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Back to SearchFeb. 22, 2022: Today’s Russia conundrum: What’s an ‘invasion’?
Episode 1301
It happened. On Monday, Russian President Vladimir Putin sent troops — er, “peacekeepers,” as Moscow’s propaganda machine is calling them — into separatist regions of Ukraine. The move came less than…
Published on 3 years, 9 months ago
Feb. 18, 2022: McCarthy endorses Cheney Challenger
Episode 1300
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy officially backed Harriet Hageman, the primary challenger to Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.), Olivia Beavers reports. While tensions have simmered between McCarthy and C…
Published on 3 years, 10 months ago
Feb. 17, 2022: Operation ‘Stop Greitens’ goes awry
Episode 1299
Former President Donald Trump met with Alabama GOP Senate candidate Katie Britt at Mar-a-Lago on Tuesday, two sources familiar told Playbook. The former president has been having buyer’s remorse afte…
Published on 3 years, 10 months ago
Feb. 16, 2022: Exclusive poll: Answers to the midterm’s 2 big questions
Episode 1298
We have some news in our latest POLITICO-Morning Consult poll that we can share with you this morning.
The results get to the heart of two big questions about 2022:
1. Can Democrats overcome the cultu…
Published on 3 years, 10 months ago
Feb. 11, 2022: Where things stand with SCOTUS
Episode 1295
The first clips of President Joe Biden's sitdown interview with NBC’s Lester Holt were released Thursday night (the full video will air on Sunday’s Super Bowl pregame show).
Biden announced that his s…
Published on 3 years, 10 months ago
Feb. 10, 2022: House Dems break against mask mandate
Episode 1294
It’s been one of the greatest sources of tension between House Republicans and Democrats for a year now: a chamber-wide mandate requiring lawmakers to mask up before they vote — and steep fines if th…
Published on 3 years, 10 months ago
Feb. 9, 2022: Biden lags behind Dem govs on easing mask mandates
Episode 1293
Across the country, top Democratic officials are relaxing mask mandates as Omicron recedes and concern rises about how masking is affecting schoolchildren. Meanwhile, Republicans have seized on the i…
Published on 3 years, 10 months ago
Feb. 8, 2022: Censures inflame GOP tensions
Episode 1292
The fallout from the RNC’s weekend censure of Reps. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) and Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.) spread to Capitol Hill on Monday: Hill Republicans returned to town and lit into Chair Ronna McDani…
Published on 3 years, 10 months ago
Feb. 7, 2022: Can Dems defy history?
Episode 1291
The most likely November election scenario is that Republicans win the House and Senate. On average since World War II, the president’s party loses 26 House seats and four Senate seats in a midterm e…
Published on 3 years, 10 months ago
Feb. 4, 2022: The Instagram account that has the Hill riveted
Episode 1290
If you work on Capitol Hill, you’ve probably heard about “Dear White Staffers.” It’s an Instagram account that started as a place where aides of color on the Hill — a place dominated by white lawmake…
Published on 3 years, 10 months ago