Aug 26 Watch 11:57 Brooks and Marcus on the Mar-a-Lago affidavit and Biden’s student debt plan New York Times columnist David Brooks and Washington Post editor Ruth Marcus join Amna Nawaz to discuss the week’s political news, including the newly unsealed documents that led to the FBI search of Mar-a-Lago, President Biden's plan to eliminate student… Continue watching
Aug 23 Watch 5:59 Florida, New York primaries set up midterm battles for control of Congress By Lisa Desjardins Voters headed to the polls Tuesday in Florida, New York and Oklahoma with several highly anticipated races offering a window into midterm matchups. Congressional correspondent Lisa Desjardins joins Amna Nawaz with more on the primary races that may have the… Continue watching
Aug 22 Watch 8:53 Amy Walter and Annie Linskey on Trump’s legal troubles, New York and Florida primaries Amy Walter of the Cook Political Report with Amy Walter and Annie Linskey of The Washington Post join Amna Nawaz to discuss the latest political news, including how New York and Florida primary elections are testing the direction of the… Continue watching
Aug 21 Watch 5:30 Races to watch ahead of Florida’s primary election By Harry Zahn, Winston Wilde During Florida's primary election this Tuesday, Democratic voters will decide who takes on Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis in November and who will go up against Sen. Marco Rubio. POLITICO reporter Gary Fineout joins Geoff Bennett to discuss. Continue watching
Aug 18 Watch 6:30 Election deniers are winning primary races, raising the stakes for November’s midterms By Amna Nawaz Candidates who continue to falsely claim the 2020 presidential election was fraudulent are winning Republican primary races in critical battleground states. Their victories have raised the stakes for the November midterms with the possibility that some of them could be… Continue watching
Aug 16 Watch 4:40 News Wrap: DOJ opposes releasing affidavit supporting search of Trump’s home In our news wrap Tuesday, former President Trump called for the release of an affidavit supporting the search of his Florida estate, but the Justice Department said that would impair its investigation. Also, first lady Jill Biden tests positive for… Continue watching
Aug 16 Watch 6:39 Trump critics tested in Alaska and Wyoming primaries By Laura Barrón-López Primary elections are taking place Tuesday in Wyoming and Alaska as voters decide whether to back GOP incumbents who have criticized former President Trump. Polls show Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney trailing a Trump-backed challenger as Sen. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska… Continue watching
Aug 15 Watch 8:11 Rep. Liz Cheney faces steep opposition in Wyoming’s primary after becoming a Trump critic By Laura Barrón-López, Matt Loffman, Ian Couzens Seven of the Republican House members who voted to impeach former President Trump have already retired or lost their primary races. There has not been a more vocal GOP critic of Trump than Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney, and she is… Continue watching
Aug 14 Watch 6:13 Democrats celebrate legislative win in passing of climate, health and tax bill Congressional Democrats are celebrating a landmark legislative victory after passing the Inflation Reduction Act, which President Biden is set to sign into law this week. Meanwhile, the Justice Department is investigating Donald Trump for potentially violating the Espionage Act after… Continue watching
Aug 07 GOP seeks control over how elections are run in Wisconsin, Minnesota By Christina A. Cassidy, Todd Richmond, Associated Press Wisconsin’s secretary of state has no role in elections, but that could change if Republicans are able to flip the seat this year and pass a law that would empower the office with far more responsibilities. Continue reading