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Jun 24, 2025 • 44min

CNN Inside Politics: How Long Will The Ceasefire Hold? 

As today's show begins, we're following a fragile ceasefire between Israel and Iran brokered by President Trump, who's about to land in the Netherlands for a summit with America's NATO allies. He's already taking a victory lap after a turbulent and potentially transformative 48 hours that rocketed through fear of world war to a stunning diplomatic announcement to a barrage of fire and apparently back to a truce.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Jun 23, 2025 • 48min

CNN Inside Politics: A Battlefield of Unknowns 

First: The world is bracing for Iran's next move as the country warns the US will pay for bombing three of its key nuclear facilities. US officials are racing to assess the damage and determine if Iran still is a nuclear threat.  Plus: President Trump is floating the idea of regime change to "make Iran great again." The White House claims he's raising a question, but it underscores the crucial concern across the political spectrum: How does this all end?  And: Wall Street is zeroing in on the Strait of Hormuz amid growing fear Iran could retaliate by disrupting that essential shipping lane, which would send oil prices through the roof.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Jun 23, 2025 • 44min

CNN Inside Politics: Trump: U.S. Strikes on Iran a “Spectacular Military Success”

CNN’s Wolf Blitzer joins Manu Raju to discuss the United States’ attack on three Iranian nuclear facilities. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Jun 23, 2025 • 45min

State of the Union: Israeli President Isaac Herzog, Dem. Sen. Adam Schiff and Former Trump National Security Adviser John Bolton

On CNN's State of the Union, Kasie Hunt speaks to Israeli President Isaac Herzog about the aftermath of the U.S. strikes against Iranian nuclear sites. Democratic Senator Adam Schiff speaks about the congressional response to President Trump’s order to strike Iran arguing the action was "not constitutional." And Trump's former National Security Adviser says the Iran regime "is in trouble." Finally Joel Rubin, Scott Jennings, Xochitl Hinojosa and Rebecca Heinrichs discuss.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Jun 20, 2025 • 43min

CNN Inside Politics: Trump Gives Peace a Chance 

Anderson Cooper again joins Manu Raju for a special edition of Inside Politics as we bring you the latest of the Israel-Iran conflict. As today's show beings, President Trump is huddling with his national security team after declaring a two-week pause, delaying a decision on striking Iran for another two weeks as diplomats meet in Geneva in what feels like a last-ditch bid for a ceasefire.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Jun 20, 2025 • 21min

CNN Political Briefing: Political Violence Is Rising. What Can We Do?

The killings and attempted killings of two Minnesota lawmakers and their spouses are raising alarms about an apparent uptick in political violence in America. Robert Pape, the director of the ⁠Chicago Project on Security and Threats⁠, has studied political violence for 30 years, and he argues the country is in the midst of what he calls an “era of violent populism.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Jun 19, 2025 • 44min

CNN Inside Politics: Bracing for War? 

Is a US military strike on Iran imminent? A source tells CNN President trump has reviewed attack plans but is holding off for now to see if Tehran is willing to back away from its nuclear program. Meanwhile, an Iranian missile strikes a hospital in the southern part of Israel, prompting the Israeli defense minister to say Iran's supreme leader cannot be "allowed to exist," calling him a "modern Hitler." Anderson Cooper joins the show live from Tel Aviv.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Jun 18, 2025 • 43min

CNN Inside Politics: What Will Trump Do? 

In this special edition of Inside Politics, Wolf Blitzer and Erin Burnett bring you the very latest on the Israel-Iran conflict. Among the big questions: What will President Trump do?  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Jun 17, 2025 • 42min

CNN Inside Politics: An Oval Office Reckoning 

First: President Trump is on the cusp of the most important decision he's made to date as Commander in Chief. Will the US join Israel in seeking to destroy Iran's nuclear capabilities? The vice president just issued a remarkable new statement clearly aimed at MAGA opponents to American assistance in Iran.  Plus: CNN has new reporting on what the US intelligence community is saying about Israel's justification for striking Iran in the first place. Dana discusses that with the Israeli ambassador to the US.  And: Democrats in Minnesota say Republican Senator Mike Lee has made a horrific situation even worse with his social media posts about the state lawmakers gunned down in their homes.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Jun 16, 2025 • 1h 1min

CNN Inside Politics: Converging Crises 

First: President Trump is meeting with top US allies on the world stage amid crucial flashpoints on trade, immigration, and the new wave of strikes between Israel and Iran.  Plus: Officials are struggling with how to keep public leaders safe after two Minnesota lawmakers were gunned down in their homes. We take you live to a press conference, where chilling new details are revealed.  And: Exactly 10 years ago today, a reality TV star rode down that golden escalator at Trump Tower to announce his presidential campaign. We're reconvening the people who brought you that news about the wild, norm-shattering decade that would follow.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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