WAMC's Dr. Alan Chartock discusses reports that President Trump pardoned 15 people Tuesday, including three former Republican members of Congress, and George Papadopoulos, Trump's former campaign adviser who pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI in the Mueller investigation. Dr. Chartock also examines the president's opposition to Congress' $900 billion COVID-19 relief package. Also in the headlines: President-elect Joe Biden has selected Connecticut's schools chief, Miguel A. Cardona, to be his education secretary.