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Tariff TURMOIL: Dow PLUNGES as Wall St. Fears Recession, International Calls To Boycott US Goods, Judge Boasberg DEMANDS Answers From Trump DOJ, Admin. Argues Didn't DEFY Deportation Court Order
Thursday, April 3, 2025 • Duration 29:37
Drew Petrimoulx chats with The Hill’s White House correspondent Alex Gangitano about the global economic fallout sparked by President Trump’s sweeping tariffs after the stock market tumbled Thursday.
Plus, The Hill’s national security and legal affairs reporter Rebecca Beitsch joins the show to discuss the Trump administration’s admission that it sent a Maryland man to a Salvadoran prison in error.
Drew Petrimoulx chats with The Hill’s courts and legal reporter Zach Schonfeld about the Department of Justice's appearance in front of U.S. District Judge James Boasberg regarding the Trump administration deporting migrants under the Alien Enemies Act.
Plus, The Hill’s national political reporter Cate Martel joins the show to discuss Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) trying to break the impasse over the push to allow proxy voting for new parents, as the standoff between GOP leadership and Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-Fla.) hardens.
NewsNation's Alex Caprariello breaks down the brutal storms barraging the Midwest and South, killing at least six people, generating tornadoes and downing power across a swath of states.
Also in your Debrief: Adams running for reelection as an independent.
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Real ID CHAOS: Millions Face Long Lines to Meet Deadline, Trump Announces LIBERATION DAY Tariffs, 'Liberal LUNATIC': Trump SLAMS Crawford After WI Supreme Court WIN, Voter Push Back Against Musk
Wednesday, April 2, 2025 • Duration 29:42
Drew Petrimoulx chats with The Hill’s White House columnist Niall Stanage about the arrival of President Trump’s “Liberation Day” of long promised reciprocal tariffs.
Plus, NewsNation’s Nancy Loo walks us through the incoming deadline for individuals to get a REAL ID-compliant ID.
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Drew Petrimoulx chats with The Hill’s about national political reporter Julia Manchester about Susan Crawford winning an open seat on the Wisconsin Supreme Court race, keeping the high court’s 4-3 liberal majority intact and delivering a blow to Elon Musk and President Trump.
Plus, The Hill’s senior editor Jesse Byrnes joins the show to discuss Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) on Tuesday setting a new record for longest floor speech in Senate history, having held the floor for 25 hours and 5 minutes to decry potential GOP spending cuts in their looming tax bill and policies put in place by the Trump administration.
Also in your Debrief: SCOTUS to hear oral arguments in abortion-related case. McMorrow enters Michigan Senate race, citing ‘fear and anger and uncertainty right now.’ Eric Adams corruption case dismissed by federal judge.
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Pam Bondi's DOJ DOOMS Luigi Mangione in UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson's Murder Case, LIBERATION DAY Nears! Fears of a TRADE WAR Rise As Trump Imposes 20% Reciprocal TARIFFS On Imports
Tuesday, April 1, 2025 • Duration 28:08
Courts and Legal Reporter Zach Schonfeld joins Drew Petrimoulx to discuss the latest in the case against suspected UnitedHealthcare CEO killer Luigi Mangione, after Attorney General Pam Bondi directs the DOJ to seek the death penalty. Speaker Mike Johnson says 'activist' judges pushing back on President Trump's executive orders are ultimately causing a 'constitutional crisis'.
A judge blocked the President's bid to end temporary protected status for hundreds of thousands of Venezuelan immigrants, as the White House admits one of the deportees they sent to the notorious mega prison in El Salvador last month was in the U.S. legally and had protected legal status.
The hill's National Political Reporter Julia Manchester has the latest on voters in Wisconsin and Florida heading back to the polls today in the first major election since Donald Trump and the Republicans swept back into power last November.
On the ballot in Florida are two house seats both won handily by Republicans in November and both vacated by Trump appointees: Former Attorney General pick Matt Gaetz, and National Security Advisor Mike Waltz.
In Wisconsin, voters will fill a seat on the State Supreme Court and decide its ideological direction for years.
