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CNN NewsNight with Abby Phillip

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Apr 1, 2025 • 47min

Eve Of Electoral Test For Trump & MAGA With Special Elections

70 days and 11 hours in, Democrats have had enough. Plus, what started as a troll now appears to be a plot for more power. Also, Elon Musk makes cheese heads feel like a million bucks on the eve of an electoral test for Trump.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Mar 29, 2025 • 47min

Judge Halts Deportation Of Tufts Student Arrested By DHS

Judges block two items on the Trump vengeance list. Number one involves law firms. Number two involves college students. Plus, when Donald Trump talks economic markets listen. Also, one man’s liberation is another man’s agitation.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Mar 28, 2025 • 47min

Pentagon Officials Concerned About Hegseth’s Leadership

The Signal scandal renews questions about if Pete Hegseth is the right man to lead the Pentagon. Plus, the President says he is playing catch-up on his administration’s early mistakes. But, is it really plausible he doesn’t know or is it just a way to give him plausible deniability?  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Mar 27, 2025 • 47min

Trump Backtracks, Now Says He Doesn’t Know If Info Classified

The President’s men go back to the drawing board to find new excuses as the world sees proof that secrets sent over Signal were super sensitive and may have been classified at the time. Plus, did Trump administration officials break the law by trying to cover their group chat glitch?  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Mar 26, 2025 • 47min

Waltz Admits Error, Then Suggests Journalist Hacked Into Chat

The Trump team builds a defense to quiet outrage over the Signal chat used to share secret plans. Plus, American’s confidence in their economic future falls again as the president insists all is well. Also, a conservative antagonist invites more fury by joking about a Trump ally’s disability.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Mar 25, 2025 • 47min

Reporter On Hegseth Denying War Plans Sent: It’s A “Lie”

The group chat overshares. Top Trump officials accidentally text top secret war plans to a journalist. The blunder is inviting scrutiny about national security, competence, and hypocrisy. Plus, the Trump administration says forget about due process as a judge puts up roadblocks to its deportation dreams.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Mar 22, 2025 • 46min

Trump Denies Signing Deportation Order, Despite Signature

President Donald Trump on Friday downplayed his involvement in invoking the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 to deport Venezuelan migrants, saying for the first time that he hadn’t signed the proclamation, even as he stood by his administration’s move. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Mar 21, 2025 • 48min

NYT: Musk To Get Top-Secret U.S. Plan For Potential War With China

Donald Trump is about to open another door for Elon Musk, this one to the nation’s war secrets. Plus, AOC says Democrats can’t fold, while another prominent party leader wants to bet big on action, not words.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Mar 20, 2025 • 47min

MAGA Rips Liberals For Rooting Against Musk’s Tesla

Elon Musk is a lighting rod and some liberals are laughing at the rain. Should the left be rooting for American companies to fail? Plus, a new MAGA conspiracy is born as the White House fights the law. Also, the Federal Reserve draws a line from Trump’s tariffs to a dim prediction.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Mar 19, 2025 • 48min

Chief Justice John Roberts Rebukes Trump Over Judge Attacks

After a two hour test of which world leader would bend or break, Donald Trump doesn’t get what he really wants from Vladimir Putin. Plus, Chief Justice John Roberts puts his name behind a statement, telling the president to stop threatening judges.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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