POLITICO
Full interview with Peter Navarro | Playbook The First 100 Days: Trade
- Title
- Full interview with Peter Navarro | Playbook The First 100 Days: Trade
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- White House Senior Counselor for Trade and Manufacturing Peter Navarro sits down with POLITICO's White House Bureau Chief Dasha Burns to discuss the latest on tariffs and trade under the Trump administration.
- Title
- Full interview with Rep. Adrian Smith | Playbook The First 100 Days: Trade
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- Rep. Adrian Smith (R-Neb.), chair of the House Subcommittee on Trade, sits down with POLITICO's economics correspondent Victoria Guida to discuss trade policy under the Trump administration.
- Title
- Full interview with Rep. Linda Sánchez | Playbook The First 100 Days: Trade
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- Rep. Linda Sánchez (D-Calif.) sits down with POLITICO's senior trade reporter Doug Palmer to discuss President Trump's position on trade after his recent tariff announcement.
-----------------------------------------
Subscribe to our channel! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgjtvMmHXbutALaw9XzRkAg?view_as=subscriber
Check out our video catalog: https://www.politico.com/video
Follow POLITICO here:
➤ Twitter: https://twitter.com/politico/
➤ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/politico/
➤ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/politico/
- Title
- Navarro: Trump is fighting 'a drug war, not a trade war'
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- "This is not a trade war," White House senior trade counselor Peter Navarro says of the Trump administration's tariffs on Mexico, Canada and China.
-----------------------------------------
Subscribe to our channel! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgjtvMmHXbutALaw9XzRkAg?view_as=subscriber
Check out our video catalog: https://www.politico.com/video
Follow POLITICO here:
➤ Twitter: https://twitter.com/politico/
➤ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/politico/
➤ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/politico/
- Title
- Rep. Linda Sánchez says Trump's position on trade is 'chaotic'
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- Rep. Linda Sánchez, Ranking Member on the House trade subcommittee, says Trump's position on trade can be summed up in one word: "chaotic."
-----------------------------------------
Subscribe to our channel! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgjtvMmHXbutALaw9XzRkAg?view_as=subscriber
Check out our video catalog: https://www.politico.com/video
Follow POLITICO here:
➤ Twitter: https://twitter.com/politico/
➤ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/politico/
➤ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/politico/
- Title
- House trade chair says 'we need to come to terms' with Trump's tariffs
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- While he's "not a huge fan of tariffs," Rep. Adrian Smith (R-Neb.) says he understands the Trump administration's agenda -- calling the USMCA "one of the most bipartisan trade agreements probably in history."
-----------------------------------------
Subscribe to our channel! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgjtvMmHXbutALaw9XzRkAg?view_as=subscriber
Check out our video catalog: https://www.politico.com/video
Follow POLITICO here:
➤ Twitter: https://twitter.com/politico/
➤ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/politico/
➤ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/politico/
- Title
- Navarro says Trump will 'structurally shift' the economy
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- White House senior trade counselor Peter Navarro says President Trump is orchestrating a 'structural shift' in the economy with projected tariff revenue.
-----------------------------------------
Subscribe to our channel! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgjtvMmHXbutALaw9XzRkAg?view_as=subscriber
Check out our video catalog: https://www.politico.com/video
Follow POLITICO here:
➤ Twitter: https://twitter.com/politico/
➤ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/politico/
➤ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/politico/
- Title
- 'Radical lunatics': Trump, Musk target USAID
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- President Donald Trump and Elon Musk signal that the Trump administration is about to eliminate or seriously restructure U.S. Agency for International Development.
READ MORE: https://www.politico.com/news/2025/02/02/musk-usaid-time-00201987
- Title
- Watch: Gabbard repeatedly declines to call Edward Snowden a traitor
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- Senators on Thursday tore into Tulsi Gabbard, President Donald Trump’s nominee for director of national intelligence, over her past support of leaker Edward Snowden.
READ MORE: https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2024/11/08/congress/democrats-gabbard-snowden-sympathy-00201600
- Title
- Trump administration reacts to deadly plane crash near DCA
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- Authorities said Thursday morning they believe there were no survivors in the crash between a regional American Airlines jet and a U.S. Army helicopter late Wednesday at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport.
READ MORE: https://www.politico.com/news/2025/01/30/plane-crash-reagan-dca-no-survivors-00201484
- Title
- POLITICO Playbook The First 100 Days: Immigration | POLITICO Live
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- WATCH LIVE: POLITICO Playbook The First 100 Days: Immigration
As promised, President Trump has announced new measures at the border, renewed policies for asylum seekers, mass deportation of undocumented immigrants and more. POLITICO will convene leaders on immigration across the aisle to explore what’s next and its impact on national security and the economy.
8:30 a.m. – Welcome Remarks by Annie Allen, Executive Producer, POLITICO Live
8:35 a.m. – A Conversation with Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) moderated by Rachael Bade, Capitol Bureau Chief & Senior Washington Columnist, POLITICO
9:00 a.m. – A Conversation with Chad Wolf, former DHS acting secretary, moderated by Myah Ward, White House reporter, POLITICO
-----------------------------------------
Subscribe to our channel! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgjtvMmHXbutALaw9XzRkAg?view_as=subscriber
Check out our video catalog: https://www.politico.com/video ...
- Title
- Dems rip into RFK Jr. over statements on vaccines, health conspiracies
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- Democrats on the Senate Finance Committee went on offense against Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s past statements about vaccines, infectious disease and other health-related conspiracy theories.
READ MORE: https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2025/01/29/congress/senate-democrats-rfk-jr-hearing-00201229
- Title
- Full interview with former DHS chief Chad Wolf | Playbook The First 100 Days: Immigration
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- Former acting DHS secretary & Executive Director of the America First Policy Institute Chad Wolf sits down with POLITICO White House reporter Myah Ward.
-----------------------------------------
Subscribe to our channel! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgjtvMmHXbutALaw9XzRkAg?view_as=subscriber
Check out our video catalog: https://www.politico.com/video
Follow POLITICO here:
➤ Twitter: https://twitter.com/politico/
➤ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/politico/
➤ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/politico/
- Title
- Full interview with Sen. Mark Kelly | Playbook The First 100 Days: Immigration
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) speaks to POLITICO's Capitol Bureau Chief & Senior Washington Columnist about bipartisan immigration policy and the first days of Trump's 2025 immigration agenda.
-----------------------------------------
Subscribe to our channel! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgjtvMmHXbutALaw9XzRkAg?view_as=subscriber
Check out our video catalog: https://www.politico.com/video
Follow POLITICO here:
➤ Twitter: https://twitter.com/politico/
➤ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/politico/
➤ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/politico/
- Title
- Will Trump’s billionaire brigade run America like a tech startup?
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- With a combined net worth of over $450 billion, the tech titans who have arrived in President Trump’s inner circle — including venture capitalist Marc Andreessen, investor David Sacks and Elon Musk — are poised to disrupt Washington with their focus on innovation and deregulation.
They have their sights set on everything from defense contracts for new drones and lasers to venture-backed medical innovation.
We brought together POLITICO’s emerging tech reporter Derek Robertson with Business Insider reporters Madeline Berg and Peter Kafka to dissect what this means for Washington.
READ MORE: https://www.politico.com/news/2025/01/29/trumps-billionaire-cabinet-upend-washington-00201019
Chapters:
00:00 - Introduction
01:19 - Elon Musk, David Sacks, Jared Isaacman, and Linda McMahon
02:51 - Conflicts of interest
04:14 - Elon Musk and AI
05:37 - Mark Zuckerberg, Jeff Bezos, and Tim Cook as donors to Trump...
- Title
- Former Trump DHS chief defends immigration crackdown
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- Chad Wolf, the current Executive Director of the America First Policy Institute calls Trump's messaging around immigration raids "an education campaign."
-----------------------------------------
Subscribe to our channel! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgjtvMmHXbutALaw9XzRkAg?view_as=subscriber
Check out our video catalog: https://www.politico.com/video
Follow POLITICO here:
➤ Twitter: https://twitter.com/politico/
➤ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/politico/
➤ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/politico/
- Title
- Mark Kelly on ICE raids: 'A lot of it is for show'
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly reacts to the recent round if ICE raids across the country.
-----------------------------------------
Subscribe to our channel! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgjtvMmHXbutALaw9XzRkAg?view_as=subscriber
Check out our video catalog: https://www.politico.com/video
Follow POLITICO here:
➤ Twitter: https://twitter.com/politico/
➤ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/politico/
➤ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/politico/
- Title
- 'Not a blanket pause': White House clarifies exemptions on federal aid
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt vehemently defended the administration’s sweeping freeze on federal aid, arguing Tuesday in her first press briefing that it was critical to scrutinize the scope of the government’s spending.
“The reason for this is to ensure that every penny going out the door is not conflicting with the executive orders and action that this president has taken,” Leavitt said. “This is a very responsible measure.”
Read more: https://www.politico.com/news/2025/01/28/trump-omb-funding-cuts-00200998
- Title
- Hegseth promises 'shift' in Pentagon's role at the border
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth began his first day at the Pentagon with promises to support President Donald Trump's border plan.
- Title
- Trump revokes Fauci’s security detail: ‘They all made a lot of money’
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- President Donald Trump pulled Anthony Fauci’s government-funded security — the latest in a line of revocations of protective details from his former allies and longtime rivals.
READ MORE: https://www.politico.com/news/2025/01/24/anthony-fauci-security-trump-006509
- Title
- Trump: 'FEMA just hasn't done the job'
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- President Donald Trump on Friday bashed the Federal Emergency Management Agency ahead of his visit to North Carolina towns still recovering from Hurricane Helene.
READ MORE: https://www.politico.com/news/2025/01/24/trump-blames-biden-disaster-006476
- Title
- Trump on Putin: 'We'll meet as soon as we can'
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- President Trump said he wants to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin "immediately" at a press conference in the Oval Office on Thursday.
- Title
- GOP lawmakers split over Jan. 6 pardons
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- Several Republican senators are roundly criticizing President Donald Trump's pardons of Jan. 6 rioters — particularly those convicted of violent crimes, like assaulting law enforcement officers.
“I’m disappointed to see that and I do fear the message that is sent to these brave men and women that stood by us,” said Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska).
Read the full story: https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2025/01/21/congress/gop-senators-on-trumps-jan-6-pardons-00199689
- Title
- Rep. Mike Lawler says he's not budging on SALT cap raise
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- Republican Rep. Mike Lawler says he "will never support a tax bill that does not lift the cap on SALT."
-----------------------------------------
Subscribe to our channel! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgjtvMmHXbutALaw9XzRkAg?view_as=subscriber
Check out our video catalog: https://www.politico.com/video
Follow POLITICO here:
➤ Twitter: https://twitter.com/politico/
➤ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/politico/
➤ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/politico/
- Title
- Full interview with Sen. Ron Johnson | Playbook The First 100 Days: Tax Reform
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) speaks to POLITICO's Executive Producer of Congress Zach Warmbrodt about his vision for the 2025 tax code agenda.
-----------------------------------------
Subscribe to our channel! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgjtvMmHXbutALaw9XzRkAg?view_as=subscriber
Check out our video catalog: https://www.politico.com/video
Follow POLITICO here:
➤ Twitter: https://twitter.com/politico/
➤ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/politico/
➤ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/politico/
- Title
- Full interview with Rep. Mike Lawler | Playbook The First 100 Days: Tax Reform
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- Rep. Mike Lawler (R-N.Y.) sits down with POLITICO's Capitol Bureau Chief & Senior Washington Columnist Rachael Bade to talk tax policy.
-----------------------------------------
Subscribe to our channel! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgjtvMmHXbutALaw9XzRkAg?view_as=subscriber
Check out our video catalog: https://www.politico.com/video
Follow POLITICO here:
➤ Twitter: https://twitter.com/politico/
➤ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/politico/
➤ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/politico/
- Title
- Full interview with Sen. Michael Bennet | Playbook The First 100 Days: Tax Reform
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- Sen. Michael Bennet (D-Colo.) sits down with POLITICO's Bernie Becker to discuss tax reform at Playbook's First 100 Days event.
-----------------------------------------
Subscribe to our channel! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgjtvMmHXbutALaw9XzRkAg?view_as=subscriber
Check out our video catalog: https://www.politico.com/video
Follow POLITICO here:
➤ Twitter: https://twitter.com/politico/
➤ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/politico/
➤ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/politico/
- Title
- GOP Sen. Ron Johnson suggests three-step approach to reconciliation
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- Senator Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) suggested a three-step approach to the reconciliation bill and expressed logistic concerns with President Trump's wish for "one big, beautiful bill" in an interview with POLITICO's Zachary Warmbrodt.
-----------------------------------------
Subscribe to our channel!
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgjtvMmHXbutALaw9XzRkAg?view_as=subscriber
Check out our video catalog: https://www.politico.com/video
Follow POLITICO here:
➤ Twitter: https://twitter.com/politico/
➤ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/politico/
➤ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/politico/
- Title
- POLITICO Playbook The First 100 Days: Tax Reform | POLITICO Live
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- WATCH LIVE: POLITICO Playbook The First 100 Days: Tax Reform
Trump-era tax cuts are nearing expiration, and Republicans are gearing up to use it as an opportunity to implement more big changes to the tax code. Join POLITICO’s Playbook team as they gather key leaders for conversation on what individuals and businesses can expect and what policy clashes loom as part of tax reform in 2025.
8:30 a.m. – Welcome Remarks by Annie Allen, Executive Producer, POLITICO Live
8:35 a.m. – A Conversation with Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) moderated by Zach Warmbrodt, Congress Executive Producer, POLITICO
9:00 a.m. – A Conversation with Rep. Mike Lawler (R-N.Y.) moderated by Rachael Bade, Capitol Bureau Chief & Senior Washington Columnist, POLITICO
9:30 a.m. – A Conversation with Sen. Michael Bennet (D-Colo.) moderated by Bernie Becker, Morning Tax author & Tax Reporter, POLITICO Pro
-----------------------------------------
Subsc...
- Title
- Who’s fueling Trump’s record-breaking inaugural donations?
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- Corporate America and crypto firms are writing record-breaking checks for Trump's second inauguration, amounting to $250 million.
Here's a look at who's fueling Trump's inauguration donations.
-----------------------------------------
Subscribe to our channel! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgjtvMmHXbutALaw9XzRkAg?view_as=subscriber
Check out our video catalog: https://www.politico.com/video
Follow POLITICO here:
➤ Twitter: https://twitter.com/politico/
➤ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/politico/
➤ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/politico/
- Title
- Trump signs executive order delaying TikTok ban by 75 days
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- President Donald Trump signed an executive order Monday to delay the enforcement of a TikTok ban by 75 days, hours after his swearing in ceremony and a day after a federal ban took effect.
READ MORE: https://www.politico.com/news/2025/01/20/trump-tiktok-extension-executive-order-00199545
- Title
- Watch: Trump pardons roughly 1,500 Jan. 6 rioters
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- President Donald Trump announced pardons for about 1,500 people who stormed the Capitol in his name on Jan. 6, 2021, instantly laying waste to the Justice Department’s four-year drive to punish the first disruption of the transfer of power in American history.
READ MORE: https://www.politico.com/news/2025/01/20/donald-trump-jan6-pardons-00199532
- Title
- Watch Musk's salute to Trump supporters at inauguration
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- X owner and Tesla CEO Elon Musk gave a salute to Trump supporters at an inauguration event Monday.
READ MORE: https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2025/01/20/donald-trump-inauguration-day-news-updates-analysis
- Title
- Watch: Biden leaves Washington after Trump's swearing-in ceremony
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- Joe Biden is leaving town for the first time as an ex-president.
Shortly after watching President Donald Trump get sworn in, Biden and first lady Jill Biden left the Capitol and headed straight to Joint Base Andrews. The 46th president is expected to deliver a brief farewell speech before flying to Santa Ynez, California, where his friend and billionaire Democratic donor Joe Kiani has an estate.
READ MORE: https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2025/01/20/donald-trump-inauguration-day-news-updates-analysis/joe-biden-leaves-washington-00199324
- Title
- Highlights from Trump's second inaugural address
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- Donald J. Trump declared his inauguration as the nation’s 47th president as a moment of American renewal, promising to usher in a “thrilling new era of national success” after depicting the last four years as “a horrible betrayal.”
READ MORE: https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2025/01/20/donald-trump-inauguration-day-news-updates-analysis/trump-rename-00199278
- Title
- Highlights from Trump's inauguration eve rally
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- Eight years ago, Donald Trump arrived in Washington to a city still stunned by his victory. This time around, he turned the capital into a MAGA fest.
READ MORE: https://www.politico.com/news/2025/01/19/trump-victory-rally-inauguration-00199211
- Title
- Trump: Elon Musk knows 'those vote counting computers'
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- President-elect Donald Trump thanked Elon Musk for his role in helping him win in Pennsylvania at his victory rally on Sunday.
- Title
- Trump says US should 'save TikTok' at victory rally
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- President-elect Donald Trump unveiled plans for an executive order to save TikTok from a federal ban Sunday, immediately raising questions about the legality of his proposal, which appears to involve nationalizing half of the app.
READ MORE: https://www.politico.com/news/2025/01/19/trump-plan-save-tiktok-00199177
- Title
- Watch: Trump and Vance take oath of office
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance took the oath of office on Monday in the Capitol rotunda.
- Title
- How do Trump's fans feel about his billionaire inner circle?
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- At Trump’s pre-inauguration victory rally, supporters shared their thoughts on his billionaire-filled cabinet and allies like Elon Musk. From praising loyalty to celebrating success, rallygoers said, “I’m happy that he’s choosing billionaires,” and “success breeds success.”
Watch as they explain why they believe Trump’s choices will shape his administration’s vision.
Read more: https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2025/01/20/donald-trump-inauguration-day-news-updates-analysis/elon-musk-billionaires-00199364
-----------------------------------------
Subscribe to our channel! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgjtvMmHXbutALaw9XzRkAg?view_as=subscriber
Check out our video catalog: https://www.politico.com/video
Follow POLITICO here:
➤ X: https://x.com/politico/
➤ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/politico/
➤ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/politico/
- Title
- DNC leadership candidate Michael Blake talks what Dems need to be exciting
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- What kind of candidate does the Democratic Party need to be exciting again? DNC leadership candidate Michael Blake shares his thoughts.
- Title
- 2025 DNC Officer Forum hosted by POLITICO and DNC | POLITICO Live
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- The Democratic National Committee and POLITICO co-host an in-person candidate forum for DNC officer elections in Detroit, Michigan focused on the Midwest region. The forum will be moderated by POLITICO journalists including Playbook co-author Eugene Daniels, White House Bureau Chief Dasha Burns, Politics Bureau Chief and Senior Political Columnist Jonathan Martin, and National Political reporters Elena Schneider and Holly Otterbein.
The forum will begin at 1:30 pm ET on Thursday, Jan. 16 and feature candidates for Chair, Vice Chair, Vice Chair of Civic Engagement and Voter Participation, Secretary, Treasurer, and National Finance Chair.
