Political Theater: March madness, gladness or sadness? Breaking down the month's congressional primaries
Jason Dick and Nathan Gonzales talk about what we learned from March's congressional primaries in Texas, North Carolina, Illinois, as well as special elections and what to expect as the primary season...
26 Maalis 37min
CQ Budget: Fiscal 2027 budget outlook
President Donald Trump is preparing to send Congress a fiscal 2027 budget request, even as lawmakers try to find a deal on this year's Homeland Security funding and consider a potential supplemental f...
23 Maalis 41min
CQ Budget: Uncertain path for Iran war funding
The Trump administration has sent mixed signals about plans for a supplemental war funding package, while providing Congress with little information about the costs of military operations against Iran...
16 Maalis 29min
Everything is being disrupted
Jason Dick and Brody Mullins talk about the ongoing disruption of politics, business and journalism, how history repeats itself, Brody's book and podcast, "The Wolves of K Street" and his new podcast,...
12 Maalis 38min
CQ Budget: New threat to funding
President Donald Trump threatened to block all legislation until Congress passes an expanded voter ID bill that Democrats oppose. CQ Roll Call's Paul M. Krawzak and David Lerman assess what the presid...
9 Maalis 25min
Political Theater: ‘The Bleeding Edge’ bleeds into 2026
Jason Dick and Sean Carswell discuss Thomas Pynchon's 2013 novel "Bleeding Edge," and how its story about the dot-com bubble and 9/11 applies to the present day, with politics and society dominated by...
5 Maalis 55min
CQ Budget: War impact on funding standoff
The war against Iran gave Republicans a new line of attack in a push to end the partisan standoff over Homeland Security Department funding. CQ Roll Call's Aris Folley and David Lerman assess how the ...
2 Maalis 21min
Equal Time: Does labeling protest ‘domestic terrorism’ weaken national security -- and First Amendment protections?
Just who is a “domestic terrorist,” and what is the danger when a protest is labeled “an act of domestic terrorism”? President Trump’s border czar, Tom Homan, has announced a drawdown of troops in Min...
27 Helmi 49min
