It's been six months of the Trump administration and almost daily headlines about big policy changes.
This week on Consider This,
we're taking stock of what's really changed and what hasn't from immigration to education.
And we're going to unpack the controversy around Trump's nominee to a powerful federal court and a possible shift in his approach to appointing judges.
Listen to Consider This on the NPR app or wherever you get your podcasts.
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Giles Snyder.
President Trump is expected to play some golf today.
He's in Scotland this weekend to visit his two golf courses and to talk trade with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and European Union officials,
telling reporters upon landing in Scotland that he thinks there's a 50-50 chance at concluding a trade deal with the EU.
And that would be actually the biggest deal of them all if we make it.
Trump's visit to Scotland is being overshadowed by his ties to the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
Trump dismissed the idea of a pardon for Epstein's imprisoned former girlfriend Glenn Maxwell.
Her attorney says she has completed a second day of interviews with Deputy Attorney General Tom Blanche and although she would welcome relief he says there have been no discussions about a pardon.
Florida's governor says deportation flights have begun from an immigration detention center in southern Florida.
NPR's Greg Allen reports that elected officials and lawyers for detainees have filed lawsuits after being denied access to the facility.
Governor Ron DeSantis says 100 detainees who had final removal orders have been deported from the facility,
located at an airport in the heart of the Everglades.
This provides an ability to enhance the mission.
to increase the number and frequency of deportations.
DeSantis says hundreds more have been flown from the facility to other locations in the U.S. before being deported.