First: Cardinals from six continents are sequestered inside the Sistine Chapel for one of history's most sacred and secretive rituals, the Conclave. Plus: India's retaliatory airstrikes inside Pakistan are causing worldwide anxiety as President Trump attempts to brush aside the escalating hostilities. And: MAGA world is mobilizing against the Republican senator who says he won't support the president's highly controversial choice to be DC'ss top prosecutor. Learn more about your ad choices. Visi...
May 07, 2025•41 min
As today's show begins, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney is about to pay a visit to the Oval Office. Will sparks fly? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
May 06, 2025•25 min
First: President Donald Trump is brushing off concerns his tariff plan could lead to a recession, claiming everything would still be okay in the long term. Plus: Trump is pushing to reopen Alcatraz prison more than 60 years after it closed. Why? And: How do you cut $1.5 trillion from the federal budget? Dana speaks to a key member of the House Republican Conference. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices...
May 05, 2025•41 min
How Will Rubio Balance Two Top National Security Roles?; GOP Amps Up Trump Impeachment Talk in Midterm Battle. Will They or Won't They? Democrats Make 2028 Moves; Conclave to Elect New Pope Set to Begin on Wednesday; GOP Retirements Could Help Democrats Tip Balance of Power. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
May 04, 2025•41 min
First: An unexpectedly strong jobs report today sends stocks soaring. But with new tariffs taking effect - and many more promised - is this the calm before the economic storm? Plus: J.B. Pritzker, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Pete Buttigieg and Kamala Harris are all dipping their toes in the 2028 waters. What's the temperature? And: Tomorrow is World Press Freedom Day. We look at how President Trump is reshaping who gets to cover him at the White House. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podca...
May 02, 2025•41 min
As today's show begins we receive breaking news that Mike Waltz is expected to leave his post in the Trump Administration as national security adviser. It is the first top staff shakeup of the president's second term. Waltz has been in a precarious position with the president after he accidentally added a reporter to a group chat about upcoming military strikes. Our coverage begins with CNN's Kaitlan Collins. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices...
May 01, 2025•42 min
As today's show begins, President Trump is holding a Cabinet meeting on the heels of a crucial new report showing the US economy shrank for the first time in three years. The GDP fell at a rate of 0.3% as Trump's massive and ever-changing tariffs rattle consumers and businesses. Naturally, the president tried to pin this data on his predecessor. CNN's Kevin Liptak begins our coverage. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices...
Apr 30, 2025•41 min
Exactly 100 days ago, Donald Trump took the oath of office as the 47th president of the United States. And what a turbulent, convention-smashing 100 days it's been as the president moves at a frenetic pace to transform the US and its role in the world, from taking a sledgehammer to the federal government to targeting political opponents and launching a global trade war. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices...
Apr 29, 2025•42 min
First: 99 days into President Trump's second term, a new CNN poll shows his approval dropping to the lowest level on record for any president at this point in their presidency. Plus: One top Democrat says it's time to "stop surrendering." So what's in his party's plan for the next 100 days? And: It's Election Day in Canada, and the most important issue could very well be Donald Trump. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices...
Apr 28, 2025•41 min
First: Underwater. Breaking right now, extensive new CNN polling shows Trump at a historic low, bleeding support on the economy and immigration, while his team amps up the pressure on anyone getting in their way. As Trump approaches 100 days in office, has the president lost the middle? We'll dive into the numbers. Plus: Deal or no deal? The president holds a surprise one-on-one meeting with Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the pope's funeral. Now, he's threatening Moscow with new sanctions and says a pea...
Apr 28, 2025•41 min
First: In a stunning development, the FBI director says agents arrested a Wisconsin judge, accusing her of aiding and abetting a migrant wanted by ICE to escape from her courthouse. Plus: President Trump says Russia can keep Crimea as part of a peace deal, and says he's the only one who can negotiate it. Will he sell out America's allies in Kyiv? And: New CNN reporting reveals how Elon Musk's DOGE team is building a massive government database to drive its deportation machine, helped by a secret...
Apr 25, 2025•41 min
First: That was President Trump's message to Russia's Vladimir Putin this morning. It was a rare rebuke after Russia launched a new wave of deadly strikes on Kyiv hours after Trump claimed Putin was ready to make a deal. Is there still a pathway to peace? Plus: President Trump seems to have reversed course yet again on the trade war he launched with China. And: A Trump-appointed federal judge orders a second man deported to El Salvador to be returned to the US. Learn more about your ad choices. ...
Apr 24, 2025•45 min
First: Investors think President Trump may be backing down on his trade war with China. So does Beijing. You won't believe what's trending on Chinese social media today. Plus: How much longer will the GOP stand by embattled Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth? Dana speaks with the top Republican on the Senate armed services committee. And: Robert Kennedy Jr. blames synthetic dyes in the food supply for a host of chronic childhood illnesses. Now, the FDA says it will work with food companies to phase ...
Apr 23, 2025•42 min
First: A defiant Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, under siege after another Signal chat is revealed, says he's not going anywhere. The White House concurs, at least for now. Plus: There are fresh warning signs about the Trump trade war sparking a global recession, as the value of the dollar dies and investors across the world question the stability of American markets. And: We get new details from the Vatican about the Pope's final hours, as dozens of Cardinals make their way to Rome to begin ...
Apr 22, 2025•41 min
As today's show begins we hear the echo of the bells in Saint Peter's Square, sounding a final note on the remarkable life of Pope Francis, the first Latin American pontiff who passed away just hours after tending to his flock on Easter. Our extensive coverage of his life and legacy - and what comes next - begins with CNN's Ben Wedeman in Vatican City. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Apr 21, 2025•42 min
First: Face off. The Supreme Court deals a blow to Trump as he tries to reshape the narrative. But as he digs in, is the tide turning? Plus, is Trump about to take his most dramatic step yet to gut American diplomacy? And: Plan of attack. As progressives capitalize on anti-Trump anger, we go one on one with Democratic Congressman Jason Crow on his plan to reach Trump voters. And: Sentencing. This week, George Santos faces years in prison, but a pardon from Trump be on the table. Learn more about...
