why (34:44)

11. Quick Hitters: TX New App Store Law, Musk Leaves Trump Admin, Paramount Offer Trump Millions to Settle Lawsuit (38:03)

12. Rumor Has It: Does the Big Beautiful Bill Allow the President to Delay/Cancel Elections? Take Away Courts' Ability to Enforce Orders? Allow the President to Ignore Supreme Court Rulings? (39:38)

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FBI Re-Opens Three High-Profile Investigations: Cocaine in White House, Leaked Dobbs Draft Decision, and Pipe Bomber

https://x.com/FBIDDBongino/status/1926961051129508247

https://www.axios.com/2025/05/27/fbi-white-house-cocaine-supreme-court-leak-investigations

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/fbi-announces-new-probes-into-dobbs-supreme-court-leak-white-house-cocaine-2025-05-26/

NPR Files Lawsuit Against Trump Over Federal Funding Cuts

https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.280953/gov.uscourts.dcd.280953.1.0.pdf

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/05/ending-taxpayer-subsidization-of-biased-media/

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/trump-administration/npr-sues-trump-executive-order-cutting-federal-funding-rcna209170

https://www.foxnews.com/media/npr-sues-trump-white-house-over-executive-order-targeting-public-media

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/05/27/trump-npr-lawsuit-funding-order.html

https://san.com/cc/npr-sues-trump-administration-over-executive-order-freezing-funds/

https://www.axios.com/2025/05/02/trump-npr-pbs-order-federal-funding

https://cpb.org/

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

https://cpb.org/pressroom/CPB-Statement-Congress-Approval-Continued-Funding-Public-Media

https://cpb.org/faq

https://www.kut.org/politics/2025-05-02/kut-kutx-pbs-corporation-for-public-broadcasting-npr-president-trump-executive-order-funding-cuts

https://www.clarionledger.com/story/news/2025/05/05/trump-order-puts-ms-public-broadcasting-in-limbo/83415859007/

State Dept. Pauses Student Visa Interviews

https://apnews.com/article/student-visa-social-media-d71aa33ff756c1383b362f69bf5b7a17

https://san.com/cc/state-department-pauses-student-visas-to-prepare-social-media-screening/

https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/study/student-visa.html#:~:text=Citizens%20of%20Canada%20and%20Bermuda,Citizens%20of%20Canada%20and%20Bermuda.

https://www.npr.org/2025/04/09/g-s1-59149/immigrants-social-media-antisemitism-dhs

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/state-department-ramp-up-screening-social-media-vetting-student-visa-applicants-interviews-paused

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/05/27/trump-team-orders-stop-to-new-student-visa-interviews-as-it-weighs-expanding-social-media-vetting-00370501

Trump Takes South Sudan Deportations to Supreme Court

https://www.scotusblog.com/2025/05/trump-administration-seeks-to-stay-district-court-order-prohibiting-government-from-deporting-noncitizens-absent-additional-analysis-that-they-may-face-torture/

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-asks-supreme-court-remove-court-ordered-restrictions/story?id=122247796

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/8-migrants-south-sudan-deportation-flight-officials-confirm/story?id=122033692

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/27/us/politics/trump-deportations-south-sudan.html

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/supreme-court/trump-administration-asks-supreme-court-lift-limits-deportations-third-rcna209336

CDC Updates COVID Vaccine Recommendations

https://x.com/SecKennedy/status/1927368440811008138

https://www.foxnews.com/health/cdc-removes-covid-vaccine-recommendation-healthy-children-pregnant-women

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/05/27/the-cdc-is-no-longer-recommending-covid-vaccines-for-healthy-children-pregnant-women-00370864

https://www.npr.org/sections/shots-health-news/2025/05/27/nx-s1-5413179/covid-vaccine-children-pregnant-rfk-cdc

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/rfk-jr-covid-vaccines-cdc-children-pregnant-women/

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/rfk-jr-cuts-covid-vaccine-recommendation-healthy-kids/story?id=122233770

https://jme.bmj.com/content/50/2/126

https://san.com/cc/fda-limits-covid-19-vaccine-approval-to-seniors-high-risk-groups/

Court Strikes Down Trump’s '“Liberation Day” Tariffs

https://www.axios.com/2025/05/28/trump-tariffs-trade-court-ruling

https://apnews.com/article/trump-tariffs-trade-court-0392dbd59f548e49ad4f64254ae3f94a

