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2025-02-21

  Is Trump's Honeymoon Over?

Donald Trump and Elon Musk make their bromance official in a joint interview with Sean Hannity, but polls suggest the American people may already be souring on DC's new it-couple. Trump takes his feud with Volodymyr Zelenskyy to dangerous new levels, c...
  Jon Favreau, Dan Pfeiffer author
2025-02-18

  Trump's Shocking Cuts to Air Safety and Nuke Inspection

Donald Trump fires thousands of government workers, including people who make sure America's skies are safe and nukes are secure. Negotiators from the US and Russia prepare to meet in Saudi Arabia about ending the war in Ukraine, even though Ukraine an...
  Stephen A. Smith, Tommy Vietor, Jon Favreau author
2025-02-14

  Is Elon a Drag on Trump?

Elon Musk holds a rambling Oval Office press conference and admits that he and DOGE will make mistakes as they rampage through our government, even as congressional Republicans move forward with a budget that promises massive cuts to healthcare, educat...
  Crooked Media author
2025-02-11

  Will Trump Defy the Courts?

Federal judges are starting to do something most elected Republicans won't: say no to Donald Trump and Elon Musk. The question now is, will Trump obey their orders? Jon, Lovett, and Tommy break down all the latest, including new onslaughts against the ...
  Jon Lovett, Leah Litman, Jon Favreau, Tommy Vietor author
2025-02-09

  How the Right Took Over the Media

Ben Smith, former media columnist at the New York Times and now the editor-in-chief of Semafor, joins Dan to talk about today's ultra-challenging news media landscape. The industry is significantly weaker than it was in 2016, and Trump's aggressive law...
  Dan Pfeiffer, Ben Smith author
2025-02-07

  Trump's War on the U.S. Government

Donald Trump and Elon Musk continue their all-out assault on the federal government, shuttering USAID, rooting out and firing workers linked in any way to diversity initiatives, and breaking and ignoring laws as they go. Jon and Dan hash out all the la...
  Dan Pfeiffer, Jon Favreau author
2025-02-04

  Elon Musk's Nerd Coup

With Donald Trump's blessing, Elon Musk and a small crew of inexperienced software engineers take near full control of the government, moving to shut down USAID and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, and taking control of a critical payment syst...
  Jon Lovett, Jon Favreau, Tommy Vietor author
2025-01-31

  Trump Heals Grieving Nation

Finally, a president willing to blame a devastating air crash on diversity hiring and two of his predecessors! Nearly two weeks into his second term, Trump continues to sow bitterness, fear, and chaos everywhere he turns: issuing a spending freeze so d...
  Dan Pfeiffer, Jon Favreau author
2025-01-28

  Has Anyone Seen the Democrats?

Apparently, there's an opposition party in this country—but they've been awfully quiet lately. Meanwhile, Trump's immigration crackdown nearly sparks a trade war with Colombia, and back at home, he's doing battle with his own  federal government—from l...
  Tommy Vietor, Jon Lovett, Jon Favreau author
2025-01-26

  Rachel Maddow on Surviving Trump 2.0

MSNBC's Rachel Maddow joins Jon to talk about Trump's breathtaking first week in office, how she decides what to cover—and what to ignore—in an an ultra-chaotic news environment, and the power of embarrassment as a political tool. Then, Maddow shares h...
  Jon Favraeu author