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Jeffrey Toobin, staff writer at The New Yorker
Jeffrey Toobin, staff writer at the New Yorker. His new book is an investigation into the bush gore presidential recount. Its called, Too Close to Call : The Thirty-Six-Day Battle to Decide the 2000 Election (Random House). He also has a piece in the latest New Yorker, about the new anti-terrorism legislation. His last book, A Vast Conspiracy, was about the Clinton-Lewinsky scandal. His book The Run of His Life was about the OJ Simpson Trial. Toobin is also a legal analyst for ABC news.
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How Jared Kushner is mixing U.S. diplomacy with his billion-dollar business
Journalist DEXTER FILKINS, a staff writer for The New Yorker. His new piece, "Jared Kushner’s Dollar Diplomacy," looks at Trump’s son-in-law’s growing role in American foreign policy while his private-equity firm is backed by billions of dollars from governments in the Middle East. (INTERVIEW BY TONYA MOSLEY) (THIS INTERVIEW CONTINUES INTO THE SECOND HALF OF THE SHOW).
Kate Atkinson's latest historical escape is to a festival most Americans haven't heard of
Book critic MAUREEN CORRIGAN reviews “Our Noble Selves” by Kate Atkinson.
Singer/actor Danielle Brooks says 'gratitude should always lead the way'
Actress DANIELLE BROOKS. She’s known for her roles as Tastee in Orange in the New Black and Sophia in the Broadway revival and film adaptations of The Color Purple. She co-stars in the new film If I Go Will They Miss Me. (INTERVIEW CONTINUES INTO THE SECOND HALF OF THE SHOW).