Is the US-Mexico Relationship at a Breaking Point?

In his reporting, Texas-based journalist Julián Aguilar focuses on immigration reform and enforcement, politics, international trade, border security, and the drug trade.

Is the relationship between the United States and Mexico on shaky ground? This year, President Trump threatened to impose tariffs on Mexican imports if the country didn’t stop the flow of migrants from Central America. And, just this week, Mexican officials called a fatal shooting at an El Paso department store that killed eight Mexicans an "act of terrorism." Jorge Guajardo, former Mexican ambassador to China, joins Julián Aguilar, a reporter for The Texas Tribune, and Jeh Johnson, former US secretary of homeland security for a discussion about what’s at stake. Mary Louise Kelly, co-host of NPR’s “All Things Considered,” moderates the conversation. Listen to the podcast.

Are We Headed for a War with Iran?

President Trump says he does not want a major war in the Middle East. But many allies and observers worry that hardlinders in the US and Iran are on a collision course toward conflict. The Atlantic’s Jeffrey Goldberg talks with William Burns, a career diplomat who led the secret bilateral negotiations that resulted in the Iran nuclear deal.

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