{"podcast":{"title":"Facts Matter","slug":"facts-matter-4835545","podcast_index_feed_id":4835545,"rss_url":"https://feeds.captivate.fm/facts-matter/","website_url":"https://www.theepochtimes.com/podcasts","image_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/64e50301-fb6f-4e79-9f9f-f0692dde09d0/zwXsjF3CyrApvBmRkam2Jkmj.jpg","author":"The Epoch Times","episode_count":249,"summary":"\"Facts Matter\" investigates complex issues based on the principles of traditional journalism: no spin, no favorites. We give you the facts—you decide the rest.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-17T10:22:01.469462+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/facts-matter-4835545"},"episode":{"title":"Judge Orders US Government to Pay for Deportees' Flights Back to US; Trump Voter Roll Request Gets Blocked","slug":"judge-orders-us-government-to-pay-for-deportees-flights-back-to-us-trump-voter-roll-request-gets-blocked","published_at":"2026-02-20T00:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/facts-matter-4835545/judge-orders-us-government-to-pay-for-deportees-flights-back-to-us-trump-voter-roll-request-gets-blocked","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/facts-matter-4835545","url":"https://www.theepochtimes.com/podcasts","audio_url":"https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/b483b4bf-315f-4749-8899-f22b41032dd5.mp3","summary":"A D.C. judge has just ordered the Trump administration to pay for the return flights of deported illegal immigrants so they can stand trial in the United States. Meanwhile, in a separate case, a judge in Michigan has just denied the Trump administration’s request to obtain the voter rolls in that state. Let’s go through the details of both cases together.","meta_description":"A D.C. judge has just ordered the Trump administration to pay for the return flights of deported illegal immigrants so they can stand trial in the United…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1080,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/facts-matter-4835545/episodes/judge-orders-us-government-to-pay-for-deportees-flights-back-to-us-trump-voter-roll-request-gets-blocked/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/facts-matter-4835545/judge-orders-us-government-to-pay-for-deportees-flights-back-to-us-trump-voter-roll-request-gets-blocked.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}