Episodios

  • Backlash: Republicans head home to face constituent wrath over rich-get-richer budget bill

    Backlash: Republicans head home to face constituent wrath over rich-get-richer budget bill
    May 23 2025
    The Republican budget bill still has a lot of time and processing to undergo before it heads to Donald Trump's desk for his signature. And now Republicans face their worst fear and biggest obstacle, their own constituents, who are quickly finding out what their elected representatives have voted for and aren't going to be happy about it. Jen Psaki shows that there is still time for American voters to make themselves heard in the budget process.
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    41 m
  • Failed idea features prominently in Republican bill despite red state regret

    Failed idea features prominently in Republican bill despite red state regret
    May 22 2025
    Georgia and Arkansas have both tried to implement work requirements for Medicaid, with both producing disastrous results. Now Republicans in Congress want to impose those work requirements on a national level and seem oblivious to the idea's previous failure and the regret expressed by fellow Republicans for their role in it.
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    45 m
  • 'I did not waver': Rep. McIver speaks out on federal charges after ICE center confrontation

    'I did not waver': Rep. McIver speaks out on federal charges after ICE center confrontation
    May 21 2025
    Rep. LaMonica McIver talks with Jen Psaki about what really happened at the ICE detention center in Newark, New Jersey, where she and other members of Congress arrived for an inspection and were met with a confrontation that resulted in federal charges against McIver and a corresponding false narrative being spun up by the Trump administration.
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    46 m
  • 'Big, brutal setback': How GOP infighting sent Donald Trump's 'big, beautiful bill' off the rails

    'Big, brutal setback': How GOP infighting sent Donald Trump's 'big, beautiful bill' off the rails
    May 17 2025
    The budget bill Donald Trump was hoping to come home to following his trip to the Middle East has not come to fruition and the longer it takes the work out, the more skittish Republicans will be about attaching their name to a bill that is so full of unpopular policies with an election on the horizon.
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    37 m
  • Trump's power grab scheme exposed; Supreme Court birthright citizenship case focuses on court powers

    Trump's power grab scheme exposed; Supreme Court birthright citizenship case focuses on court powers
    May 16 2025
    The focus on nationwide injunctions in the birthright citizenship case before the Supreme Court shows that what is at stake is less about whether people born in the U.S. are citizens and more about whether a circuit court can put a hold on a new rule for the entire country, or whether Donald Trump can assert his will in different regions of the U.S. if he finds friendly judges willing to indulge him, even if he is blocked in other parts of the country. Jen Psaki reports.
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    46 m
  • Polls show Americans aren't buying Trump team's ignorance ploy

    Polls show Americans aren't buying Trump team's ignorance ploy
    May 15 2025
    Jen Psaki shares examples of Republicans, from Donald Trump to House Speaker Mike Johnson to members of Trump's Cabinet avoiding questions and claiming not to be familiar with major national news stories and other data directly related to their areas of responsibility. And while the ignorance tactic may help them avoid answering questions, new polls show Americans already understand what's really going on.
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    46 m
  • Real purpose of Trump's Mideast trip comes into focus as his explanations fall apart under scrutiny

    Real purpose of Trump's Mideast trip comes into focus as his explanations fall apart under scrutiny
    May 14 2025
    Jen Psaki takes a closer look at Donald Trump's specious explanations and dubious promises as he heads on a trip through the Middle East where his personal business interests seem more relevant than the business of the United States.
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    42 m
  • 'They obviously targeted me': Newark mayor describes chaotic arrest in confrontation at ICE facility

    'They obviously targeted me': Newark mayor describes chaotic arrest in confrontation at ICE facility
    May 10 2025
    Newark, New Jersey Mayor Ras Baraka talks with Jen Psaki following his release from being held in a Homeland Security cell after being arrested and charged with federal trespassing in a chaotic confrontation that included members of Congress outside an ICE facility. "This is disturbing what they think they have the ability to do."
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    50 m
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