Apr 21, 2025•41 min
First: A Democratic senator meets face-to-face with the man mistakenly deported to a maximum security prison in El Salvador. But what happens to Kilmar Abrego Garcia now? The Trump Administration has made it clear he's "not coming back" to the US. Plus: Marco Rubio says the US may need to "move on" from Ukrainian-Russian peace talks if there's no progress in the coming days, leaving people across the globe wondering if America is about to abandon a key ally. And: The Trump Administration is taki...
Apr 18, 2025•50 min
First: Italy's prime minister arrives at the White House on a mission to scale back the Trump tariffs on European products Americans love. But can she persuade the president to reach a trade truce with the EU? Plus: Democrats are back in their districts for spring break, testing messages they hope can win them back the House next year. The man who wants to be speaker joins the show to discuss. And: We break down how President Trump's war on the Harvard is impacting life- saving research on cance...
Apr 17, 2025•41 min
First: A Maryland senator is in El Salvador attempting to free a man who was living in his state and, according to a court filing, was mistakenly to a notorious prison. But both the Trump Administration and the president of El Salvador say there's no chance Kilmar Abrego Garcia is coming back. Plus: Dana speaks to the current and former mayors of New York City about an issue bringing them together and other issues causing some controversy. And: We break down former President Joe Biden's first pu...
Apr 16, 2025•41 min
First: Harvard is refusing to give in to White House demands the university says threaten its independence, even though billions of dollars in federal funding are on the line. Plus: The Trump Administration is refusing to bring back a man they admitted in court was mistakenly deported to a notorious prison in El Salvador. And: Dana talks to Kara Swisher about the landmark antitrust trial happening right now that could dismantle Mark Zuckerberg's trillion-dollar empire. Learn more about your ad c...
Apr 15, 2025•41 min
Today's show begins as President Trump is finishing up a lengthy, live press conference inside the Oval Office with El Salvador President Nayib Bukele. Our panel breaks down what we heard, starting with a response to the president claiming that "CNN hates our country." Spoiler alert: We don't. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Apr 14, 2025•36 min
First: Show of force. Trump's team closes ranks, while his tariff whiplash rattles Americans. As his strategy falters, is America at a breaking point? And: Power play. Democratic governors test the waters ahead of 2028. Who stumbled? And who's leading the way? Plus: Supreme clash. The DOJ says a wrongly deported man is alive. But as Trump piles on the pressure, what is the high court strategy? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices...
Apr 14, 2025•41 min
The world's two largest economies are locked in a spiraling trade war as China unleashes a crippling counterattack on the United States global markets and American consumers are in the line of fire. Who will flinch first? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Apr 11, 2025•42 min
First: While President Trump he paused tariffs on most of the world yesterday, he also made them bigger on China, which could cost you and your family thousands of dollars a year. Plus: Republicans take a big step toward passing their budget blueprint while promising to cut more than $1.5 trillion in spending. The big question: Where will those cuts come from? And: The Trump revenge tour rolls on as the president orders investigations into two first-term officials he now considers enemies. Learn...
Apr 10, 2025•44 min
First: The world strikes back against President Trump's sweeping tariffs, leaving the American consumer in the crosshairs of his spiraling trade war. Plus: MAGA star Ken Paxton is officially challenging fellow Republican John Cornyn for his Texas Senate seat in what's expected to be the most heated and expensive GOP primary in the country. And: Barstool Sports founder Dave Portnoy, a Trump supporter with an enormous megaphone in the so-called manosphere, says he's lost a fortune in the market so...
Apr 09, 2025•41 min
First: Global stocks are soaring in a dramatic rally after three days of major losses. Hopeful investors are clinging to comments from top Trump officials who suggest the president is willing to negotiate on his sweeping new tariffs, set to take effect in just 12 hours. Plus: The Supreme Court is giving the Trump administration the green light to use a centuries-old law to speed up deportations. But there's a catch. And: Dana speaks to a couple kidnaped during the Hamas terror attack on Israel a...
Apr 08, 2025•43 min
First: We continue to follow the chaos on Wall Street. While President Trump defiantly stands by his sweeping tariffs, confused investors fear a global recession. Plus: The Trump administration has until the end of the day to bring home a Salvadoran national whom they mistakenly deported to a prison in his home country. But the DOJ says that is not possible and asks the Supreme Court to block the order. And: Anti-vaccine activist turned HHS Secretary RFK Jr. may be changing his tune on the measl...
Apr 07, 2025•41 min
First: Sticker shock and awe. Trump's trade war jolts the global economy. What is the president's end game? And will Americans buy it? Plus: Hands off. As millions turn out with a message for Trump, Democrats see their moment. And: Primary problem. My new reporting on a potential senate primary. Is the GOP midterm map in jeopardy? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices...
Apr 07, 2025•41 min
The Dow is on its way to another quadruple-digit loss due to President Trump's global trade war. This morning, China became the first country to retaliate, slapping a 34% tariff on American-made goods. And yet there's also some good news the US economy today: a much-stronger-than-expected-jobs report. Our extensive coverage of the current economic turmoil begins with CNN's Vanessa Yurkevich. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices...
Apr 04, 2025•42 min
Today's show begins as stocks are having their worst day since 2022. The reason: Donald Trump's trade war. But just before we came on the air, the president's commerce secretary advised everybody to "relax" and "trust" Trump. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Apr 03, 2025•41 min
