First: The White House wants to put the Hunter Biden criminal saga behind them, but Republicans say there's no chance the Bidens will get off that easy. Plus: Following Antony Blinken's China visit, President Biden calls Xi Jinping a "dictator." China calls it an "absurd provocation." And: New reporting reveals Justice Samuel Alito took a lavish free trip with a Republican billionaire who later had business before the Supreme Court. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cn...
Jun 21, 2023•39 min
First: The Justice Department says Hunter Biden will admit he broke federal tax and gun laws, a development already kicking up a hornet's nest of House Republicans. Plus: Brand new CNN poll numbers confirm Donald Trump's big early lead, but not as big as it was. And: In an appearance on Fox News, did the former president accidentally confess to some of the crimes he's accused of committing? To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choi...
Jun 20, 2023•39 min
First: The American secretary of state and China's leader meet face to face. Both men say the superpowers made progress, but just how much is an open question with dramatic consequences for geopolitics. Plus: Two former Trump officials warn another Trump presidency would endanger the country, but only some of his GOP rivals showed they're willing to confront him head on. And: The first Black president and only Black Republican in the US Senate disagree on how much progress America has really mad...
Jun 19, 2023•39 min
We’re still 7 months from the first votes being cast in the 2024 Republican presidential primary, but GOP candidates are making their case to voters now. One question every Republican candidate must answer: should voters look past a federal indictment of front-runner former President Donald Trump? Today’s panel discusses the most effective way to respond. Plus, Biden is hitting the road, with his first big campaign rally focusing on the economy. Two words he did not say: Donald Trump. To learn m...
Jun 18, 2023•41 min
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Jun 16, 2023•43 min
First: The Trump wing of the Republican Congress goes after the Justice Department as the Biden campaign plans to generate campaign cash without mentioning the indictment. Plus: Miami Mayor Francis Suarez debuts in the 2024 race with a video of him, yes, running. And by ducking the question every single candidate will have to answer. And: Presidential candidate Cornel West explains why he's switching parties. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more...
Jun 15, 2023•39 min
First: The former president followed his arraignment with a lie-filled speech. He also made a big admission about the classified document at the center of the special counsel indictment. Plus: Mike Pence says he cannot defend Trump's conduct, while Nikki Haley brands his conduct as reckless but then dangles a potential pardon. And: the house speaker breaks a floor freeze by conceding more to hardliners. Establishment Republicans say he'll soon run out of things to give away. To learn more about ...
Jun 14, 2023•39 min
This afternoon, Donald Trump will be arraigned in front of a judge in Miami on 37 felony charges tied to his mishandling of classified documents after leaving office. In today's special edition of Inside Politics, Erin Burnett, Dana Bash and a host of CNN correspondents and guests bring you every angle of this unprecedented event in US history. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices...
Jun 13, 2023•39 min
First: Donald Trump takes off for Florida, where tomorrow he'll see the inside of a Miami federal court with decades in jail on the line. Plus: Trump and his allies put law enforcement on edge with calls for retribution. Congressman Jamie Raskin joins the show. And: Trump's 2024 Republican rivals are choosing between two paths -- attacking law and order or risking voter anger by saying the former president was wrong. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Le...
Jun 12, 2023•39 min
Donald Trump is in the fight of his life. Not just for the White House, but for his freedom after being indicted for allegedly hoarding classified documents, sharing them with others, and conspiring to hide them from the government. Plus, Trump's top 2024 rival Governor DeSantis lets him off the hook and accuses the Biden administration of weaponizing the DOJ against the former president, while other challengers hope the evidence, including Trump’s own words, might force supporters to question t...
Jun 11, 2023•41 min
Details continue to be revealed about the indictment of Donald Trump, which the former president calls a "hoax." We have it all covered, including a change in the Trump legal team and details about the Trump-appointed judge who will oversee this case. Plus, we delve deeper into Trump's damning admission on tape that is part of the classified documents case. And, we explore the political fallout. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad...
