Week In Politics: SCOTUS Rules That Trump Can Use Pentagon Funds For Border Wall, Guatemala Asylum Deal, New 2020 Polling And More

AirTalk’s weekly political roundtable recaps the major headlines you might’ve missed in politics news over the weekend and looks ahead to the week to come. Here are the headlines what we’re following this week:

• Border news: 

  • The Supreme Court has ruled that the Trump administration can use Pentagon funds to construct portions of the border wall 

  • “Safe third country deal:” Trump said Guatemala has agreed to limit asylum applications to the U.S. 

• The new director of national intelligence has been chosen, and it’s Texas Representative John Ratcliffe  

• 2020 check-in: 

  • According to a new South Carolina Democratic primary poll, Biden is still well ahead of the pack, with Harris, Sanders and Warren tightly grouped behind him 

  • Democratic presidential candidates are prepping for the second debates, coming up July 30 and July 31. What is the line-up like this time?And what does each candidate need to do after their performance in the last debates? And what has been the public’s response (or lack of response) to the debates? 

  • Sen. Harris pledged to invest in HBUs, if she becomes president

  • Healthcare in 2020 

    • Biden’s running on what’s basically the ACA, meanwhile Kamala Harris has put forth her plan for Medicare for all 

• In a tweet, President Trump said he’s considering declaring ANTIFA a terrorist organization. Can he do that? What’s the criteria for identifying a terrorist organization? 

Guests: 

Pete Peterson, dean of the School of Public Policy and senior fellow at The Davenport Institute at Pepperdine University; he tweets

Jennifer Merolla, professor of political science at the University of California, Riverside