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CNN NewsNight with Abby Phillip

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Mar 7, 2025 • 47min

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
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Mar 6, 2025 • 47min

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
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Mar 4, 2025 • 47min

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
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Mar 1, 2025 • 49min

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
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Feb 28, 2025 • 48min

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
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Feb 27, 2025 • 48min

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
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Feb 26, 2025 • 48min

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
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Feb 25, 2025 • 47min

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
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Feb 22, 2025 • 48min

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
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Feb 21, 2025 • 48min

MAGA Allies Begin Criticizing Firings When They Hit Backyards

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

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