
CNN NewsNight with Abby Phillip
Abby Phillip delivers a smart, sharp approach to the day's biggest stories.
Latest episodes

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Feb 20, 2025 • 45min
Trump Villainizes “Dictator” Zelensky, Warns Of Ukraine’s End
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

Feb 19, 2025 • 48min
Trump Says Musk “Head” Of DOGE, White House Says He’s Not
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