If not McCarthy, then who?

When the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade back in 2022, it indicated that abortion was an issue to be relegated to the states. Instead, it has blown up American politics, firing up voters and leading to conflicting lower court rulings. Post columnists Ruth Marcus, Alexandra Petri and Amanda Ripley discuss how it feels to be a woman in the post-Dobbs world and what’s at stake when abortion returns to the Supreme Court this term as the justices hear a case on access to mifepristone. Ruth Marcus: Even after abortion pill ruling, reproductive rights remain in the balanceAlexandra Petri: I don’t know how to write about all that hasn’t happened since the fall of RoeMake sure you don't miss an episode of Impromptu, by hitting the follow button on Amazon Music, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube, The Post site or anywhere else you listen to podcasts.

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The Israel-Gaza war has dominated our news feeds and dinner table conversations and opened up rifts that cross traditional partisan lines. Three Post columnists unpack how U.S. involvement in the war makes them feel about being American.

Every 19th of October, Grenadians mark a somber anniversary: the 1983 execution of the country’s former prime minister and revolutionary leader, Maurice Bishop, and others who died alongside him. The people of this Caribbean nation still have no closure 40 years later. The remains of Bishop and his supporters were never returned to their family members and are missing to this day. In the first episode of “The Empty Grave of Comrade Bishop,” The Washington Post’s Martine Powers takes us on the personal journey that led her to learn about Grenada’s history. Martine delves into why Bishop was such an influential figure, what made the United States nervous about him and why the mystery of his missing remains continues to haunt so many on the island.Listen to more episodes here – or on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Amazon Music or Spotify. You can find photos and documents from the investigation in our special episode guide here. Subscribers to The Washington Post can get early access to episodes of the series on Apple Podcasts, as well as ad-free listening. Link your Post subscription now or sign up to become a new Post subscriber here.

SBF is fighting conventional fraud charges. But the moral philosophy that guided his decisions was anything but. We get into whether SBF is a failed messiah or just another disgraced tech mogul, and how he sold people on doing good while getting rich.Play it again, Sam: Inside Bankman-Fried’s last year in the crypto game, Michael LewisThe coin flip that could convict Sam Bankman-Fried, Jason Willick

Kevin McCarthy is out as House speaker. Now what? Post Opinions columnists Perry Bacon, Jim Geraghty and Dana Milbank gather for an impromptu conversation about where the House should go from here, whom the next speaker might be and whether Democrats have any responsibility to clean up the mess.Populist passions, not Trump, rule the GOP, by Jim GeraghtyMcCarthy’s gone. Republican dysfunction is here to stay, by Dana MilbankRepublicans are in disarray. But they are still winning a lot on policy, by Perry Bacon Jr.

Seven candidates debated in California as the former president Donald Trump campaigned elsewhere. It's putting some conservatives in a mood. Three Trump-skeptical columnists discuss what's next in the run for the nomination.

There’s a crisis in child care, and it’s about to get worse. Three Post columnists, who happen to be parents, talk through some bipartisan solutions that could ease the pain.

Fox News is now in Lachlan Murdoch’s hands. Washington Post columnists talk about what they would do next if they were him.

College football is often about the coaches. And Deion Sanders, NFL Hall of Famer and Colorado’s new head coach, is breaking the mold. What does his rise mean to Black Americans? Three Washington Post columnists talk through it.