Coronavirus Special Report: Former DHS head Tom Ridge on secure voting and the pandemic

By Shawn Zeller and Evan Campbell

Posted June 24, 2020 at 6:25pm

In this episode, we bring you the latest on health policy news and why Tom Ridge, who is also a former Republican governor of Pennsylvania, has joined a bipartisan effort to secure voting in November.

Show Notes:

USCIS informs 13,000 federal employees of potential furloughs without emergency funding
Local advocacy groups still pushing for higher census response
Senate GOP policing bill stalls as Democrats block it on floor, attention swerves to House
Del. Norton continues push to change name of DC’s football team
Trump wanted him ousted from GOP, but Massie coasts in primary

A Massachusetts primary tests Democrats’ appetite to ‘change the culture’

A worker stocks Angus beef top sirloin filets in the meat section of a grocery store in Washington, D.C., on Oct. 25, 2025.

Trump creates beef with ranchers over new import plan

Construction continues on a new helipad on the South Lawn of the White House and the East Wing ballroom on August 20, 2026.

White House ballroom construction can proceed, SCOTUS says

A child is vaccinated during an immunization event at the L.A. Care and Blue Shield of California Promise Health Plan Community Resource Center in Los Angeles on Oct. 24, 2025.

HHS seeks input on kids vaccination changes called for by Trump

President Donald Trump looks on before signing a piece of stone at the construction site of a helipad on the South Lawn of the White House on Wednesday. (Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images)

Trump tries to shrug off opponents’ rush to define him as lame duck

California state Sen. Aisha Wahab speaks to reporters during her election night watch party in Hayward, Calif., on Tuesday. (Heather Diehl/Getty Images)

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