Will Trump's Iran strikes hit him in the ballots?

Will Trump's Iran strikes hit him in the ballots?

Why did Trump decide to strike Iran? Was it the US that started the war? Is it even a war? Listening to senior figures in the administration and in MAGA it's not entirely clear. The accounts are confused, contradictory, and seem to change by day.

What is clearer is that the American public don't support the action. Polling suggests only one in four Americans back the strikes - and a series of Trump influencers have reacted with fury to the move. This is another war from the President who pledged to end them. With the midterms critical for Trump's future, could this intervention become a massive own goal if gas prices rise and voters turn away from the GOP?

This week, Jon is joined by Michael D. Shear, the Pulitzer Prize winning New York Times correspondent.

And later - James Talarico electrifies Democrats in Texas, but is talk of turning the State blue premature? Or does Talarico represent a generational shift in the party?

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20 Aug 202533min

Trump's Cultural Revolution: the dismantling of truth

Trump's Cultural Revolution: the dismantling of truth

Why is a Texas politician camped out in an undisclosed location, hiding from the FBI, and fearing that democracy is on the line? Jolanda Jones tells us about the extraordinary standoff taking place in...

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Why don't Americans trust Trump on Epstein?

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Trump's inner circle are heading to the Vice President's residence for what was supposed to be a secret summit to discuss the administration's strategy regarding the Epstein crisis that has engulfed t...

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Why the Trump administration is not a reliable ally to Britain

Why the Trump administration is not a reliable ally to Britain

On this week's episode of The News Agents USA Jon is joined in the studio by Jamie Raskin, a congressman and senior figure in the Democratic Party, who led the impeachment of Donald Trump after Janua...

31 Jul 202535min

Will shutting down Congress kill the Trump-Epstein story?

Will shutting down Congress kill the Trump-Epstein story?

In an unprecedented move, Mike Johnson - the Speaker of the House has just shut Congress for the summer and sent legislators home early to stop them passing a bipartisan bill calling for the release o...

23 Jul 202533min

The conspiracy theory Trump can't kill

The conspiracy theory Trump can't kill

Does the Democratic Party need fresh blood? New ideas? Perhaps a whole new populist approach to politics? That’s the interview you’ll be hearing with Saikat Chakrabarti - the young tech millionaire ho...

16 Jul 202539min

How the Epstein files have turned MAGA against Trump

How the Epstein files have turned MAGA against Trump

Donald Trump's cheerleaders and media outriders are apoplectic with his administration. After months of anticipation that the attorney general Pam Bondi would release an Epstein 'client list' - the na...

9 Jul 202531min

Will Trump's big beautiful bill bankrupt America?

Will Trump's big beautiful bill bankrupt America?

Trump squeaked his spending bill through the Senate last night with the casting vote of his VP. Three Senators voted against it. Many more had threatened to vote against it but were either won round o...

2 Jul 202538min

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