Podcast Episodes

Readback: DHS fight heats up on the Senate floor

Portal author Samantha Handler discusses the Senate dispute over the ongoing Department of Homeland Security shutdown. This story was featured in The…

2 months, 4 weeks ago

Fly Out Day Live at the Punchbowl News Conference

During the Conference lunch break, Amy Walter, publisher and editor-in-chief of The Cook Political Report with Amy Walter, joined Punchbowl News foun…

2 months, 4 weeks ago

Thune and Trump hit the skids

The relationship between Senate Majority Leader John Thune and President Donald Trump is under increasing stress, as the two diverge on legislative s…

2 months, 4 weeks ago

Lankford on the filibuster and Iran

Oklahoma Republican Senator James Lankford joins Anna and Jake at the townhouse ahead of a marathon debate on the SAVE America Act.

Plus, HuffPost’s …

2 months, 4 weeks ago

Trump’s on the ROAD to nowhere

A massive, bipartisan Senate housing push is running into a wall in the House. Anna and Jake discuss how President Trump’s focus on the SAVE America …

3 months ago

A tough time to be a Hill Republican

Dragged by President Donald Trump into another war in the Middle East, the GOP’s problems are growing worse every day, and there’s no sign things hav…

3 months ago

Trump's plan to save midterms? Voter ID law

House Republicans are defending a razor-thin majority amid a balky economy, a growing retirement list and a burgeoning oil crisis sparked by the chao…

3 months ago

Iran, the SAVE America Act and the House GOP retreat

The Senate is in this week and the House is out, with Republicans down in Doral, Fla., at the Trump National Doral for their annual legislative retre…

3 months ago

Readback: Iran war fallout on Capitol Hill

Defense reporter Briana Reilly talks about the Hill's reaction to the United States' launch of military operations against Iran last weekend. This st…

3 months ago

House GOP eye reconciliation 2.0

Are you ready for another Big Beautiful Bill? Mike Johnson is. House GOP leaders decided at their Florida retreat last weekend that they’re going to …

3 months ago