

CNN NewsNight with Abby Phillip
CNN Podcasts
Abby Phillip delivers a smart, sharp approach to the day's biggest stories.
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Mar 8, 2025 • 45min
NYT: Duffy Says Musk Wants To Cut Air Traffic Controllers
Donald Trump wants Biden to own all the bad about the economy. But, what happens when the data says things aren’t awful? Plus, the Pentagon scrubs so called DEI content from its archives stumbling into erasing history. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mar 7, 2025 • 45min
Trump Walks Back Tariffs As More Chaos Hits Economy
Donald Trump postpones tariffs one more time as his promise to make America rich again clashes with job cuts mirroring the Great Recession. Plus, the President takes away Elon’s hatchet and replaces with a scalpel while promising his cabinet will get a say in what is surgically removed from the federal bureaucracy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mar 6, 2025 • 45min
Musk Gives GOP Senators His Phone Number Amid Concerns
Donald Trump takes the road many say he should not have traveled to begin with, undoing tariffs on allies as the courts put roadblocks in the way of his DOGE driven agenda. Plus, Democrats put themselves on display at Trump’s address to Congress. But, do Americans like what they see? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mar 4, 2025 • 45min
Trump Pauses Military Aid To Ukraine
As President Trump stops all military aid to Ukraine, will Zelensky apologize or will the American president not give the Ukrainian president a shot at forgiveness? Plus, tariffs and trouble add new taxes on consumers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mar 1, 2025 • 47min
Diplomatic “Disaster” After Trump & Zelensky Clash
A shouting match between Trump & Zelensky echoes across the globe. The president turns the Oval Office into The Apprentice to stage a reality TV spectacle to embarrass Ukraine’s president. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Feb 28, 2025 • 46min
Judge: Trump’s Mass Firings Of Workers Likely Unlawful
A judge tells the Trump administration there is no universe where DOGE’s deep cuts are legal while conservative radio gets an earful from their own people. Plus, MAGA reportedly imports alleged criminals accused of heinous crimes against women. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Feb 27, 2025 • 46min
Musk Moves From Villainizing Workers To Fictionalizing Them
In his first Cabinet meeting, Donald Trump cedes the floor to someone not in his Cabinet. Plus, federal workers are now being recast from villainized to fictionalized. Also, Amazon’s billionaire tells his paper how they’ll think and what they’ll think about. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Feb 26, 2025 • 46min
Cabinet Officials Caught Off Guard, Frustrated By Musk
Elon Musk’s presence at President Donald Trump’s first Cabinet meeting on Wednesday will solidify his power in the administration. But Musk’s attendance at the meeting comes as his attempts to gut the federal workforce and reshape it in Trump’s image, including giving sweeping orders to employees across the government, has begun to grate on Cabinet secretaries and members of Congress, multiple sources familiar with the matter told CNN. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Feb 25, 2025 • 45min
Trump Admin Contradicts Trump & Musk’s Threat Of Firing
Federal workers have less than two hours left to email Elon Musk to explain why they should still get paychecks as Trump’s cabinet says one thing while Trump says another. Plus, the new number two at the FBI is a podcast host who makes a living by promoting conspiracy theories. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Feb 22, 2025 • 46min
Trump Fires Top U.S. General After Hegseth Called Him “Woke”
Were Donald Trump’s eyes bigger than America’s appetite for change? Polls warn the president that voters think he’s doing much too much as the courts tell Trump no. Also, President Trump fires the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff months after his Pentagon chief said to do just that. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices