Political Theater: The White House Correspondents Dinner, explained
The White House Correspondents Dinner, the crown jewel of Washington’s spring prom season, roared back this past week, freed from many of the physical and psychological restraints of the COVID pandemi...
4 Maj 202335min
CQ Budget: Search for debt limit compromise
The House narrowly passed a Republican-backed bill to raise the debt limit into next year and force spending cuts. But Congress appeared no closer to a bipartisan deal needed by summer to extend the g...
28 Apr 202330min
Political Theater: You sunk my battleground! The 2024 campaign gets under way
President Joe Biden made it official this week: He is running for re-election. The 2024 presidential race will be determined largely in the same battlegrounds it did the last few elections. In some ca...
27 Apr 202326min
CQ Budget: Test of unity
The Republican-controlled House plans to vote next week on GOP legislation to raise the debt limit and force spending cuts, in a major test of unity for the new House majority. CQ Roll Call's David Le...
21 Apr 202329min
Political Theater: Nothing is simple in the Senate
Political Theater: Nothing is simple in the Senate Nothing is simple in the Senate Ah, the Senate. Anything you think should be simple never really is. Democrats there are trying to figure out what to...
20 Apr 202324min
Fintech Beat: UK Crypto Regulation (and MiCA)
Barney Reynolds walks through UK approaches to crypto, and how they diverge from the EU. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
18 Apr 202333min
CQ Budget: The politics of raising the debt limit
House Republicans are drafting legislation offering Democrats a debt limit increase combined with discretionary spending caps, tougher work requirements for food stamps, rescinding unspent pandemic ai...
14 Apr 202328min
Political Theater: The National Press Club, explained
The National Press Club is part of the fabric of Washington politics and news. It is a professional and social gathering place for people in the news, or people looking to make news, from Charlie Chap...
13 Apr 202327min