The Trump Administration calls it 'Liberation Day', but some experts fear this move will only make inflation worse. White House Reporter Brett Samuels joins Drew Petrimoulx to discuss the sweeping tariffs the U.S. is set to impose on foreign imports on Wednesday.
New Jersey Senator Cory Booker continues his marathon speech today, railing against President Trump, Congressional Republicans and Elon Musk.
Senate Majority leader John Thune aims to get a budget proposal to the floor this week, while President Trump and Senator Lindsay Graham fuel the fire on a Trump third term despite the Constitution being clear it can not be done.
Harvard University under intense scrutiny as the Trump administration threatens to cut nearly $9-billion dollars in Federal funding , accusing the school of failing to address antisemitism on campus.
NewsNation's Tom Dempsey has the latest on the administration's crack down and attempt to deport students in the country on visas who it accuses of supporting terrorism.
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WI Supreme Court Race BIGGEST TEST YET For Musk, Republicans Look To Avoid HUMILIATION In Florida. Dems: Thought BIDEN 'Might DIE', Planned For INCAPACITATION, Harris BEGGED For Endorsement NEW BOOK
Monday, March 31, 2025 • Duration 24:25
All eyes are on Wisconsin’s Supreme Court race, where billionaire Elon Musk held a rally last night, handing out two $1 million dollar checks, after the courts declined to step in and block the controversial giveaway.
The Hill’s National Political Reporter Julia Manchester joins Judy Kurtz to discuss whether there is a possibility the Supreme Court could redraw districts depriving Wisconsin of two house seats on the Republican side.
And down in Florida, a special election for national security advisor MIKE Waltz’s seat catches republicans off guard as Democratic candidate Josh Weil has raised nearly 10-million dollars while polls show him down just several points.
President Trump grows frustrated with how the Ukraine ceasefire negotiations are going, telling NBC during a phone interview that he is ‘pissed’ at Putin.
Republicans facing a series of crucial tests this week… the Hill’s Congressional Reporter Mychael Schnell joins Judy Kurtz to discuss President Trump’s Global Trade battle with so-called ‘Liberation Day’ coming April 2 as sweeping reciprocal tariffs are set to go into effect, testing the stock market and our closest allies.
Plus, Senate Republicans in a race to forward Trump’s agenda, with their sights set on a possible budget vote this week. Are both chambers aligned enough to eventually meld their separate blueprints into one big bill?
A sneak peek inside one of the most historic Presidential campaigns in American history, how early did President Biden's team know the writing was on the wall and were contingency plans in place?
The Hill's Mychael Schnell talks with Senior Political Correspondent and New York Times best-selling author Amie Parnes on what really happened in the battle for the White House. It's all about to come out in her bombshell new book with Jonathan Allen.
Musk OUT at DOGE, Plans to Step Down at the End of May as Tesla Dealerships TARGETED, Stock PLUMMETS, Fed. Employees Union Rights STRIPPED by Trump, Aims To END Collective Bargaining With Exec. Order
Friday, March 28, 2025 • Duration 28:01
Judy Kurtz chats with The Hill’s Brett Samuels as Elon Musk indicates he plans to step away from DOGE. What’s next for the billionaire and how attacks on Tesla my play into his decision.
Brett also gives his take on Trump’s new Executive order targeting the Smithsonian Institute, and the ripple effects after the State Department revoked more than 300 student visas.
Julia Manchester also joins the conversation as Wisconsin and Florida voters get ready to head back to the voting booth. The $1M offer from Elon Musk, why republicans may be concerned about two deep-red districts, and the recent executive order that may impact it all.
Also in your Debrief: Vice President Vance and his wife Usha touch down in Greenland amid Trump’s repeated efforts to acquire the arctic island.
Judy Kurtz chats with The Hill’s Mychael Schnell after President Trump signs an executive order ending union rights for hundreds of thousands of federal employees. What it means and what’s next for workers.
