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Each weekday, Dana Bash and a panel of well-sourced reporters bring you the most important political stories of the day. On the weekend, Manu Raju kicks off CNN's Sunday morning political programming with Inside Politics Sunday. Dana and Manu get answers from the people making headlines, explain the political stories that matter, and report on how the news will impact you.
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May 12, 2023 • 39min
'Our borders are not open'
First: The Biden White House tells migrants to turn around. That, after Title 42 comes off the books, luring thousands to the southern border, where facilities are stretched way beyond what they can handle.
Plus: A big meeting to discuss the debt ceiling is cancelled, pushing the US further towards default. Is
And: Declared 2024 presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy proposes raising the voting age to 25 for most Americans. Is it a blatant attempt to help Republican odds? To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

May 11, 2023 • 39min
Meet the new Trump, same as the old Trump
First: At a CNN town hall, the front runner for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination spews lies about January 6th, classified documents, and his efforts to overturn the 2020 election.
Plus: Right now, there's a massive number of migrants waiting on the southern border as time runs out tonight on the Title 42 policy that made it easier to turn them away.
And: As Ukraine gets a big delivery -- cruise missiles from the UK -- President Zelenskyy says he will win the war before the next US election. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

May 10, 2023 • 56min
13 counts
Rep. George Santos surrenders to authorities, accused (among other things) of using campaign cash to buy designer clothes, launder money, and stealing insurance money at the height of the pandemic.
Plus: Tonight, Donald Trump gets a prime-time audience in New Hampshire right here on CNN, one day after a jury delivered a stunning verdict finding the former president liable for sexually abusing a woman and then telling malicious lies about her.
And: While yesterday's debt ceiling huddle wasn't a total failure, everybody is still dug in. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

May 9, 2023 • 39min
Can Washington still work?
First: The US government's biggest players -- Biden, McCarthy, Jeffries, Schumer, McConnell -- sit down for talks with the stability of the global economy on the line.
Plus: We're learning more about the victims of the massacre in Allen, Texas -- and the shooter who slaughtered them.
And: Donald Trump's civil case goes to a New York jury after closing arguments, the focus on credibility and the former president's refusal to show up. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

May 8, 2023 • 39min
Texas families mourn the dead
First: Police are mulling over possible motives after a mass shooter blasted his way through an outlet mall in Allen, Texas, taking eight innocent lives.
Plus: Another eight people are dead in Brownsville, Texas, after a Range Rover bulldozes migrants.
And: New polling shows America is deeply unhappy with Joe Biden -- including Democrats -- as the president confronts crises on the border and on Capitol Hill. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

May 7, 2023 • 41min
8 killed, 7 wounded in shooting at Texas outlet mall
First, our panel discuss gun reform after eight people were killed and seven injured in a mass shooting at a mall just outside of Dallas on Saturday. Then, as a debt default potentially looms, are there signs a deal can be reached on Capitol Hill? After, the striking elements of the Donald Trump civil rape trial which has closing arguments this week. Plus, the Biden administration braces for a surge of migrants at the border. What are the challenges and solutions now facing the U.S. immigration system?To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

May 5, 2023 • 46min
An unexpected, blockbuster jobs report
The US added 253,000 jobs last month, far exceeding expectations. Unemployment, meanwhile, remains at a 50-year low. And Black unemployment is at its lowest-ever level. The Fed suggested this week it might be done with interest rate hikes. But do these robust job numbers, following a three-month downward trend, threaten to undermine the Fed's efforts to cool the economy and tame inflation? To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

May 4, 2023 • 40min
Jury finds Proud Boys guilty
A Washington DC jury convicts five members of the Proud Boys for their actions on January 6th. Four are guilty of seditious conspiracy, the most serious charge. All five face significant prison time.
Plus: Russia points to the United States and says Washington is somehow behind that brazen drone attack on the kremlin. The White House calls this claim b.s.
And: The special counsel puts the Trump Organization in his sights. Sources telling CNN Jack Smith's prosecutors are zeroing in on how long-time President Trump employees handled the evidence. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

May 3, 2023 • 39min
Provocation ... or pretext?
The Kremlin accuses Ukraine of trying to assassinate Vladimir Putin with a drone attack. Kyiv's response: We don't attack Russia.
Plus: Migrants prepare to overwhelm the southern border. The Biden administration snaps into action, ordering troops to the border, orchestrating a new deal with Mexico and erecting new processing centers.
And: The text message that fed the Fox decision to fire Tucker Carlson reveals the anchor rooting for a mob to kill someone ... and borrowing from Jim Crow.To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

May 2, 2023 • 40min
Troops to the border
First: President Biden orders 1500 active duty troops to the southern border, as thousands of people camp out ready to enter the US to cities unprepared for the migrant surge.Plus: Countdown to crisis - the Treasury Secretary puts a clock on how much longer America can pay its bills.And: Ron DeSantis nears his 2024 moment by making it clear that culture war fights on abortion, Disney, and the death penalty are central to his campaign in waiting.To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices


