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What Motivates Kamala Harris?
The Washington Roundtable: Susan B. Glasser, Jane Mayer, and Evan Osnos discuss the final stretch of Kamala Harris’s Presidential campaign, including a recent media blitz on podcasts and television s…
Published on 1 year, 1 month ago
What Some Gaza Protest Voters See in Trump
With the U.S. Presidential election less than a month away, and the war in Gaza now ongoing for a full year, the group of voters who are “uncommitted” to a candidate remains a wild card. Thousands of…
Published on 1 year, 1 month ago
Newt Gingrich on What Trump Could Accomplish in a Second Term
Long before Donald Trump got serious about politics, Newt Gingrich saw himself as the revolutionary in Washington, introducing a combative style of politics that helped his party become a dominating …
Published on 1 year, 1 month ago
How to Find Every Democratic Voter in Wisconsin
The Washington Roundtable is joined by the Wisconsin Democratic Party chair, Ben Wikler, to discuss ground operations for Kamala Harris in the key battleground state, and why he thinks the Trump camp…
Published on 1 year, 1 month ago
Will J. D. Vance’s Debate Victory Matter on Election Day?
The first and only Vice-Presidential Debate of the 2024 campaign was mostly cordial, but J. D. Vance's smooth performance tried to soften the sharper edges of Trumpism in a conversation that stretche…
Published on 1 year, 1 month ago
Young Donald Trump, Roy Cohn, and the Dark Arts of Power
Actors and comedians have usually played Donald Trump as larger than life, almost as a cartoon. In the new film “The Apprentice,” Sebastian Stan doesn’t play for laughs. He stars as a very young Trum…
Published on 1 year, 1 month ago
The Election Dividing Husbands and Wives Across America
Recent polls suggest that American men and women are more divided over the 2024 election than they were in 2016, when Donald Trump ran against Hillary Clinton. The Washington Roundtable discusses the…
Published on 1 year, 1 month ago
From “Inside the Hive”: Behind Donald Trump's “Bro Podcast” Binge
The Political Scene brings you a recent episode of Vanity Fair’s “Inside the Hive,” hosted by the special correspondent Brian Stelter. The Atlantic staff writer Helen Lewis and the Bloomberg reporter…
Published on 1 year, 1 month ago
Timothy Snyder on Why Ukraine Can Still Win the War
Since the war in Ukraine began, the historian Timothy Snyder has made several trips to Ukraine, and it was there that he wrote parts of his newest book, “On Freedom.” The author of “Bloodlands” and “…
Published on 1 year, 1 month ago
Is Eric Adams Impervious to Scandal?
Last week, New York City’s police commissioner, Edward Caban, resigned after a federal corruption probe. Shortly after, Mayor Eric Adams’s chief legal adviser also stepped down. But, despite the scan…
Published on 1 year, 1 month ago