Mychael also gives her take after Elise Stefanik’s nomination to be U.N. Ambassador was pulled, what’s next for Republicans in congress as the budget battle continues, and what kind of roadblocks could be in store for democrats if they don’t get on bord.
Also in your Debrief: Signalgate fallout continues and Trump announces new tariffs on auto imports; A look at Canada’s response and Trumps’s demand that Automakers not raise their prices.
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OBAMA-appointed Judge Boasberg's Trump Caseload Now Includes SIGNAL CHAT Suit, 10,000 HHS Workers To Be FIRED By RFK Jr. In Massive Overhaul, Tufts Student ICE Arrest OUTRAGE
Season 1 · Episode 44
Thursday, March 27, 2025 • Duration 29:51
Drew Petrimoulx chats with The Hill’s White House correspondent Alex Gangitano about the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) planning to dismiss 10,000 employees as part of a massive restructuring effort, Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced Thursday, in a push to consolidate more agency functions under Kennedy’s purview.
Plus, Matt Taglia, senior director of Emerson College Polling, joins the show to discuss current polling in the New York City mayoral race.
Also in your Debrief: Trump touts arrest of alleged MS-13 leader in Virginia. Detained Tufts student’s lawyer demands government produce her.
Drew Petrimoulx chats with The Hill’s courts and legal reporter Zach Schonfeld about U.S. District Court Judge James Boasberg, who has been assigned to President Trump’s Venezuelan deportation case, now being assigned to the lawsuit about the Trump administration’s use of a Signal group chat.
Plus, The Hill’s national political reporter Cate Martel joins the show to break down the latest developments of the sensitive information shared recently in a Signal group chat by Trump officials.
Also in your Debrief: Detained Tufts student’s lawyer demands government produce her. NATO clarifies statement on missing soldiers: ‘The search is ongoing.’
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Hegseth DENIES Attack Plans REVEALED on Signal were Classified, Gabbard, Ratcliffe Accused of LYING?. NPR CEO ADMITS Mistakes in Hunter Biden Laptop and Lab Leak Reports
Season 1 · Episode 43
Wednesday, March 26, 2025 • Duration 27:02
Drew Petrimoulx chats with The Hill’s White House columnist Niall Stanage about The Atlantic publishing the Signal group chat messages among national security leaders that were inadvertently shared with Editor-in-Chief Jeffrey Goldberg, noting administration officials said Tuesday they were not classified.
Plus, NewsNation’s Washington, D.C. correspondent Tom Dempsey breaks down Vice President Vance saying he’s traveling to Greenland on Friday, a move that comes after the Trump administration provoked backlash from officials in Greenland and Denmark when it was announced that second lady Usha Vance would be heading there.
Also in your Debrief: Supreme Court upholds Biden’s ‘ghost guns’ crackdown. ‘Borrowers have zero power’: Trump moving student loans to SBA sparks concern, confusion.
Drew Petrimoulx chats with The Hill’s senior editor Jesse Byrnes about President Trump on Tuesday signing an executive order that would dramatically overhaul how federal elections are run, a move that follows years of exaggerated claims from Trump about mail ballots and noncitizen voting.
Plus, hear from NewsNation’s Washington, D.C. correspondent Joe Khalil on executives from public broadcasters PBS and NPR testifying before the House Delivering on Government Efficiency subcommittee Wednesday morning.
Also in your Debrief: DHS suspends green card processing for refugees, asylees
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Gabbard, Patel, Ratcliffe Testify About LEAKED War Plan Chat, John Bolton SLAMS White House Response, Johnson's VEILED THREAT Against Judges Who Rule Against Trump, Mangione's JAILHOUSE Request
Season 1 · Episode 42
Tuesday, March 25, 2025 • Duration 26:11
Drew Petrimoulx chats with The Hill’s White House Reporter Brett Samuels as the fallout from ‘Signal-gate’ continues.
Brett delves deeper into why top national security officials were discussing military operations on the commercially available app, what the reactions are from both sides, and what the ramifications may be for both those involved and the United States’ national security.
Brett also discusses what’s next for congress and what’s in store for Social Security as Trump’s nominee to head the administration faces a grilling on capitol hill.
