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Morning Report — Senate GOP eyes rocky path to Trump budget

Passage of President Trump’s mammoth policy agenda Thursday proved tough for House Republicans. The next phase of the legislative battle, controlled by Senate Republicans, may be a bigger lift. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

May 23, 202515 min

Morning Report — House pulls all-nighter to pass Trump tax, domestic agenda

The House early today delivered President Trump’s legacy-setting tax and spending legislation with a vote of 215 to 214 following feverish overnight deal-making leading up to a Memorial Day deadline. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

May 22, 202517 min

morning report — trump takes budget pressure campaign to capitol

House Republicans are racing ahead on their budget bill to advance President Trump’s domestic legislative agenda, with leadership hoping for a floor vote as soon as today. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

May 21, 202515 min

Morning Report — Trump takes budget pressure campaign to Capitol

The House Rules Committee is in the building. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

May 21, 202515 min

Morning Report — Trump heads to Capitol Hill to untangle budget plan

President Trump today will personally lobby House Republicans to settle their differences and vote for a major legislative package that would advance what would be a legacy-building accomplishment for his second term. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

May 20, 202515 min

Morning Report — A ‘big, beautiful’ budget redo

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May 19, 202516 min

Morning Report — A ‘big, beautiful’ budget redo

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May 19, 202516 min

Morning Report — Budget forecast: Skating on thin ice

Can House Republicans pass their massive, “big, beautiful” budget bill? Or even get the legislation out of the Budget Committee? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

May 16, 202515 min

Morning Report — A House GOP divided

House lawmakers pressed through marathon committee sessions Wednesday to advance President Trump’s legislative agenda, even as Republicans remain deadlocked on key issues including taxes and Medicaid that could delay or thwart passage of the bill by next week. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

May 15, 202514 min

Morning Report — Trump hunts for deals across Gulf states, meets with Syrian leader

President Trump is searching far and wide for deals on his multiday tour of oil-rich Gulf states this week, a trip primarily focused on U.S. investment with a side helping of diplomacy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

May 14, 202517 min

Morning Report — House GOP bill: One big experiment?

House Republicans this week will test whether the politics of taking away certain federal benefits that most Americans recognize is a good idea. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

May 13, 202518 min

Morning Report — Showtime for House GOP budget

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May 12, 202517 min

Morning Report — What’s the impact of Trump’s trade deal with the UK?

President Trump needed to show some progress after weeks of assuring Americans that his soaring “reciprocal” tariffs levied on trading partners would lead to a cascade of lucrative country-by-country agreements. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

May 9, 202517 min

Morning Report — GOP lawmakers are playing legislative Jenga

Republicans in Congress are looking to regroup on President Trump’s sweeping agenda, which one Senate G-O-P lawmaker called a “train wreck,” with just weeks to go before their self-imposed deadline. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

May 8, 202518 min

Morning Report — Carney’s art of the Oval Office deal

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney came to Washington on Tuesday with two goals: talk trade and tariffs and remind President Trump that the sovereignty of his country was not up for debate. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

May 7, 202516 min

Morning Report — Trump offers to pay migrants to exit US

President Trump returned to an issue that helped him win the White House twice when he offered on Monday to pay migrants who lack legal status a chance to exit the U-S of their own volition. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

May 6, 202516 min

Morning Report — Rifts stall House GOP budget momentum

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May 5, 202521 min

Morning Report — Waltz out, Rubio in, Hegseth up in the air

The first Cabinet reshuffle of President Trump’s second term is here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

May 2, 202514 min

Morning Report — Trump rejects bruising economic report card

President Trump is pleading with Americans for more time to prove the U.S. economy’s moribund performance since January is the work of his predecessor. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

May 1, 202515 min

Morning Report — Day 101: How Donald Trump’s policies stack up with voters

President Trump has hit the 100-day mark of his second term in the White House at “Trump speed,” heralding changes that are reshaping the government and the U.S.’s role on the global stage. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Apr 30, 202518 min

Morning Report — Trump’s next 100 days hinge on Congress

PRESIDENT TRUMP IN HIS NEXT 100 DAYS will shift his focus to Capitol Hill, where much of his agenda hinges on the ability of Republicans to deliver big wins while operating with slim margins in both the House and Senate. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Apr 29, 202522 min

Morning Report — Trump, Congress: Now comes the hard part

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Apr 28, 202518 min

Morning Report — China raises stakes over Trump tariffs

China appears to have bet that its own high threshold for pain will turn President Trump’s tariff gambit into a punishing lesson for the U.S. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Apr 25, 202514 min

Morning Report — Can Trump’s art of the deal help Ukraine?