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/04/regulating-imports-with-a-reciprocal-tariff-to-rectify-trade-practices-that-contribute-to-large-and-persistent-annual-united-states-goods-trade-deficits/

https://www.congress.gov/crs-product/R45618

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

https://www.wsj.com/economy/trade/tariff-ruling-is-a-setback-for-trump-but-doesnt-end-trade-war-b1e83c73?gaa_at=eafs&gaa_n=ASWzDAhbhARt6u7z-zf86eB0wSAqwB2_krzsErKjlYRaR0YKe730R6zdPwtKh-P8Mg%3D%3D&gaa_ts=683889ab&gaa_sig=MGt4jMXX5KHzO2UXBJcS3rETC8D11lfrGF9hW0bQO_UMzqNIdZW6kEl-LHr5nRT96AmL9tN2u3X-BUQpfwweAQ%3D%3D

Trump's Dialogue with Russian Advisers Leads to WWIII Threat

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=im5y3yC16WM

https://www.axios.com/2025/05/28/russia-propose-ukraine-peace-talks-istanbul

https://www.newsnationnow.com/world/russia-at-war/russia-security-warning-trump-putin-wwiii/

https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/114580564427808609

https://x.com/MedvedevRussiaE/status/1927427723028238477

https://x.com/generalkellogg/status/1927493756485308715?s=46

https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/114571369956761390

https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-war-drones-missiles-b34e72f0856b0f19219076463cce0414

https://san.com/cc/russia-and-ukraine-clash-in-overnight-air-assaults-as-drone-war-escalates-unbiased-updates-may-28-2025/

https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/kremlin-trumps-remark-about-putin-being-crazy-there-is-some-emotional-overload-2025-05-26/

Hegseth Accused of Illegal Wiretapping

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/27/hegseth-pentagon-leak-investigation-wiretap

https://newrepublic.com/post/195718/donald-trump-pete-hegseth-illegal-wiretap-leaks

Judge Allows DOGE Employees to Access Treasury Dept. Systems

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/judge-allows-doge-access-sensitive-treasury-payment-systems/story?id=122261449

https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/27/politics/doge-access-sensitive-treasury-payment-systems

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/05/28/doge-treasury-databases-access/

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/05/27/judge-treasury-doge-access-data-payment-systems-00371969

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-judge-allows-states-lawsuit-against-doge-proceed-2025-05-27/

Musk Says He's "Disappointed" in Big Beautiful Bill; Here's Why

https://nypost.com/2025/05/28/us-news/musk-disappointed-by-trump-backed-big-beautiful-bill-vows-to-continue-working-with-doge

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/may/28/trump-tax-bill-weakens-doge-cost-cutting-efforts-elon-musk

https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/27/politics/elon-musk-trump-spending-bill-doge

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=fLbx2PJ4pqE

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/elon-musk-disappointed-trumps-spending-bill-says-undermines-doge-doing

https://san.com/cc/musk-criticizes-trump-spending-bill-as-court-affirms-his-federal-power/

Quick Hitters

https://www.newsnationnow.com/business/tech/texas-app-store-age-verification/

https://www.billtrack50.com/billdetail/1867874

https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1927877957852266518

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/elon-musk-departing-trump-administration/story?id=122292783

https://san.com/cc/trump-rejects-15-million-settlement-from-paramount-over-cbs-lawsuit-report/

Rumor Has It

https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/1/text

https://nordvpn.com/what-is-a-vpn/

https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/resources/cloud-computing-dictionary/what-is-vpn#:~:text=Depending%20on%20the%20features%20offered%2C%20you%20might,bypass%20content%20blocks%2C%20or%20prevent%20third%2Dparty%20tracking.&text=While%20VPNs%20do%20not%20protect%20against%20cookies%2C,as%20well%20as%20third%2Dparty%20advertisers%20and%20cybercriminals.

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-big-beautiful-cancel-elections/

https://www.snopes.com/news/2025/05/27/trumps-budget-contempt/

https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2025/may/28/social-media/big-beautiful-billTrump-cancel-delay-elections/

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

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-administration-acted-contempt-court-turning-deportation-flights/story?id=120870498

https://www.newsweek.com/hidden-provision-trump-bill-court-2075769

https://campaignlegal.org/update/these-hidden-provisions-budget-bill-undermine-our-democracy

https://www.law.cornell.edu/rules/frcp/rule_65