The GOP’s tug-of-war over spending cuts

Mark Chiusano writes for New York magazine about a mother who took her sons to a routine ICE check-in. They were scheduled for deportation and she hasn’t seen them since.

House Republicans want to extend tax cuts and lower the deficit. The Wall Street Journal’s Richard Rubin describes why doing both at the same time might be impossible. 

Are incidents involving air-traffic-controller communications happening more frequently? USA Today’s Zach Wichter explains what might be causing them and how we should contextualize the issue.

Plus, Trump spoke to Putin and claims peace talks will begin “immediately,” another news executive quit CBS News, and what to know about the new Take It Down Act.

Today’s episode was hosted by Shumita Basu.