The Powers That Be: Daily

Abby Livingston joins Peter Hamby to analyze the ripple effects from the flurry of House G.O.P. retirements, including the outside chance that the chamber could flip back to Democrat control. Then Lau...

27 Mar 202418min

John Ourand joins Peter to discuss the runaway valuation of NFL franchises and how hedge fund founder Ken Griffin almost got his hands around the Miami Dolphins. Then they unpack the financial conundr...

26 Mar 202416min

Jon Kelly joins Peter to discuss two unusual government-prompted media sagas: Capitol Hill’s TikTok legislation and Jeff Zucker’s sullied U.K. newspaper chase.

25 Mar 202424min

Bill Cohan joins Peter Hamby to break down Donald Trump’s financial pickle: Is a declaration of personal bankruptcy truly on the horizon if he can’t fork over the $454 million bond payment by Monday? ...

22 Mar 202430min

Dylan Byers joins Peter to dig into the ongoing labor drama at Condé Nast. Then the pair discuss whether Elon’s falling out with Don Lemon will cascade into a new series of headaches at X.

21 Mar 202424min

Julia Ioffe joins Peter to parse the ramifications of Russia’s presidential election as Vladamir Putin clocks in with an absolutely comical 87 percent of the vote. Then Eriq Gardner joins Ben to discu...

20 Mar 202423min

Abby Livingston joins Peter to unpack the pair of high-stakes Senate races unfolding in Montana and Ohio, where MAGA Republicans and the remnant establishment wing of the G.O.P. are warring over prima...

19 Mar 202415min

Jon Kelly is reunited with Peter to discuss the bull case for David Zaslav’s WBD turnaround, which boils down to “good debt,” HBO, and DTC. Then they weigh in on the new “think tank” trying to exploit...

18 Mar 202425min