Also in your Debrief: How the Trump Administration is tacking egg prices.
Drew Petrimoulx chats with The Hill’s Courts and Legal Reporter Zach Schonfeld to help sift through and understand the onslaught of court orders and rulings affecting The Trump Administration’s agenda.
Zach gives the rundown of where several critical cases stand, what’s next for the White House, and how lawmakers may plan to check the judiciary’s power to limit the president.
Also in your Debrief: The FBI is launching a task force to investigate attacks on Tesla dealerships and stock, and breaking down the recent drop in overdose deaths.
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Jim Jordan ATTACKS Judge Boasberg over DEPORTATIONS, House to Hold IMPEACHMENT Hearings next week?, Waltz & Hegseth EXPOSE War Plans, Accidentally Include Atlantic Editor in Houthi Strike Group Chat
Season 1 · Episode 41
Monday, March 24, 2025 • Duration 28:56
Breaking: Judge James Boasberg has denied a request from the Trump Administration to dissolve his own order, blocking the deportations of alleged Venezuelan gang members.
Now republicans in congress are moving to impeach him.
Judy Kurtz chats with The Hill’s congressional reporter Mychael Schnell as the battle between the judicial and executive branches continues, and congress returns from recess.
Mychael gives the rundown on the latest confirmations, agenda-setting bills, articles of impeachment, and party in-fighting as republicans fight over the best way to slash spending… and democrats battle over the best way to stop it.
Also in your Debreif: Second Lady Usha Vance travels to Greenland amid Trump’s vows to acquire the Danish territory; A former U.S. attorney is found dead, and Mia Love, the first black republican woman elected to congress, succumbed to brain cancer after a years-long battle.
Breaking: Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth accidentally texts war plans to the editor of The Atlantic.
Judy Kurtz chats with The Hill’s White House reporter Brett Samuels as Trump meets again with his cabinet and senior advisor, Elon Musk. Brett gives an update on what came out of the meeting.
Columbia University implements new rules in compliance with the Trump administration’s demands as the DOJ quietly adds new allegations to Mahmoud Khalil’s case, seemingly to skirt first amendment questions.
National political reporter Julia Manchester also joins Judy to talk about what’s next for Democrats as AOC and Bernie Sanders hit the road over the weekend, and questions swirl about the future of democratic leadership.
Also in your Debrief: More than half a million migrants have their temporary resident status revoked, Trump slams a portrait of himself that has hung in the Colorado state house for more than 5 years, and several comedians take cracks at Trump over his Kennedy Center Takeover.
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$40M Agreement SETTLES Trump's Executive Order Against Paul, Weiss Firm, Judge Boasberg SLAMS DOJ, Trump DOWNPLAYS Musk To Receive CLASSIFIED China War Briefing; Pentagon Leakers THREATENED?
Season 1 · Episode 40
Friday, March 21, 2025 • Duration 17:28
Drew Petrimoulx chats with The Hill’s courts and legal reporter Zach Schonfeld about President Trump on Thursday rescinding an executive order he signed less than a week ago targeting the Paul, Weiss law firm, citing an agreement with the firm that includes pro bono support for the administration’s initiatives.
Plus, The Hill’s congressional reporter Mychael Schnell joins the show to discuss Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) facing a tricky path forward as President Trump and Elon Musk publicly — and persistently — push for the impeachment of the judge who directed flights carrying Venezuelan migrants to be turned around.
Also in your Debrief: UK issues travel warning for US.
Drew Petrimoulx chats with The Hill’s White House reporter Brett Samuels about President Trump brushing off claims that tech billionaire Elon Musk would be briefed on potential war plans related to China during an upcoming meeting at the Pentagon, calling the notion “completely untrue.”
Plus, The Hill’s Julia Manchester joins the show to discuss Democratic lawmakers increasingly facing the ire of the party’s liberal base at town halls over their response to the Trump administration.
Also in your Debrief: Fire shuts down London’s Heathrow Airport, disrupting travel for hundreds of thousands.
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