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Will Donald Trump's revenge tour backfire?
From a $1.8 billion US fund for Donald Trump allies, which some critics call a 'MAGA slush fund', to retribution for Republicans who have spoken out …
10 hours ago
What Stephen Colbert’s cancellation says about Trump’s America
The final episode of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert airs this week. It’s being called the end of an era, and some critics say the cancellation of…
1 week ago
Has Trump made conspiracy theories mainstream?
From UFOs to 'missing scientists', fringe ideas and conspiracy theories have come to the forefront during U.S. President Donald Trump’s second admini…
2 weeks ago
Is U.S. voting set to change forever?
The race is on to redraw U.S. electoral districts after a landmark Supreme Court ruling last week on the Voting Rights Act. The court neutralized a l…
3 weeks ago
'I think about the gunshots': The fallout from the correspondents' dinner
Our Washington correspondent Paul Hunter was in the room at the White House correspondents’ dinner when shots rang out. Today on Two Blocks from the …
4 weeks ago
Paul Hunter recounts the White House correspondents’ dinner shooting on Front Burner
Paul Hunter was at the White House correspondents’ dinner shooting on Saturday.
We're working on a new Two Blocks from the White House episode on the…
1 month ago
The ‘Trumpification’ of D.C.
From a gigantic arch set to mark the 250th anniversary of the United States, to the deployment of National Guard troops, to the construction of a mas…
1 month ago
The volatile value of brand Trump
Today we’re talking about how U.S. President Donald Trump's touch is backfiring, both at home and abroad, as Trump loomed large over two recent inter…
1 month, 1 week ago
From ‘a whole civilization will die tonight’ to a 2-week ceasefire
The world held its breath Tuesday as U.S. President Donald Trump threatened to bomb civilian infrastructure if Iran did not meet a deadline that nigh…
1 month, 2 weeks ago
On the road with CBC’s Washington correspondents
Reporting on U.S. politics sometimes means leaving D.C. From war in Iran to whirlwind diplomatic meetings in France to a moon-bound mission in Florid…
1 month, 3 weeks ago