50 episodes

A straightforward look at the day's top news in 20 minutes. Powered by ABC News. Hosted by Brad Mielke.

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    • 4.6 • 5.4K Ratings

A straightforward look at the day's top news in 20 minutes. Powered by ABC News. Hosted by Brad Mielke.

    A Collapse of Trust in Iowa

    A Collapse of Trust in Iowa

    After a dramatic rescue in a building officials claimed to have swept for survivors, a new search begins for the unaccounted. Prosecutors outline their case against the man who opened fire on a Pittsburgh synagogue. And a federal appeals court sides with the Sackler family, saying they can be personally shielded from lawsuits as part of their company’s bankruptcy agreement.
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    • 23 min
    What’s in the Debt Ceiling Deal?

    What’s in the Debt Ceiling Deal?

    Members of Congress head back to Capitol Hill after President Biden and House Speaker McCarthy struck a deal to avoid default. Officials in Iowa begin clearing the site where an apartment building collapsed. And Ukraine tries to keep up with a Russian onslaught.
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    • 24 min
    Leave No One Behind: The Search for MIA

    Leave No One Behind: The Search for MIA

    On this Memorial Day, we talk to Project Recover about their mission to find and repatriate the remains of U.S. servicemembers still classified as MIA decades after the conflicts that left their families without closure.
    For more information about Project Recover, visit their website (https://www.projectrecover.org)
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    • 28 min
    Tick, Tick, Doom: Did Congress Already Miss Its Deadline?

    Tick, Tick, Doom: Did Congress Already Miss Its Deadline?

    Members of Congress go home for a holiday weekend, leaving just a few working days before America defaults on its debt. A judge sentences Oath Keeper leader Stewart Rhodes to 18 years in prison. And the Supreme Court limits the EPA’s ability to oversee certain waterways, angering climate activists. 
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    • 26 min
    Florida Plan: The DeSantis Strategy

    Florida Plan: The DeSantis Strategy

    Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis enters the presidential race. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen declines to name specific steps the U.S. will take upon defaulting. And western states strike an agreement to split up a dwindling water supply.
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    • 28 min
    Uvalde, One Year Later

    Uvalde, One Year Later

    A year after one of the most deadly school shootings in American history, Uvalde residents share their stories with the ABC team that’s embedded in town with them. Ron DeSantis prepares to launch his presidential campaign today. And Ford reverses a plan to stop including AM radio in its vehicles.
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    • 27 min

Customer Reviews

4.6 out of 5
5.4K Ratings

5.4K Ratings

DoctorDerm ,

Great news review

I listen every day to get my new summary during my daily exercises. This podcast keeps me up-to-date on the important news!

SJS-21 ,

Brad at 1.5x speed!

Love this. Get my top news stories on my way to work. Listen at 1.5x speed and done in less than 15 minutes!

aidendale ,

Please get rid of Sarah Isgur

I’ve been enjoying the show for a while now, but I was disappointed to hear the awful voice of Sarah Isgur on at least two recent episodes. Please stop. I appreciate that at least on this show so far, she has stuck to fairly neutral political analysis rather than spewing her most disgusting rhetoric. But the fact remains that her “opinion” is just nonsensical, VERY thinly veiled hate speech disguised by some vaguely academic sounding words, and no serious news organization has any business employing her. I’ve already stopped listening to Left, Right, and Center because of her. I will stop listening to Start Here as well if you continue to have her on.

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