Jun 09, 2023•39 min
First: Former President Donald Trump's legal team gets official notice he could face charges in the federal investigation over classified documents. This is an unprecedented legal and political moment as one piece of the special counsel investigation nears its end just as Trump's 2024 comeback bid gears up. Plus: We bring you new CNN reporting on a critical building block of the case against Trump. A career government expert interviewed by prosecutors detailed exactly what Trump knew and was tol...
Jun 08, 2023•39 min
First: Former VP Mike Pence officially announces his candidacy for president at a rally in Iowa, while in Fargo, North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum enters the race. That brings the already crowded field of those seeking the Republican presidential nomination to 10. Plus: The Trump campaign releases a provocative new TV spot. And: The latest on the dam collapse in Ukraine. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastch...
Jun 07, 2023•44 min
After a major dam is destroyed in a Southern region of Ukraine leading to flooding, there are mass evacuations and plenty of blame as Russia and Ukraine point fingers at each other. Plus, trouble for Trump after special counsel Jack smith attended a meeting with the former president’s legal team, with a bizarre plot twist that led to a flood of suspicion from prosecutors in the Mar-a-Lago documents case. And, Chris Christie makes his 2024 entrance. The former Governor is a Trump friend turned Tr...
Jun 06, 2023•39 min
New Hampshire Governor Chris Sununu joins to share his announcement on whether he will join the widening GOP field for the 2024 presidential election, in an exclusive interview with Dana Bash. Plus, President Trump's lawyers meet with the DOJ as the special counsel's probe appears to be nearing its final stages. John King walks through what that means. And, Ukraine is cultivating a network of agents inside Russia to carry out attacks of sabotage. Could they be behind the Kremlin drone strike? To...
Jun 05, 2023•39 min
As Trump and DeSantis spar at separate rallies, what is the DeSantis' plan to convince voters that he would be better GOP nominee and president? Plus, the GOP field keeps growing with three more candidates likely to soon join the race, including Trump’s former vice president. But, how many of them will make it to the Republican debate stage? Also, after a financial crisis is averted, President Biden says the debt deal is proof his brand of politics still works. To learn more about how CNN protec...
Jun 04, 2023•41 min
Today's show begins with exclusive new CNN reporting about Special Counsel Jack Smith's investigation into Donald Trump and that audio recording of the former president discussing a classified military document he admitted taking. Sources tell CNN that Trump attorneys turned over material in mid-March connected to a document about plans to attack Iran, but they can't locate the document itself. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad ...
Jun 02, 2023•39 min
First: CNN exclusive reporting reveals federal prosecutors have obtained a recording of former President Donald Trump admitting he kept a classified document when he left the White House. Plus: A month-plus scramble of meetings, late nights, bartering, breakdowns and near rebellions leads to 314 yeas in the House on a deal to steer the United States around a debt default. And: One of the most powerful men in corporate America, JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon, doesn't say no to a future in politic...
Jun 01, 2023•40 min
First: The House Speaker says the agreement to pull the United States back from a crippling default is on track to pass, adding, "I don't want to be on the wrong side of history." Plus: Campaigning in Iowa, Ron DeSantis says it's time to give former President Donald Trump the gold watch and move on to the next generation. And: Special counsel Jack Smith reportedly is looking into the firing of the cybersecurity chief who called the 2020 election secure, as well as why a Mar-a-Lago employee wante...
May 31, 2023•39 min
First: The debt deal meets its first test today in the House rules committee, where hardline conservatives deeply unhappy with the agreement have a chance to kill it. Plus: An attack in Moscow brings the Ukraine war into the heart of Russia's capital as Vladimir Putin keeps up a relentless aerial assault on Kyiv. And: Ron DeSantis makes his first road trip as an official candidate. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visi...
May 30, 2023•35 min
First: Joe Biden and Kevin McCarthy strike a debt ceiling deal. Now they embark on the daunting task of convincing their respective parties to vote for it. Plus: Chris Sununu says he'll decide soon on a 2024 run. But is the field already too crowded for anyone not named Donald Trump? And: Retire or not retire? That's the question still swarming about Senator Diane Feinstein. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podca...
