Is Biden really that 'rock-solid' with the UK?

Is Biden really that 'rock-solid' with the UK?

Joe Biden meets Rishi Sunak in London before flying out to Vilnius to a NATO summit in which he's set to snub the UK government's attempts to have Ben Wallace, Defence Secretary, become the next Secretary General of NATO. The famous 'special relationship' doesn't feel so special any more. Former US Ambassador to NATO Kurt Volker joins Emily and Jon in News Agents USA HQ.

This, all while US news outlets report that the President is a lot less mild-mannered in private than he appears in public. We ask Washington Post National Politics Reporter Olivier Knox, who's spent decades with US Presidents and in the White House, if that's really the case.

And then, we turn to Trump and DeSantis, the two main candidates in the race to win the Republican candidacy for the 2024 election. Trump battles against court dates; DeSantis battles his lack of personality.

And, an ode to Marjorie Taylor-Greene, the Republican congresswoman who, despite believing that Jewish people and their space lasers are to blame for Californian wildfires, is deemed too moderate for the right-wing Freedom Caucus in Congress. Another normal week on The Hill.

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Clinton, Epstein and Trump's dire polling

Clinton, Epstein and Trump's dire polling

Trump is trying his best to manifest good polling numbers. But the raw numbers as they stand are dire for the President. This week, we talk to top pollster Doug Sosnik, who was at Bill Clinton’s side ...

11 Feb 32min

Why are the Epstein files revealing more about the victims than the villains?

Why are the Epstein files revealing more about the victims than the villains?

In an exclusive interview with Emily, Amy Wallace - who co-authored Virginia Giuffre's posthumous memoir - warns that lives are being put in danger by the way that the US department of justice has han...

4 Feb 27min

Billy Crudup on The Morning Show, moral cowardice, and Minneapolis as a police state

Billy Crudup on The Morning Show, moral cowardice, and Minneapolis as a police state

The actor Billy Crudup, known for The Morning show, Jay Kelly, and Almost Famous, is bringing the Western to the London stage in High Noon. It's an allegory of McCarthyism and Hollywood’s “black list ...

29 Jan 38min

Is Trump trying to distract us from the Epstein files?

Is Trump trying to distract us from the Epstein files?

The deadline to release the Epstein files is now over a month old. Last night, a congressional committee confirmed Ghislaine Maxwell would appear before it in a hearing on February 9th. Although she m...

22 Jan 30min

Will Trump bring martial law to Minnesota?

Will Trump bring martial law to Minnesota?

It's a week since Renee Nicole Good was shot by an ICE agent whilst in her car in Minnesota. Since then, protests have erupted around the country, schools in Minneapolis have closed, and last night sa...

15 Jan 43min

Why 2026 could be Trump's most volatile year yet

Why 2026 could be Trump's most volatile year yet

The plan to taken down Venezuelan leader, Nicolas Maduro, was months in the making. And yet, when it did finally happen, it not only took Caracas by surprise but even Washington was stunned by the spe...

7 Jan 34min

Has Vanity Fair made MAGA look ugly again?

Has Vanity Fair made MAGA look ugly again?

Trump's inner circle may be wondering this week why they gave Vanity Fair exclusive access and close up photos for the magazine. The portrait is unflattering to say the least. And highly revelatory. W...

18 Des 202531min

Why are Americans abandoning Trump on the economy?

Why are Americans abandoning Trump on the economy?

Affordability is the word that Zohran Mamdani made the centre of his New York mayoral campaign after watching the Democrats lose so badly in 2024. But now it’s the Republicans and President Trump that...

11 Des 202529min

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