Politics Feb 12 Elon Musk’s influence in the White House grows as Trump hands him more power President Trump handed more power over to Elon Musk on Tuesday, giving his team oversight over hiring decisions across every government agency. Musk has also continued to post misleading or false accusations against government agencies on his social media platform…
Nation Feb 10 Chad Wolf breaks down Trump’s progress in reshaping America’s immigration system President Trump spent his first weeks in office reshaping much of the American immigration system through executive actions and working to see through a campaign promise of mass deportations. Amna Nawaz discussed the developments with Chad Wolf, the former acting…
Nation Feb 07 Capehart and Continetti on Trump pushing the limits of executive power Washington Post associate editor Jonathan Capehart and Matthew Continetti from the American Enterprise Institute join Geoff Bennett to discuss the week in politics, President Trump and his allies making quick progress on their goal of "deconstructing the administrative state," Elon…
Politics Feb 06 GOP Sen. Schmitt says ‘FBI ripe for real reform’ and Patel has the experience to do it While many Trump nominees have been confirmed at a break-neck speed, FBI director nominee Kash Patel will have to wait. Democrats on the Judiciary Committee forced a delay over objections to Patel’s plans to further purge agents from the FBI…
Politics Feb 05 Protests erupt as Elon Musk moves to gut government agencies The Trump administration is targeting agencies and slashing the federal workforce and one man is orchestrating it all, Elon Musk. The richest man in the world has been given access to critical systems across the federal government. Democrats on the…
Politics Feb 04 GOP Sen. Johnson says Musk’s dismantling of USAID is ‘just the tip of the iceberg’ Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s nomination to lead the Department of Health and Human Services cleared the Senate Finance Committee with senators voting along party lines. It now heads to the full Senate for a final vote. Republican Sen. Ron Johnson…
Politics Jan 31 Brooks and Capehart on Trump’s new tariffs and spending freeze chaos New York Times columnist David Brooks and Washington Post associate editor Jonathan Capehart join Amna Nawaz to discuss the week in politics, including the confusing policy rollouts, contentious confirmation hearings and new tariffs marking the second week of this Trump…
Politics Jan 30 National security experts share thoughts on concerns surrounding Gabbard and Patel To discuss the confirmation hearings of Tulsi Gabbard as director of national intelligence and Kash Patel to lead the FBI, Amna Nawaz spoke with two leading voices in the intelligence community, Frank Montoya Jr., a national security analyst and retired…
Politics Jan 28 Democratic Rep. DeLauro: Trump trying to ‘rob appropriated funds’ with spending freeze President Trump's sweeping pause of federal grants and loans led to a flurry of confusion and clarifications. Amna Nawaz discussed the latest with Democratic Rep. Rosa DeLauro of Connecticut, the ranking member of the House Appropriations Committee.
Politics Jan 28 GOP Rep. Malliotakis says Trump has right to halt spending, decide how grants are issued The White House is defending the legality of President Trump's sweeping freeze of federal spending. For a Republican perspective of the issue, Geoff Bennett spoke with GOP Congresswoman Nicole Malliotakis of New York.