At the outset of his second term, President Trump vowed to end Russia’s war in Ukraine within 24 hours. Then, his administration promised a peace deal within the first 100 days. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Apr 24, 202516 min

Morning Report — Due process vs. Trump tariffs: Democrats are in a messaging bind

As the White House continues to stonewall a federal judge’s demand for information about efforts to secure a mistakenly deported Maryland man, politicians on both sides of the aisle are considering the case’s wider implications — and its messaging. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Apr 23, 202516 min

Morning Report — Markets, media trail Trump as he digs in

Wall Street on Monday registered a persistently bleak verdict on President Trump’s tariff policies as Trump again badgered the nation’s independent central bank to slash interest rates. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Apr 22, 202514 min

Morning Report — Supreme Court wades deeper into Trump battles

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Apr 21, 202519 min

Morning Report — Trump vs. the courts

President Trump is clashing with the courts on multiple fronts as his second-term agenda takes shape, setting up high-stakes legal battles that will test the administration’s power as it stretches against the bounds of the law. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Apr 18, 202516 min

Morning Report — Trump, Fed chair underscore uncertainty

President Trump’s efforts to persuade international partners to join the U.S. in isolating China collided Wednesday with a starkly downbeat 2025 economic outlook from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, dashing the hopes of those looking for global certainty anytime soon. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Apr 17, 202516 min

Morning Report — Trump tests limits of deportation powers with Abrego Garcia case

The legal battle over the Trump administration’s efforts — or lack thereof — to return a mistakenly deported Maryland migrant may eventually wind up back before the Supreme Court as President Trump tests the limits of his executive power. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Apr 16, 202515 min

Morning Report — Trump: El Salvador decides Abrego Garcia’s fate

President Trump said Monday he’s open to sending United States citizens to prison in El Salvador, a move that would strain the Constitution and heighten the president’s battles with the judiciary branch. He added that the fate of a migrant the U.S. mistakenly deported to El Salvador now rests with that country. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Apr 15, 202515 min

Morning Report — Markets brace for another week of tariff roller coaster

President Trump’s tariff rollout has world leaders and economists on edge as White House messaging about the levies remains inconsistent. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Apr 14, 202519 min

Morning Report — Markets brace for another week of tariff roller coaster

President Trump’s tariff rollout has world leaders and economists on edge as White House messaging about the levies remains inconsistent. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Apr 14, 202519 min

Morning Report — Markets brace for another week of tariff roller coaster

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Apr 14, 202519 min

Morning Report — Amid tariff uncertainty, Trump notches a domestic win

Global tumult intensified Thursday over President Trump’s tariffs and the possibility of deepening trade wars and a recession, but the president got an early win in the battle to advance his domestic agenda. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Apr 11, 202515 min

Morning Report — Amid tariff uncertainty, Trump notches a domestic win

Global tumult intensified Thursday over President Trump’s tariffs and the possibility of deepening trade wars and a recession, but the president got an early win in the battle to advance his domestic agenda. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Apr 11, 202515 min

Morning Report — Trump eases tariffs but escalates China fight

President Trump’s abrupt pause in tariffs with dozens of trading partners on Wednesday cheered investors but did little to ease an escalating trade war with China — along with plenty of economic uncertainty. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Apr 10, 202518 min

Morning Report — US, China trade war underway

In the week since President Trump surprised the world with an aggressive mix of universal tariffs and a catalog of steep reciprocal tariffs that took effect early this morning, the U.S. and China entered a trade war. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Apr 9, 202517 min

Morning Report — Trade war or trade deals?

President Trump signaled openness to governments clamoring to escape steep U.S. tariffs, even as he and advisers believe achieving accords with dozens of nations could involve months of tough discussions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Apr 8, 202515 min

Morning Report — Trump digs in on tariffs

President Trump on Sunday redoubled his support for massive tariffs on most of the world amid heavy market fallout and criticism from some allies. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Apr 7, 202519 min

Morning Report — Wall Street, US allies reel over Trump tariffs

Tanking financial markets and warnings from international capitals on Thursday sent unmistakable messages to President Trump: “America First” may be “America alone” when steep tariffs treat the country’s friends like foes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Apr 4, 202516 min

Morning Report — Trump’s tariffs deepen U.S. economic uncertainty

President Trump’s rollout of steep tariffs aimed at allied trading partners on Wednesday sparked international head-shaking and renewed warnings at home about lasting U.S. economic damage. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Apr 3, 202516 min

Morning Report — Trump unpacks tariffs; voters speak in two states

It’s the moment of truth for President Trump’s long-teased global trade agenda. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Apr 2, 202517 min

Morning Report — Trump, GOP stress tests take center stage

It’s a big week by Washington’s yardstick. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Apr 1, 202518 min

Morning Report — Wild week ahead: Trump tariffs, elections

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Mar 31, 202517 min

Morning Report — Will Trump’s bet on tariffs be bonanza or bust?

President Trump’s new tariffs expected next week will test the patience of U.S. consumers and manufacturers who worry that an escalating trade war will hike already-inflated prices, risking an economic debacle. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mar 28, 202515 min

Morning Report — Finger-pointing intensifies over ‘Signalgate’

Denials, deflections and calls for resignation have dominated the headlines in Washington this week, as the Trump White House reels from the revelation that top national security officials discussed military plans in a commercial chat app group that inadvertently included a journalist. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mar 27, 202513 min

Morning Report — Signal leak roils Washington

Administration officials scrambled to provide answers Tuesday to explain how high-ranking Cabinet officials ended up discussing plans for military strikes in a text thread on an unsecured chat app that included a journalist. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mar 26, 202516 min

Morning Report — Washington grapples with fallout from war plans leak

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Mar 25, 202518 min

Morning Report — Washington grapples with fallout from war plans leak

House GOP eyes hearings, bills about judges Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mar 25, 202518 min