This week, Congresswoman Terri Sewell (D-AL) joins Major to discuss her recent trip to Atlanta with President Biden as he pushes voting rights legislation. Plus, Sewell talks about her upbringing in Selma, Alabama and how she got to know Michelle and Barack Obama before they knew each other. And Major asks about this week's developments in the House Select Committee investigating the January 6th Capitol siege. This episode was recorded on January 12th, 2022. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join us for Major's extended conversation with Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, a Republican who was pressured by former President Trump to overturn his state's 2020 election results. Those ballots were counted three times and each time showed President Biden with more votes than Mr. Trump. Raffensperger reflects on a year of death threats against him and his family and explains why he got a dog. Major explores the future of the Republican party if belief in the so-called big lie becomes a litmus test for candidates. Join us. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, CBS News technology reporter Dan Patterson joins Major to discuss the influx of misinformation and disinformation on the internet, the state of QAnon heading into 2022, and whether there is an appetite in the public for the "metaverse" that Google, Facebook and other tech giants are rolling out. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, comedian and impressionist Frank Caliendo joins Major to discuss Christmas, COVID, and Comedy. Plus, Caliendo explains how he workshops his celebrity impressions. This episode was recorded on December 21, 2021. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

For pollster Robert Cahaly, producing illuminating surveys and with accurate results is more important than party politics. Cahaly, who founded the opinion polling firm Trafalgar Group, received an A-minus grade from FiveThirtyEight's Pollster Rankings and accurately predicted former President Trump's victory in 2016 and the results of the New Jersey and Virginia gubernatorial elections in 2021. This episode was recorded on December 14th, 2021. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Freshman Republican congressman Byron Donalds (FL-19) hosts Major in his Capitol Hill office for a discussion about GOP conference politics, COVID and vaccine mandates and the 2024 presidential race. If not Donald Trump, who does Donalds think would contend for the nomination? Plus, Donalds weighs in on Rep. Lauren Boebert’s incendiary remarks and Democratic efforts to punish her. Join us! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The 2020 census gave Texas, Montana, Oregon, Colorado, North Carolina and Florida additional seats in the House of Representatives, while seven states lost seats. Now, one of the more acrimonious - and partisan - processes is playing out in state capitols across the country: re-drawing those congressional district lines. This week, Major walks the line with Dave Wasserman, a senior editor at The Cook Political Report, and expert on redistricting. We're at MacIntyre's Pub in DC's Woodley Park neighborhood. Join us! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join us at Strangeways Brewing in Richmond, Virginia for a chat with Democratic congresswoman Abigail Spanberger. The two-term representative recently got a call from President Biden after she, during the recent legislative debate over sweeping social policy proposals, told the New York Times, “Nobody elected [Biden] to be F.D.R.” So what did the president say to her in response? Pull up a chair, grab a craft beer and some leftover turkey, and download/rate/subscribe to The Takeout with Major Garrett. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Is it too early to talk about the next presidential election? Never! Political journalist and author of the new book "In Trump's Shadow" David M. Drucker joins Major this week at Atlas Brew Works in the Navy Yard section of DC. Drucker's book examines the future of the Republican Party with or without the former president. Will Trump run in 2024? Who else might make a run for the GOP nomination? Join us. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

NPR Investigative Correspondent Tim Mak has been following the National Rifle Association for years, and in his new book “Misfire: Inside the Downfall of the NRA” he details the alleged corruption and misuse of donations at the gun rights advocacy group. Mak talks with Major Garrett about how he got access to documents the NRA had hoped to keep secret. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices