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Back to SearchDec. 5, 2022: Looming lessons from the Georgia runoff
Episode 1498
In roughly 37 hours, Georgians will cast the final votes of the 2022 midterms, deciding the Senate runoff between incumbent Democrat Raphael Warnock…
3 years, 8 months ago
Dec. 2, 2022: A major legal defeat for Trump
Episode 1497
The 11th Circuit delivered a unanimous opinion shutting down the special master review of the documents that the FBI seized from Mar-a-Lago and dismi…
3 years, 9 months ago
Dec. 1, 2022: ‘Dems in disarray’ makes a (brief) comeback
Episode 1496
Since Election Day, the drama in the House has been concentrated on the GOP side, as Kevin McCarthy tries to overcome a MAGA world mutiny to get the …
3 years, 9 months ago
Nov. 30, 2022: The Hill's big choice: Omnibus or struggle bus?
Episode 1495
The four congressional leaders spent over an hour with President Joe Biden in the Roosevelt Room on Tuesday, and when they emerged from the White Hou…
3 years, 9 months ago
Nov. 29, 2022: Why ‘Union Joe’ put the screws to rail workers
Episode 1494
In 1992, two days into a crippling railroad strike, then-Sen. Joe Biden came to the Senate floor and decried the lopsided nature of federal labor law…
3 years, 9 months ago
Nov. 28, 2022: We run down the year-end sprint
Episode 1493
President Joe Biden and lawmakers return to Washington this week facing a lengthy lame-duck to-do list with only three weeks scheduled to resolve it …
3 years, 9 months ago
Nov. 23, 2022: Is the Georgia runoff a done deal?
Episode 1492
As we all pack up and take a quick break for Thanksgiving, the Peach State is still abuzz with activity as voters prepare to settle the final Senate …
3 years, 9 months ago
Nov. 22, 2022: How to sound smart about politics on Thanksgiving
Episode 1491
It’s one of the slowest weeks in politics as our elected leaders slip into the Thanksgiving break, when they have a chance to assess the fallout from…
3 years, 9 months ago
Nov. 21, 2022: The 2024 jockeying jumble
Episode 1490
Playbook editor Mike DeBonis and deputy editor Zack Stanton break down the weekend in politics, including the Republican Jewish Coalition conference …
3 years, 9 months ago
Nov. 18, 2022: Dems want answers from Musk’s Twitter
Episode 1489
On Thursday, as the 5 p.m. deadline approached for employees to decide whether they were “hardcore” enough to stick it out at Elon Musk's Twitter, re…
3 years, 9 months ago