

CNN NewsNight with Abby Phillip
CNN Podcasts
Abby Phillip delivers a smart, sharp approach to the day's biggest stories.
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Oct 11, 2025 • 45min
Trump Lays Off 4,000+ Federal Workers Amid Shutdown
The shutdown gets real as the Trump administration starts to fire federal workers and tensions boil over between the supposed deal makers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Oct 10, 2025 • 45min
Trump Foe Letitia James Indicted After President’s Pressure
The retribution tour intensifies as the person who charged Donald Trump’s business gets charged by his Justice Department after his order. Plus, the President’s attempts to put troops on the streets of Chicago meets the court. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Oct 9, 2025 • 47min
Trump: Israel & Hamas Sign First Phase Of Peace Deal
A note and a whisper signals a breakthrough. Is the President’s peace deal on the edge of glory? Also, while MAGA demands critics not call them fascists or autocrats, Donald Trump calls for the jailing and silencing of Democratic leaders. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Oct 8, 2025 • 45min
Shutdown Stakes Get Higher As Trump Threatens Paychecks
The real world impact of the government’s shutdown is starting to show as Donald Trump raises the stakes by threatening paychecks. Plus, the attorney general who’s been under fire from the left and right takes a field trip to Congress. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Oct 7, 2025 • 45min
Troops Headed To Chicago; Troops To Portland Blocked For Now
Donald Trump versus American cities, red states versus blue states. A battle over power boils over between the gavel and the ground. Plus, as ICE confrontations multiply across Chicago, the city is now declaring some areas free from raids. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Oct 4, 2025 • 45min
Arrest Of MAGA Influencer Prompts Feds To Threaten Portland
The arrest of a MAGA influencer in a blue city becomes the administration’s red flag to enter. Plus, Blackhawks, flash bangs, kids in zip ties—a violent raid at an apartment building in Chicago illustrates the escalation of ICE’s tactics in American streets. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Oct 3, 2025 • 45min
Immigrants, Health Care, And The Shutdown’s Real Debate
As the shutdown becomes a meme fight, is the GOP’s celebration giving the wrong impression to fed up Americans? Plus, the no wars president tells Congress the United States is in the middle of one with drug cartels. But, are his boat strikes crossing a legal line? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Oct 2, 2025 • 45min
No End In Sight For Government Shutdown
America’s October surprise is a government shutdown and the lines in the sand are drawn. Who will blink first? Plus, once again Donald Trump blurs the line between socialism and capitalism. Also, did the President just promise to send America’s sons and daughters to fight a war for Qatar? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Oct 1, 2025 • 47min
Government Shutdown Imminent After Votes Fail
The United States government is poised to shutdown and Donald Trump is threatening pink slips if no deal is reached. Plus, after meeting with Democrats at the White House, the President mocks them with a video. Also, the tv host turned defense secretary gathers the nation’s military leaders to scold, lecture, groom, and drop a plug. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sep 30, 2025 • 45min
Trump & Israel To Hamas: Accept Deal Or Else
Benjamin Netanyahu and Donald Trump pitch an end to the war as America’s support for Israel falls. Plus, after bragging about decorating the White House in 24 karat gold, the President threatens to to starve Gotham of funds if the socialist candidate wins. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices


