Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchMarch 13, 2025: A (way too early) look at 2028
President Donald Trump has only been in office for a month and a half, but 2028 is already on the minds of Democrats in Washington, and the road to t…
11 months, 2 weeks ago
March 12, 2025: Johnson gets a win and market losses mount
Market volatility is the talk of Washington as the White House issues (and, in some cases, walks back) whiplash-inducing tariff threats. And as the e…
11 months, 3 weeks ago
March 11, 2025: What counts as free speech in Trump’s America?
What precisely are the limits of free speech in Donald Trump’s America? That question is at the heart of the case of Mahmoud Khalil, a Columbia Unive…
11 months, 3 weeks ago
March 10, 2025: House GOP scrambles to avoid a shutdown
Two facts are behind the day’s biggest story on Capitol Hill. One, we’re just five days away from a government shutdown. Two, the House GOP’s so-call…
11 months, 3 weeks ago
March 7, 2025: Capitol Hill confidential
It’s the worst-kept secret in Washington: Being in Congress isn’t as glamorous as it seems from the outside. But what is life really like on Capitol …
11 months, 3 weeks ago
March 6, 2025: Is Trump’s trade war an own goal?
President Donald Trump’s tariff regime is blooming before our eyes. That may delight his MAGA base, but it’s causing agita in the broader electorate,…
11 months, 3 weeks ago
March 5, 2025: Trump doubles down
In his joint address to Congress last night, President Donald Trump gave a red-meat speech that lauded his culture war victories, denigrated his poli…
1 year ago
March 4, 2025: What to expect from Trump’s joint address
This evening, President Donald Trump will address a joint session of Congress for the first time in his second term in the White House. After a whirl…
1 year ago
March 3, 2025: Is DOGE overshadowing Trump?
Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency project has become the center of President Trump’s domestic agenda, with a lot of political capital b…
1 year ago
February 28, 2025: Zelenskyy tries to make a deal
Today, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is in Washington, where he will meet President Donald Trump in person for the first time since Trump’s…
1 year ago