CNN NewsNight with Abby Phillip

The Right cheers on DOGE until DOGE comes for them. Plus, red flashing lights on the fate of the economy as MAGA moves the goal posts.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Donald Trump puts pettiness and Putin before all else. With a Truth Social smear, the American president turns his back on the West, turns Volodymyr Zelensky into a villain, and turns Ukraine’s existence into a question mark.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Civil servants abandon their government gigs as the Trump administration refuses to say who’s leading the president’s great purge of the federal bureaucracy.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Upside-down and burning marked the end of a terrifying trip for 80 passengers and crew on a Delta Air Lines flight after it crashed while landing in Toronto, Canada.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Trump administration brags about a deal as another prosecutor says to find a different fool to do their bidding. Plus, the Trump layoffs come for the men and women tasked with managing the nation’s nukes. Also, the White House shuts out the Associated Press from the briefing room.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Manhattan’s top prosecutor quits, but not before writing out her reasons why and accusing Trump’s Justice Department of accepting a quid pro quo to go easy on New York City’s mayor. Plus, a photo opportunity between India’s prime minister and Elon Musk renews questions over if the billionaire is pulling the strings of President Trump.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth said that the war between Ukraine and Russia “must end,” that Kyiv joining NATO is unrealistic and that the US will no longer prioritize European and Ukrainian security as the Trump administration shifts its attention to securing the US’ own borders and deterring war with China. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Elon Musk brushed off questions about the authorities he is using to gut entire agencies, saying instead that Trump’s election last November amounted to license enough to carry out the will of voters. “The people voted for major government reform, and that’s what the people are going to get,” he said. “That’s what democracy is all about.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The President tip toes up to the line of daring to defy the courts and ushering in a constitutional cluster. Plus, the President gives advice to Israel on what to do next if Hamas misses a deadline to return the hostages. Also, Trump levies new tariffs.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The world’s most powerful man and the world’s richest are together gutting the United States government. Plus, a DOGE employee with a history of racism gets the backing of the White House and a second chance. Also, Donald Trump fires the Kennedy Center board to become king of culture.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices