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For the Good of the Public | The Morning Five
For the Good of the Public brings you daily news and weekly conversations at the intersection of faith and civic life. Monday through Thursday, The Morning Five starts your day off with scripture and prayer, as we catch up on the news of the day together. Throughout the year, we air limited series on Fridays to dive deeper into conversations with civic leaders, thinkers, and public servants reimagining public life, for the good of the public. Learn more at www.ccpubliclife.org
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For the Good of the Public | The Morning FiveThe Morning Five: Wednesday, July 23, 2025 -- U.S.-Japan Trade Deal, U.S. Olympics Bans Transgender Women from Women's Sports and Associated Press Loses in Federal Court Over WH Access
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For the Good of the Public | The Morning FiveThe Morning Five: Tuesday, July 22nd, 2025 - CBO Projects New Tax and Spend to Explode Deficit, Speaker Johnson Says No Vote on Epstein Files, and Officer Sentenced in Breonna Taylor Raid
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For the Good of the Public | The Morning FiveThe Morning Five: Monday, July 21, 2025 -- New Spending Cuts, Church in Gaza Bombed and Congress Passes Crypto Bill
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For the Good of the Public | The Morning FiveThe Morning Five: Thursday, July 17th, 2025 -- Senate Takes up White House's Proposed Spending Cuts, House Republicans Push to Release Epstein Files and Israel Attacks Syrian Defence Ministry
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For the Good of the Public | The Morning FiveThe Morning Five: Wednesday, July 16, 2025 -- Russia Rejects Trump’s Ultimatum, Senate Cuts Deal to Save PEPFAR, Inflation Back Up
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For the Good of the Public | The Morning FiveThe Morning Five: Tuesday, July 15, 2025 -- U.S. to Sell Weapons to NATO for Ukraine, SCOTUS Allows Education Overhaul to Proceed, Andrew Cuomo to Run as Independent in NYC Mayoral Race,
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For the Good of the Public | The Morning FiveThe Morning Five: Monday, July 14, 2025 -- Biden Defends Use of Autopen, State Department Mass Firings and EU Prepares for Tariff-driven Economic Recession
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For the Good of the Public | The Morning FiveThe Morning Five: Wednesday, July 9, 2025 -- SCOTUS Allows Trump Fed Workforce Cuts to Proceed, Secretary Rubio Has an Impersonator and TSA Says 'Keep Your Shoes On"
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For the Good of the Public | The Morning FiveThe Morning Five: Thursday, July 3, 2025 -- "Big, Beautiful Bill" Passes House and Will Become Law, Court Intervenes on Trump Asylum Ban and U.S. Pauses Air Defense Aid to Ukraine
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For the Good of the Public | The Morning FiveThe Morning Five: Wednesday, July 2, 2025 -- Trump's "Big, Beautiful Bill" Passes Senate, AI Moratorium Rejected, and Judge Temporarily Halts HHS Overhaul
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For the Good of the Public | The Morning FiveThe Morning Five: Tuesday, July 1, 2025 -- DOJ Prosecutes Health Care Fraud, Trump Admin Finds Harvard Violated Civil Rights and "Big, Beautiful Bill" Update
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For the Good of the Public | The Morning FiveThe Morning Five: Monday, June 30, 2025 -- Senate Set to Vote on "Big, Beautiful Bill," and SCOTUS Issues Final Decisions of Term
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For the Good of the Public | The Morning FiveThe Morning Five: Thursday, June 26, 2025 - RFK Jr.’s New Vaccine Panel Holds First Meeting, Trump Administration Sues Maryland Over Immigration Rule, NATO Pledges Major Defense Spending Boost Amid Trump Push
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For the Good of the Public | The Morning FiveThe Morning Five: Wednesday, June 25, 2025 - Israel-Iran Ceasefire, States Sue Trump Admin, and Mamdani defeats Cuomo in NYC Primary
The Morning Five: Wednesday, June 25, 2025 - Israel-Iran Ceasefire, States Sue Trump Admin, and Mamdani defeats Cuomo in NYC Primary Today's host was Chris…
For the Good of the Public | The Morning FiveThe Morning Five: Tuesday, June 24, 2025 -- Israel-Iran Updates, Fast-Track Deportations Resume, and Texas Food Label Law Could Reshape U.S. Market
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For the Good of the Public | The Morning FiveThe Morning Five: Monday, June 23, 2025 -- U.S. Military Operation Against Iran and Update on Tax Bill
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For the Good of the Public | The Morning FiveThe Morning Five: Thursday, June 19, 2025 -- SCOTUS Upholds TN Law Limiting Medical Treatments for Transgender Minors, Fed Continues to Hold Interest Rates, Iran's Leader Warns U.S.
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For the Good of the Public | The Morning FiveThe Morning Five: Wednesday, June 18, 2025 -- Iran Update, Federal Appeals Court Considers Constitutionality of Trump Military Deployment in LA, Democratic Primaries in VA
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For the Good of the Public | The Morning FiveThe Morning Five: Tuesday, June 17, 2025 -- Israel Strikes Iran's Nuclear Program, Political Violence and Trump Makes Immigration Concession
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For the Good of the Public | The Morning FiveThe Morning Five: June 12, 2025 - Johnson to address Knesset, Fulbright board resigns, May inflation report, new gun study
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For the Good of the Public | The Morning FiveThe Morning Five: June 11, 2025 - US and China agree to "framework," LA protest update, mass shooting in Austria
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For the Good of the Public | The Morning FiveThe Morning Five: June 10, 2025 - Rep. Green resigns, LA protest update, travel ban in effect, Canada's NATO pledge
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For the Good of the Public | The Morning FiveThe Morning Five: June 9, 2025 - Los Angeles ICE protests, new Supreme Court Decisions, May jobs report
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For the Good of the Public | The Morning FiveThe Morning Five: Wednesday, June 4, 2025 - AI Guardrails, South Korean Election, Car Manufacturers Warn on China Export Ban
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For the Good of the Public | The Morning FiveThe Morning Five: Tuesday, June 3, 2025 - Boulder Attack Update, Russia, Ukraine Talks, “Medicaid Moderates”
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For the Good of the Public | The Morning FiveThe Morning Five: Monday, June 2, 2025 - Attack in Boulder, Colorado; Musk steps down; Ukraine Attacks Russian Air Bases
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For the Good of the Public | The Morning FiveThe Morning Five: Thursday, May 29, 2025 - Musk disappointed with big beautiful bill, Israel kills Gaza Chief, Germany & Ukraine
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For the Good of the Public | The Morning FiveThe Morning Five: Wednesday, May 28, 2025 - Covid vaccine updates, social media age restriction laws, and federal contracts with Harvard University
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For the Good of the Public | The Morning FiveThe Morning Five: Tuesday, May 27, 2025 - Trump delays EU Tariffs and Russia launches largest drone and missile attack
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For the Good of the Public | The Morning FiveThe Morning Five: Thursday, May 22, 2025 -- DOJ Rolls Back Biden-era Police Reforms, Qatari Plane Accepted and Another Oval Office Confrontation,
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For the Good of the Public | The Morning FiveThe Morning Five: Wednesday, May 21, 2025 -- Trump's Golden Dome, Budget Bill Update and Google Responds to AI Competition
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For the Good of the Public | The Morning FiveThe Morning Five: May 20, 2025 -- New SCOTUS Immigration Decision, POTUS Talks with Putin and VP Vance Meets Pope Leo XIV
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For the Good of the Public | The Morning FiveThe Morning Five: Monday, May 19, 2025 -- Former President Biden Receives Cancer Diagnosis, MD Gov Vetoes Reparations Bill, and Pope Leo XIV's Inauguration
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For the Good of the Public | The Morning FiveThe Morning Five: Thursday, May 15, 2025 -- Congressional Budget Machinations and CDC Reports Drop in Overdose Deaths
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For the Good of the Public | The Morning FiveThe Morning Five: Wednesday, May 14, 2025 -- Trump Visits Middle East, Qatar Offers Trump Gift Plane and DNC Considers Removing Hogg, Kenyatta
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For the Good of the Public | The Morning FiveThe Morning Five: Tuesday, May 13, 2025 -- Hamas Releases American Hostage, US-China Deescalate, Trump Welcomes White South African Refugees and Pope Leo XIV Meets with Journalists
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For the Good of the Public | The Morning FiveThe Morning Five: Monday, May 12, 2025 -- New Pope, China-U.S. Trade Deal and Trump Preps EO on Pharmaceuticals
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For the Good of the Public | The Morning FiveThe Morning Five: Thursday, May 8, 2025 -- India and Pakistan Conflict Erupts, and Fed Declines to Cut Interest Rates
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For the Good of the Public | The Morning FiveThe Morning Five: Wednesday, May 7, 2025 -- Conclave Begins Today, SCOTUS Allows Trump Transgender Military Ban to Proceed and Trump Meets with New Canadian PM
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For the Good of the Public | The Morning FiveThe Morning Five: Tuesday, May 6, 2025 -- Israel Plans Escalation in Gaza, Trump Offers Money for Self-Deportation and Europe Seeks to Attract Scientists
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For the Good of the Public | The Morning FiveThe Morning Five: Monday, May 5, 2025 -- White House Proposes Budget, GOP Congress Moves to Slash Regulations, and National Security Changeup
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For the Good of the Public | The Morning FiveThe Morning Five: Wednesday, April 30, 2025 -- Harvard Releases Reports on Campus Bias Against Jewish and Muslim Students, Senate Confirms Amb. to China and White House Eases Auto Tariffs for Domestic Manufacturers
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For the Good of the Public | The Morning FiveThe Morning Five: Tuesday, April 29, 2025 -- Trump Redirects DOJ Civil Rights Division, Canada Sticks with Liberal Party and NY Set to Ban Cellphone Use in Public Schools
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For the Good of the Public | The Morning FiveThe Morning Five: Monday, April 28, 2025 -- U.S. Pushes for Resolution in Ukraine, Trump's Historically Low Approval Rating and ICE Deports Hundreds in Florida
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For the Good of the Public | The Morning FiveThe Morning Five: Thursday, April 24, 2025 -- Trump Signals Openness to Reducing China Tariffs, Senator Dick Durbin Retires and Trump Wants Crimea on the Table in Ukraine Negotiations
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For the Good of the Public | The Morning FiveThe Morning Five: Wednesday, April 23, 2025 -- Secretary Rubio Announces Plan to Overhaul State, 60 Minutes Producer Resigns and SCOTUS Hears Case on Religious Freedom and Public Schools
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For the Good of the Public | The Morning FiveThe Morning Five: Tuesday, April 22, 2025 -- Pope Francis, and NPR Reports Defense Secretary Hegseth Might be Replaced
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For the Good of the Public | The Morning FiveThe Morning Five: Thursday, April 17, 2025 -- Powell Warns of Stagflation, Sec. Kennedy Announces New Autism Study and Britain's High Court Rules on Sex and the Equality Act
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For the Good of the Public | The Morning FiveThe Morning Five: Wednesday, April 16, 2025 -- Albrego-Garcia Update, Hegseth Advisor Under Investigation for Leaks, and Rep. AOC's Fundraising Haul
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For the Good of the Public | The Morning FiveThe Morning Five: Tuesday, April 15, 2025 -- El Salvador's President Visits Oval, Harvard Stands Firm and Katy Perry Sends Me Into Orbit
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For the Good of the Public | The Morning FiveThe Morning Five: Monday, April 14, 2025 -- Tariffs Sour Opinion on Trump's Handling of Economy, Arson at PA Governor Shapiro's Home
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For the Good of the Public | The Morning FiveThe Morning Five: Thursday, April 10, 2024 -- Trump Pauses Tariffs, Freezes More Higher Ed Funding, and House Postpones Budget Vote
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For the Good of the Public | The Morning FiveThe Morning Five: Wednesday, April 9, 2025 -- 'Liberation Day' Tariffs Go Into Effect Today, SCOTUS Blocks Lower Court Ruling, IRS Chief Resigns Following IRS/ICE Information Sharing Agreement
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For the Good of the Public | The Morning FiveThe Morning Five: Tuesday, April 8, 2025 -- Stock Market Turmoil Continues, Trump Pursues Nuke Deal with Iran and SCOTUS Actions on Deportations
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For the Good of the Public | The Morning FiveThe Morning Five: Monday, April 7, 2025 -- "Liberation Day" Fallout, Budget Plan and Protests
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For the Good of the Public | The Morning FiveThe Morning Five: Thursday, April 3, 2025 -- "Jesus Waits for Us"
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For the Good of the Public | The Morning FiveThe Morning Five: Wednesday, April 2, 2025 -- Senator Booker's Filibuster and Election Results
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For the Good of the Public | The Morning FiveThe Morning Five: Tuesday, April 1, 2025 -- Myanmar, WI Supreme Court Election and more
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For the Good of the Public | The Morning FiveThe Morning Five: Thursday, March 27, 2025 -- SCOTUS Rules on 'Ghost Guns,' Another Immigration Ruling and Democrats Get Upset Win in PA State Senate Election
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For the Good of the Public | The Morning FiveThe Morning Five: Wednesday, March 26, 2025 -- VP Vance to Greenland, Trump EO on Elections and Utah Signs Law on Family Influencers
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