Makes We Wonder Why I Even Bring the Thunder

Bombshell returns in 2019 with a new set of Bombshell questions and a guest, Dana Stroul, to give our best shot at explaining US-Syria policy. Secretary Pompeo has finished a whirlwind tour (while his staff are unpaid) trying to do the same, and at least one of the parties to potential US-North Korea summit seems to be doing its homework (guess which). The team digs deep into the longest government shutdown in history and considers just what kind of emergency it would be if Trump used national emergency powers to build a wall. Plus, lots of pop culture for the new year. Syria Policy Robbie Gramer, "," Foreign Policy Keeping up Foreign Relations North Korea Jon Herskovitz and Youkyung Lee, "," Bloomberg It's Aghast Brexit "," BBC China Marilyn Haigh, "," CNBC "," Wall Street Journal White House Mayhem Shutdown Javier Zarracina and Li Zhou, "," Vox "," Washington Post National Emergency Elizabeth Goitein, "," Atlantic Quinta Jurecic, "," Lawfare