May 29, 2023•39 min
First: President Biden and Kevin McCarthy announce an "agreement in principle" to raise the debt ceiling and avoid an economic catastrophe. But the hardest part may lie ahead: convincing their parties to vote for it. Plus: Ron DeSantis jumps into the 2024 race and levels his toughest attacks yet on Donald Trump. But will it be enough? And: Retail giant Target is the latest battlefield for conservatives hoping to roll back LGBTQ rights. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit...
May 28, 2023•41 min
First: Two days after officially launching his 2024 presidential bid, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis directly and repeatedly attacks Republican front-runner Donald Trump while floating ideas like firing the FBI director and pardoning January 6th criminals. Plus: Kevin McCarthy sounds positive as the outline of a debt deal emerges. Neither liberals nor conservatives are happy with the compromises being negotiated. And: New revelations about the Trump classified docs probe from the Washington Post,...
May 26, 2023•39 min
First: Ron DeSantis chooses Twitter to make his official 2024 presidential campaign announcement and is plagued by embarrassing technical difficulties. When we could hear him, he pointed to abortion and spending among the issues with which he disagrees with Donald Trump. Plus: A judge decides how much time the Oath Keepers leader will spend behind bars. And: Despite the looming debt deadline, Kevin McCarthy sends lawmakers home for the weekend. To learn more about how CNN protects listener priva...
May 25, 2023•39 min
First: A just-released CNN snapshot of the 2024 Republican primary race shows Donald Trump with a huge lead. However, voters say they're open to supporting Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, who's scheduled to officially announce his candidacy tonight via Twitter. Plus: Donald Trump's legal team wants an audience with the attorney general to complain about the special counsel and his investigation. And: House Speaker Kevin McCarthy sends negotiators to the White House, insisting he's conceded a lot ...
May 25, 2023•39 min
First: Both President Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy deem their latest meeting productive, but the two sides still appear to be nowhere near a debt ceiling deal. Plus: Donald Trump's words at last week's CNN town hall push E. Jean Carroll to seek more damages. And: Swing voters dread the idea of a Biden-Trump rematch, but their focus group on what would happen if there is one is quite revealing. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about...
May 23, 2023•39 min
First: Today's show begins just after South Carolina Senator Tim Scott officially announces his candidacy for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination. He joins the field with a not-insignificant amount of cash and a conservative message centered on hope, faith and opportunity. Plus: President Biden and Kevin McCarthy come together for a critical meeting about the debt ceiling with default looming just 10 days away. And: Lawyer Tim Parlatore explains why he quit Donald Trump's legal team. To ...
May 22, 2023•35 min
President Biden ends his overseas trip with no debt limit deal in sight, and says it’s time for the GOP to move from its “extreme positions”. Is there still time to avoid economic calamity? Plus, Ron DeSantis is finally set to announce his 2024 run, but does he have what it takes to topple Trump? And, there’s an election nightmare on HBO’s “Succession”. The question viewers are asking is, could it happen in real life? To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy L...
May 21, 2023•41 min
First: After days of optimism, negotiators for the White House and Kevin McCarthy's office pause debt ceiling talks, all but eliminating hopes of a deal by this weekend. Plus: Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelensky is headed to Japan where he will ask the richest democracies to deliver more weapons at a crucial moment. And: Ron DeSantis' feud with Disney prompts the mouse company to drop plans for a billion-dollar complex in Orlando. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/pri...
May 19, 2023•39 min
First: Sources tell CNN the official "DeSantis for president" paperwork will be filed next week. His "how to beat Trump" battle plan is a culture wars blizzard on abortion, guns and transgender rights. Plus: New reporting reveals the special counsel investigating Donald Trump will soon have his hands on 16 records that show the former president and his advisers knew how the classified document declassification process was supposed to work. And: President Biden is in Japan for a meeting of the wo...
May 18, 2023•39 min
