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The Docket

Can big pharma be forced to fix opioid crisis?
Fmr. Miss. AG Mike Moore took on the tobacco industry and won $246B. He thinks the best way to pay for combating the Opioid crisis may be to sue Big Pharma.
Driving drunk - in his own driveway
All the President's lawyers
The legal battle over Charlie Gard
A Supreme Court case could impact how we vote
Did Tiger Woods bogey his DUI?
How might Cosby jury composition affect verdict?
Should jurors favor police testimony?
8 Charged with manslaughter in frat hazing
'Infowars' host Alex Jones' persona on trial
Prosecutor: use Cosby memoir as evidence
Is your internet privacy dead?
Undocumented mother forced to take refuge in church
Is torture ever necessary?
Will new AG enforce DOJ reforms of Chicago PD?
Should the electoral college be abolished?
Nut vendor fired for White Nationalist views
Wikileaks: Bad for democracy?
Is early voting bad for democracy?
Hatch: SCOTUS process 'too politicized'

Inside Scoop

What can go wrong on Presidential trips
Former advance man for President Clinton, Josh King, on how foreign trips can go wrong and what President Trump faces on his first international voyage.
'I shot bin Laden'
Will Trump let JFK files become public?
Did Comey lose the election for Hillary?
Crisis mismanagement: United, Spicer, O'Reilly
Why Hillary Lost
Fahrenthold on breaking Trump video story
Why Was Stanford Sexual Assault Sentencing So Light?
CIA nominee Pompeo in March '15 on Benghazi, Clinton emails
Beckel: Megyn Kelly brought down Ailes
Art Garfunkel on Sanders ad using "America"
What Trump's Golf Game Reveals About Candidate
Is the criminal case against Bill Cosby weak?

Social Fabric

Do Millennials need remedial training?
WSJ reporter Ellen Byron says many retail companies are eager to sell their products to Millennials - but Millennials don't know how to use them!
Drug use impacts blue-collar workforce
Smartphones: the new teen mental health crisis?
Adult kids back home: a good thing?
Dolezal's journey to 'trans-Black'ness
Pope open to married men becoming priests
Pope's panhandler protocol
HS civil rights seminar: 'Indoctrination'?
Roommate wanted: No Trump supporters please
Essay contest on white privilege stirs controversy
Super-rich building luxury doomsday bunkers
Ramsey: DOJ Should Investigate All Shootings By Police
Debating the Future of "Black Lives Matter"
Olympian John Carlos on Cadet Fist Salute Controversy
College Pushes Back Vs. Political Correctness
Suing Gun Sellers and Manufacturers
Takei on Internment and Immigration prejudice (full)
Zoey Tur on Transgender Rights
Roommate ad seeks "Person of Color Only"
One City's Radical Fix for Heroin Epidemic

The Unfinished Story

Bob Costas on his role in OJ's Bronco chase

Sportscaster Bob Costas recounts covering the NBA finals during OJ Simpson's famous Bronco chase - and the fact that OJ tried to call him from the car.

Coons on visiting Sudanese refugee camps

Sen. Chris Coons describes his recent trip to refugee camps in South Sudan and Uganda - where he caught "Smerconish" on TV.

Tony Blair on Brexit Fallout

Fmr. British Prime Minister Tony Blair on the US implications of the vote to exit the EU, and upheaval caused by insurgent movements on both right and left

Fired for Being White?

Was a Pittsburgh TV anchor fired for a Facebook post discriminated against because she's white? Attorney Areva Martin & law professor Carol Swain debate.

Saudi's newly appointed King Salman (R) shakes hands with US President Barack Obama at Erga Palace in Riyadh on January 27, 2015. Obama landed in Saudi Arabia with his wife First Lady Michelle Obama to shore up ties with King Salman and offer condolences after the death of his predecessor Abdullah. AFP PHOTO / SAUL LOEB (Photo credit should read SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images)

Graham: U.S. must respond to Saudi 'complicity' in 9/11

Bob Graham, co-chair of the 9/11 congressional inquiry, faults the U.S. for not responding to the Saudi "complicity in the murder of 3,000 Americans."