-----------------------------------------
Subscribe to our channel! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgjtvMmHXbutALaw9XzRkAg?view_as=subscriber
Check out our video catalog: https://www.politico.com/video
Follow POLITICO here:
➤ Twitter: https://twitter.com/politico/ <...
- Title
- DNC chair candidate says Dems need a leader for 'wartime footing'
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- DNC chair candidate Martin O'Malley said Democrats need a leader for "wartime footing" while speaking at the Midwest Regional National Officer Forum hosted by POLITICO and the DNC.
- Title
- Should Biden have dropped out earlier? DNC candidates for vice chair respond
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- POLITICO's national political reporter Holly Otterbein asks DNC candidates for Vice Chair whether President Joe Biden should have dropped out of the 2024 presidential race earlier.
READ MORE: https://www.politico.com/news/2025/01/16/dnc-midwest-regional-national-officer-forum-00198581
- Title
- DeSantis picks Florida AG Ashley Moody to replace Rubio in the Senate
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- Gov. Ron DeSantis has selected state Attorney General Ashley Moody to become the next senator from Florida.
The elevation of Moody into the role, once Sen. Marco Rubio resigns to be President-elect Donald Trump’s secretary of State, installs a close DeSantis ally — someone who was the first and only state Cabinet-level official to endorse the governor in the 2024 Republican presidential primary over Trump.
READ MORE: https://www.politico.com/news/2025/01/16/ashley-moody-florida-senator-marco-rubio-replacement-00198643
- Title
- In farewell address, Biden warns 'oligarchy is taking shape in America'
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- President Joe Biden delivered his final speech from the Oval Office on Wednesday with gratitude and a warning about the dangers of unchecked power.
- Title
- Watch: Senators grill Pam Bondi at attorney general confirmation hearing
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- If you closed your eyes, you might’ve thought Kash Patel was in the witness chair.
Senate Judiciary Committee Democrats spent Wednesday pummeling President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to become FBI director at a confirmation hearing for his prospective boss: attorney general nominee Pam Bondi.
READ MORE: https://www.politico.com/news/2025/01/15/pam-bondi-hearing-kash-patel-in-hot-seat-004272
- Title
- Highlights from Hegseth's confirmation hearing
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- Pete Hegseth’s nomination hearing on Tuesday was expected to deliver fireworks — and it didn’t disappoint. While Republicans gave Hegseth the chance to push back against allegations ranging from sexual assault to drunkenness, Democrats homed in on Hegseth’s controversial past to argue he’s not qualified for the Pentagon’s top job.
Here were seven of the wildest moments from the hearing.
Read the full story: https://www.politico.com/news/2025/01/14/pete-hegseths-highlight-reel-senate-hearing-00198238
-----------------------------------------
Subscribe to our channel! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgjtvMmHXbutALaw9XzRkAg?view_as=subscriber
Check out our video catalog: https://www.politico.com/video
Follow POLITICO here:
➤ X: https://x.com/politico/
➤ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/politico/
➤ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/politico/
- Title
- Pete Hegseth takes heat for disparaging women in the military
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- Democratic senators Jeanne Shaheen, Elizabeth Warren and Kirsten Gillibrand sharply criticized defense secretary nominee Pete Hegseth for his views on women in the military during his Tuesday confirmation hearing, bringing up his past public comments on women being unsuited for combat.
READ MORE: https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2025/01/14/congress/hegseth-disparaging-women-military-00198131
- Title
- Johnson backs away from go-it-alone debt ceiling plan
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- Speaker Mike Johnson on Tuesday backed away from a plan to address the approaching federal debt cliff in a party-line reconciliation package, acknowledging several major challenges that may force Republicans to deal with the borrowing limit in bipartisan talks with Democrats.
READ MORE: https://www.politico.com/news/2025/01/14/mike-johnson-debt-limit-ceiling-reconciliation-00198156
