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Ted Cruz Isn't in it to Compromise

Ted Cruz officially announced Monday that he's running for the Republican nomination for president. Washington Post political reporter Philip Bump offers some basic information about why he's running...

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Trump's Call for Abortion 'Punishment' and a Likely Brokered Convention

Donald Trump's latest comments on abortions (that women who get them deserve "some form of punishment") has many pro-choice advocates up in arms, even though he later recanted his statement.Letitia...

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30 Issues | The Politicized History of Political Correctness

Long before it took hold as a cultural meme, "political correctness" was indeed a function of politics -- in the 1930s, The New York Times reported that the Nazi Party granted journalistic permits only...

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What Happened in Nevada?

Philip Bump, writer for The Washington Post's politics blog The Fix, and Anna Merlan, a staff reporter at Jezebel, discuss what happened in the Nevada convention and whether the continuation of the...

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Publicly Criticizing While Quietly Voting With Trump 

Philip Bump, writer for The Washington Post's politics blog, The Fix, discusses the latest political news, including whether or not there are actual tapes from the Oval Office that could be subpoenaed,...

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‘Unrelenting Devastation’ from California Wildfires

Julie Johnson, cannabis reporter at The Press Democrat in Sonoma County, CA, reports on the wildfires in California that her newspaper says are causing "unrelenting devastation," and Philip Bump,...

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Wednesday Morning Politics: Paul Ryan; Trump, Russia & Syria...& Mueller

Washington Post national correspondent Philip Bump and Guardian Moscow correspondent Andrew Roth talk about the latest national political news, including House Speaker Paul Ryan’s announcement that he...

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The Other National News

Washington Post national correspondent Philip Bump talks about the latest national (non-investigations) policy news.  

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The White House's Version of 'The Truth'

On Sunday, President Donald Trump’s lawyer Rudy Giuliani declared on Meet the Press that “truth isn’t truth” while host Chuck Todd that the president shouldn’t have to testify to prove his innocence....

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Kavanaugh Hearings: Will They or Won't They?

Washington Post national correspondent Philip Bump talks about the day's national political news and the latest regarding the allegations against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh.

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The No-Shutdown Deal

Philip Bump, Washington Post national correspondent, talks about the tentative deal reached by lawmakers to avoid another government shutdown. Plus, the latest on the Special Counsel Robert Mueller's...

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Trump's Threatened Mexico Sanctions Would Be 'a Tax Increase on Americans'

The Washington Post’s Philip Bump, national correspondent, and Mary Beth Sheridan, correspondent covering Mexico and Central America, talk about President Trump's threat to impose sanctions on Mexico...

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Friday Morning Politics: 3 Challenges to Checks & Balances

Washington Post national correspondent Philip Bump discusses the anonymous whistleblower complaint and two other recent cases of challenges to checks & balances by the Trump administration:  the...

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The Prehistory of the Ukraine Scandal

Who knew what, when? That's perhaps the most crucial question in the impeachment probe. On today's show, we go all the way back to 2014, when Hunter Biden first joined the Burisma board. Our guest,...

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Friday Morning Politics: Let's Talk About Those Dueling Town Halls

Philip Bump, national correspondent for The Washington Post, talks about the latest national political news, including the president's and Joe Biden's dueling town halls, new reporting about Rudy...

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Monday Morning Politics: Refugee Cap, Gun Violence & More National Politics

Philip Bump, national correspondent for The Washington Post, talks about the latest national political news, including the news that President Biden will raise the refugee cap, police gun violence and...

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Thursday Morning Politics: Ukraine, Biden, More

Philip Bump, national correspondent for The Washington Post, talks about the invasion of Ukraine and other pressing matters facing President Biden.

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The Big Lie, In Theaters Near You

At this week's January 6th hearings, former Attorney General Bill Barr laughed at Dinesh D'Souza's new film, 2000 Mules, in response to the film's claims that Biden stole the election from Trump. The...

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Jan. 6 Hearing Recap: Trump Allies And Violent Extremists

Philip Bump, national correspondent for The Washington Post, offers analysis of Tuesday afternoon's hearing of the January 6th committee.

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DeSantis, Fox News, and the Martha's Vineyard 'Stunt'

On Tuesday, Venezuelan migrants flown to Martha's Vineyard sued Florida Governor Ron DeSantis for engaging in a duplicitous scheme to relocate them — a trip which was filmed and sent to Fox News as an...

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Monday Morning Politics

Philip Bump, national correspondent for The Washington Post, brings us the latest national political headlines, including a preview of Monday's hearing of the January 6th Committee, at which members...

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How the Baby Boom Reshaped America

Americans love to generalize about generations. We can’t help but shoe-horn our relatives into neatly labeled categories: Silent Generation, Gen X, Millennials, Gen Z, and of course, the Boomers....

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The Politics of the Potential Indictment of Former President Trump

Philip Bump, national columnist for The Washington Post and the author of The Aftermath: The Last Days of the Baby Boom and the Future of Power in America (Viking, 2023), talks about the politics of...

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Wednesday Morning Politics: Hunter Biden; Trump Documents; and More

Philip Bump, national columnist for The Washington Post and the author of The Aftermath: The Last Days of the Baby Boom and the Future of Power in America, talks about the latest national political...

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Monday Morning Politics: Hunter Biden and the Impeachment Inquiry

Last week Hunter Biden was indicted on new tax charges. Philip Bump, national columnist for The Washington Post and the author of The Aftermath: The Last Days of the Baby Boom and the Future of Power...

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