Podcast Episodes

Signalgate: the sequel

Pete Hegseth has been no stranger to drama during his tenure as Defense secretary, with a steady stream of headlines following him since his nominati…

2 months, 3 weeks ago

Tennessee’s titan lesson for Republicans

Republican Matt Van Epps won a closely watched special election in Tennessee last night, defeating Democrat Aftyn Behn. But Republicans writ large ma…

2 months, 3 weeks ago

Hegseth's headache

President Donald Trump is holding his latest made-for-TV Cabinet meeting today, where all eyes will be on Pete Hegseth. The Defense secretary has cap…

2 months, 3 weeks ago

Trump’s vexing Venezuela position

The Trump administration pressure campaign against Venezuela and strikes against alleged drug-trafficking boats in the region are coming under increa…

3 months ago

Witkoff's revealing phone call

A stunning transcript reportedly detailing Steve Witkoff’s private conversation with one of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s top aides reveals the …

3 months ago

Parsing Trump’s Ukraine peace plan

President Donald Trump has dispatched Army Secretary Dan Driscoll to meet with Russian officials in Abu Dhabi over the Ukraine peace plan. The propos…

3 months ago

Rubio’s week of war and peace

Secretary of State Marco Rubio is back from Geneva, where he met with Ukrainian and European officials to negotiate a peace agreement to end the Russ…

3 months ago

From 'The Conversation': Army Secretary Dan Driscoll on transforming the armed forces

Dan Driscoll made history earlier this year when, at 38, he was sworn in as the youngest Army secretary in U.S. history.

And he just made news again…

3 months ago

Mr. Mamdani goes to Washington

This afternoon, two politicians who embody diametrically opposite facets of New York City — President Donald Trump and NYC Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani…

3 months, 1 week ago

Trump’s teetering economic message

Despite his continued insistence that cost-of-living concerns aren’t a problem, President Donald Trump is confronting subpar stats on the U.S. econom…

3 months, 1 week ago