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Jack (Politico) covers Lebanon and regional proxy dynamics. Wendy Benjaminson (Bloomberg) analyzes economic fallout and DHS politics. Arthur Delaney (HuffPost) reports on Capitol Hill and investigative developments. Steve Clemens (The National Interest) offers foreign policy and national security perspective. They discuss U.S. troop moves to the Middle East, a 15-point Iran plan, tech liability rulings, DHS funding strains, and Russia’s spring offensive.

Patrick Bigger, research director quantifying conflict emissions; Nita Crawford, international relations professor studying political and environmental costs of war; Doug Weir, director tracking conflict-related environmental harm. They discuss massive carbon releases from recent strikes, toxic smoke and water contamination, challenges of monitoring damage, military emissions and reporting gaps, and how reconstruction and energy shocks deepen long-term environmental impacts.

Richard R. John, Columbia professor and postal historian; Hansi Lo Wang, NPR reporter on USPS operations; Kevin Kosar, AEI policy analyst on postal finance. They discuss the USPS’s long financial decline, the tension between public service and business pressures, delivery-day and pricing reforms, borrowing limits and pension issues, and the postal role in elections, rural access, and parcel competition.

David Garcia, a housing policy researcher at UC Berkeley, and Rhonda Kaysen, a New York Times real estate reporter, discuss U.S. housing affordability and supply shortfalls. They cover the Senate housing bill’s provisions, zoning and local incentives, build-to-rent limits, conversion of commercial space, and how policy interacts with market forces like rents, prices, and construction costs.

Kelly Grieco, a foreign policy and military strategy analyst, and Vera Bergen-Gruen, a national security reporter, break down a pattern of precision strikes and leadership-targeting. They discuss the 'decapitate and delegate' approach, limits of air power for political change, comparisons between Venezuela and Iran, risks of relying on popular uprisings, and what a Cuba strategy might look like.

Phil Stewart, Reuters national security reporter; Akbar Shahid Ahmed, HuffPost diplomatic correspondent; Michelle Jamrisco, Bloomberg White House and national security editor; Taylor Popolars, Spectrum News White House reporter; Anita Kumar, Politico standards chief and former White House correspondent; Megan Scully, Bloomberg Congress editor. They discuss possible U.S. ground troop plans in the Middle East, missile strikes and the Strait of Hormuz, wartime funding and congressional fights, and regional diplomatic tensions.

Rebecca Siegel, epidemiologist who led the study on rising rates; Mark Pochapin, gastroenterologist who performs colonoscopies; Jeffrey Meyerhardt, oncologist focused on colorectal cancer. They discuss the sharp rise in colorectal and rectal cancers among younger generations. They cover symptoms to watch for, screening options and colonoscopy steps, possible environmental and lifestyle drivers, and the unique challenges younger patients face.

Gerard Albert, a rural communities reporter covering Hurricane Helene recovery. Brianna Sachs, a disaster correspondent tracking FEMA and federal disaster funding. Barry Scanlon, a former FEMA senior advisor with crisis management experience. They discuss stalled federal funding in North Carolina, disputed allocations and buyouts, DHS policy changes and layoffs, and proposals to speed reimbursements and reshape FEMA's role.

Trita Parsi, Quincy Institute co-founder focused on U.S.-Iran relations; Aaron David Miller, former State Department negotiator and Middle East expert; Akbar Shahid Ahmed, HuffPost diplomatic correspondent. They discuss why diplomacy was sidelined, how weakened negotiating expertise and resignations erode credibility, who pays the price when talks collapse, and what a future deal might require.

Dakota Rudisill, law professor and former Senate intelligence staffer; Phil Stewart, Reuters national security correspondent; Sarah Binder, Brookings scholar on Congress; Liz Goodwin, Washington Post Capitol Hill reporter. They probe how Congress was notified, war powers and past AUMFs, partisan dynamics around funding and oversight, secrecy and classified legal memos, and media access and messaging during the Iran campaign.