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Colorado Gov. on Effects of Legalizing Pot

Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper tells Michael Smerconish the side effects of legalizing marijuana on his state's revenues and health concerns for teens

Kareem Abdul Jabbar talks Starbucks #RaceTogether campaign

NBA superstar Kareem Abdul Jabbar offers his frank thoughts on the #RaceTogether campaign put forth by Starbucks.

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Should the Cosby deposition have been released?

Michael Smerconish speaks with Ariva Martin about the legal questions surrounding the release of the full 2005 Bill Cosby deposition.

What motivates ISIS? A debate about its Muslim roots

Author of the Atlantic piece "What Isis Really Wants" and a Muslim law professor debate the Muslim roots of ISIS beliefs with Michael Smerconish

Beckel Vs. Beckel on Trump

CNN Contributor and Democrat Bob Beckel squares off with his conservative Hollywood actor brother Graham Beckel about the appeal of Trump's candidacy

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Bob Beckel on Surviving Politics, TV and Addiction

CNN's Bob Beckel tells Michael Smerconish about working in politics by day and "living in the dark world" at night, discussing his book "I Should Be Dead"

What it's like to gender transition

Star news helicopter pilot Zoey Tur, formerly known as Bob Tur, talks about the process of transitioning genders and what it means to be transgender.

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Inside the mind of radical Islam

Michael Smerconish sits down with Anjem Choudary, a radical Muslim cleric in London, to discuss terrorism and the Paris terror attacks.

A quote from Virgil seen during a press preview of the National September 11 Memorial Museum at the World Trade Center site May 14, 2014 in New York. AFP PHOTO/Stan HONDA (Photo credit should read STAN HONDA/AFP/Getty Images)

9/11: The 28 missing pages

Former Sen. Bob Graham and Terry Strada, wife of a 9/11 victim, push for the release of 28 pages of still classified material regarding 9/11 financing.

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Is hacking the new nuclear weapon?

Is there a Cold War element towards state-sponsored cyberattacks?

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Headlines Redefined

My exit interview with Sean Spicer

How Smerconish unwittingly landed WH Press Secretary Sean Spicer's exit interview - and highlights of their history on-air back when Spicer was with the RNC

'I faked being black to get into med school'

Worried he couldn't compete against fellow Indian-Americans, Vijay Jojo Chokal-Ingam pretended to be black when applying to medical school - and got in.

How often has US meddled in others' elections?

With all this talk of Russian meddling, how often has the US tried the same on other countries - and has it worked?

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Trump's Game Plan: Seinfeld's "The Opposite"

Trump's successes by doing "The Opposite" of what should work is a page from the playbook of Seinfeld's George Costanza.

How many refugees are actually terrorists?

Trump's new refugee ban is based on the false belief that they're to blame for terrorist activities, says Peter Bergen, author of "United States of Jihad"

48 college presidents send Trump protest letter

One of 48 university heads who sent a letter to President Trump protesting the refugee travel ban, Washington U. at St. Louis's Mark Wrighton, explains why.

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"Bayonne Bleeder" Wepner on going 15 rounds with Ali

Boxer Chuck Wepner, "The Bayonne Bleeder" whom Stallone based "Rocky" on, recounts his memories of lasting 15 rounds with Muhammad Ali in March 1975.

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Is Trump the new Pat Buchanan?

Michael Smerconish asks Pat Buchanan about his ideas being carried forward by Donald Trump, and what Trump's chances are in the 2016 race.

Smerconish: My dinner with Fidel

In light of the Cuba-U.S. relations thaw, Michael Smerconish talks on his nearly seven hour dinner with Fidel Castro.

"Lone Survivor" Luttrell on Obama's Gun Law Proposals

Navy SEAL Marcus Luttrell, "Lone survivor" author and NRA spokesman, tells Smerconish he agrees with background checks for gun owners.

CLEAN, VA - FEBRUARY 19: A man walks across the seal of the Central Intelligence Agency at the lobby of the Original Headquarters Building at the CIA headquarters February 19, 2009 in McLean, Virginia. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)

How does the U.S. investigate ISIS claims?

ISIS claimed a Jordanian airstrike killed an American hostage the group was holding. How does the U.S. investigate these claims?

How ISIS justifies its actions

Atlantic Magazine contributing editor Graeme Wood talks how ISIS justifies its actions to its supporters through carefully crafted theological arguments.

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