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...
View ArticleTrump'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...
View Article30 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...
View ArticleWhat 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...
View ArticlePublicly 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,...
View Article‘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,...
View ArticleWednesday 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...
View ArticleThe Other National News
Washington Post national correspondent Philip Bump talks about the latest national (non-investigations) policy news.
View ArticleThe 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....
View ArticleKavanaugh 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.
View ArticleThe 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...
View ArticleTrump'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...
View ArticleFriday 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...
View ArticleThe 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,...
View ArticleFriday 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...
View ArticleMonday 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...
View ArticleThursday 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.
View ArticleThe 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...
View ArticleJan. 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.
View ArticleDeSantis, 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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View ArticleMonday 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...
View ArticleHow 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....
View ArticleThe 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...
View ArticleWednesday 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...
View ArticleMonday 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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