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Back to SearchSeptember 27, 2023: Will any candidate close the Trump gap after the second Republican debate?
Episode 1693
Candidates vying for the Republican nomination for president will once again take the stage to debate tonight, this time in California. But Donald Tr…
2 years, 11 months ago
September 26, 2023: Silence is golden for Sen. Bob Menendez
Episode 1692
After a press conference that provided few answers about the federal charges leveled against him, Sen. Bob Menendez now must face a jury of his peers…
2 years, 11 months ago
September 25, 2023: Kevin McCarthy girds for battle with the hard right
Episode 1691
As the clock ticks down, Kevin McCarthy is still trying to wrangle his fellow Republicans toward avoiding a government shutdown. But there seems to b…
2 years, 11 months ago
September 22, 2023: The incredible shrinking House speaker
Episode 1690
A government shutdown appears inevitable as the clock winds down with little progress evident on the bills necessary to keep the government open. It’…
2 years, 11 months ago
September 21, 2023: Mr. Zelenskyy goes to Washington
Episode 1689
Republicans emerged from a meeting on Capitol Hill last night confident in their ability to move forward on critical spending bills that would keep t…
2 years, 11 months ago
September 20, 2023: The White House isn’t saving Kevin McCarthy
Episode 1688
As the clock ticks closer to a government shutdown, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy is struggling to pass a bill that would keep the government open, an…
2 years, 11 months ago
September 19, 2023: What we’re watching at UNGA
Episode 1687
With a number of other world leaders skipping the United Nations General Assembly in New York this week, President Joe Biden has the opportunity to t…
2 years, 11 months ago
September 18, 2023: A slim chance for shutdown stopgap bill
Episode 1686
House Republicans spent the weekend trying to find common ground on a stopgap spending bill that could unite them against Democrats ahead of a potent…
2 years, 11 months ago
September 15, 2023: The UAW is on strike. Here’s why it matters.
Episode 1685
At midnight, the UAW’s roughly 150,000 members went on strike against General Motors, Ford and Stellantis — the first time ever that the union has ta…
2 years, 11 months ago
September 14, 2023: What Musk, Gates and Zuck told senators behind closed doors
Episode 1684
Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerburg and other of heavy hitters from the tech world joined Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer last night for a closed-door me…
2 years, 11 months ago