Podcast Episodes

Could AIPAC faceplant in Illinois?

AIPAC and a cadre of affiliated groups have pumped more than $21 million into four open Illinois congressional races with the hopes of installing a s…

1 month, 1 week ago

Congress returns to a perfect storm

With war raging in the Middle East, DHS still shut down and yet another storm bearing down on the East Coast, Congress returns to session today amid …

1 month, 1 week ago

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…

1 month, 1 week 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…

1 month, 1 week 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…

1 month, 1 week 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 …

1 month, 1 week 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 …

1 month, 1 week 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…

1 month, 1 week 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…

1 month, 2 weeks 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…

1 month, 2 weeks ago