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Massachusetts calls itself the "old colony." But on today's primary election ballot, younger Democrats are hoping for a generational revolt. Senator Ed Markey, 80 years old with 50 years in Congress under his belt, is trying to fend off a primary challenge from 47-year-old Congressman Seth Moulton. Yes, Markey has been in Congress longer than Moulton has been alive. Two of the state's other 70-somethings are also facing much-younger challengers today.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Today's show begins as we await closing arguments in the murder trial of Tupac Shakur. The hip hop legend was killed in September of 1996 in a drive-by-shooting in Las Vegas. Questions swirled for decades over who killed the then-25-year-old star. Duane Davis, better known as Keffe D, is charged with first degree murder. He has pleaded not guilty.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

65 days until the midterms and there's a shake-up in the Senate race! Tune into Inside Politics Sunday to hear Manu Raju's exclusive reporting on the battle for the Senate majority. Can Democrats turn red states blue? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Today's show begins as President Trump is preparing to award the Artemis II crew the Congressional Medal of Honor. The four astronauts went farther into space than any humans before them, circling the moon on a 10-day mission and bringing home never-before-seen-images from deep space, completing the first crewed journey to the moon in more than half a century.    Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Texas has long been the Democrat's white whale. And this year it's also the Republican's bulwark. President Trump will visit the Lone Star State today to help the keep a Senate seat red. And House Speaker Mike Johnson is visiting four districts central to the GOP holding onto the House.    Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Today we remember a legend who lived outside politics, someone who crossed the political divide in an almost divine way. Dolly Parton - singer, songwriter, actress, philanthropist, businesswoman and global icon - died at the age of 80 after a brief battle with cancer. Simply put, there will never be another like Dolly Parton. Her music spanned generations, global borders, race, religion, and socioeconomic status.    Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Canada just laid out its sweeping retaliatory tariffs - up to 50% on hundreds of American products. It's the latest move in what's quickly becoming a full-out trade war between the US and its northern neighbor. CNN's Kevin Liptak begins our coverage from the White House.    Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Join Manu Raju and top political reporters as they analyze President Trump's grip on the GOP, the latest from Washington, and the shifting political tides. Tune into Inside Politics for the story beyond the headlines. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

There are just 75 days to go until the midterm elections. And as we turn from a bruising primary season toward the general election, the battle for control of the Senate could be changing. A brand new analysis from the Cook Political Report shows Democrats may have a new path to the Senate majority, and it runs through Texas.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Florida voters deliver a powerful reminder of one of politics most enduring lessons, notably espoused by the late House Speaker Tip O'Neill: "All politics is local." Last night, Florida voters in both parties showed why O'Neill's political mantra really still holds up. Big names and big money collided with something even more powerful: home turf credibility.    Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Voters in four states are hitting the ballot box today for key governor, House and Senate primaries in Wyoming, California, Alaska and Florida. The wildest races are - no surprise - in the Sunshine State, which has an open governor's race, a Senate seat up for grabs, and House races full of colorful candidates.     Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

President Trump is sending a new, stark message to the world about where his loyalties lie. He ordered the Pentagon to scale back joint military exercises with South Korea because of his "very good relationship with" North Korea's Kim Jong Un. This move undercuts a key American ally with tens of thousands of US troops stationed there.    Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Democrats are reshuffling the primary calendar for 2028. What could it mean for the party's future? Is it time for independent candidates to save the day? Tune in as we explore the potential impact on progressives and moderates. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

When a Russian-born American citizen named Ilya Beloozerov is gunned down by the FBI in 2024, the authorities refuse to say why they'd killed him. CNN's Isabelle Chapman embarks on a sprawling investigation that takes her from the Mississippi parking lot where he died to Washington, D.C. to unravel the mystery: Why did Ilya abruptly leave his family and his job and head for the border with laptops and cash? Why is there still no official explanation of his death? And maybe most importantly: Was Ilya a spy?  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Luigi Mangione just pleaded guilty to federal stalking charges in connection to the 2024 murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. To file that plea, Mangione had to describe, in his own words, what happened. "I shot Mr. Thompson and he died. I knew what i was doing was illegal." Our coverage begins with CNN's Kara Scannell outside the courtroom.    Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The midterms just got a fresh dose of inflation - not ideal for the party trying to keep control of Congress. The new numbers show signs that price pressures are easing, but only at the margins. Wholesale prices - what producers charge before those costs reach consumers - rose 4.7% over the past year. While a slowdown from June's 5.5%, that's still incredibly high. With just 82 days until the midterms, these new numbers raise crucial political questions.    Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Politicians love to say, "The only poll that counts is election day." In the last 24 hours, Wisconsin reminded us why that cliche actually matters. Last month, moderate Democrat David Crowley dropped out of the Badger State gubernatorial race. Today, he accepted his party's nomination for governor. Crowley's razor-thin victory - less than 4,000 votes - in a crucial swing state comes at the expense of Democratic Socialist Francesca Hong, who was hoping to ride the recent wave of progressive wins.    Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Competing visions collide in the last major test of the Democratic party's direction before November. Today, Americans in six states are hitting the polls in key primaries across the country. The biggest story is out of Wisconsin, where state Assemblywoman and Democratic Socialist Francesca Hong's upstart campaign has rattled establishment Dems in the purple state, who've united around Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley, arguing the socialist brand will lose in November against likely Republican nominee Tom Tiffany.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

What's more likely, a Democratic senator in Texas or a Republican senator in Georgia? We reveal results of a brand new CNN analysis pointing to nine seats that are most likely to flip. To win control of the Senate, Democrats must keep all their seats while flipping four more.    Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Join Manu Raju this Sunday on Inside Politics as we dissect a week of fierce political battles across the Midwest, with exclusive insights from top political insiders. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Todd Blanche is now officially on track to be the next attorney general of the United States after Senator Bill Cassidy, a man whose political career President Trump effectively helped end, announces that he will support Blanche on the Senate floor. Cassidy's decision will give Blanche the votes he needs to be confirmed.    Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Progressive Democrat Abdul el-Sayed says his win in yesterday's Michigan Senate primary shook the world. Now his party is mapping the aftershocks. The first challenge is to unite behind el-Sayed following the incredibly heated and divisive race against moderate Haley Stevens. His GOP opponent, former representative Mike Rogers, wasted no time launching an attack, claiming el-Sayed believes "America deserved 9/11."  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Progressive Democrat Abdul el-Sayed prevailed in the Michigan Senate primary, but will that complicate his party's path back to power? It was a very close race - just one point separating el-Sayed from his opponent, Congresswoman Haley Stevens - but the victory is monumental for the progressive left.    Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Embattled Republican Congressman Max Miller is calling for an ethics investigation into himself. He says he wants to clear himself from the disturbing allegations of domestic abuse from his ex-wife, Emily Marino, the daughter of the senior Senator from Ohio, Bernie Marino. CNN's Lauren Fox has the details on this unusual situation.    Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

President Trump's pick to be the nation's top law enforcement officer is now on the fast track to Senate confirmation after Republican holdouts John Cornyn and Thom Tillis said they'll vote to confirm Todd Blanche at tomorrow's committee vote. That ends a two-week standoff between the lame duck senators and the White House over Trump's so-called anti-weaponization fund. Blanche conceded the fight by signing a letter that effectively kills the fund. Blanche also limited the scope of the tax immunity deal Trump reached with the Treasury Department to protect the president and his family over audits from past tax returns.    Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The stakes are high in Michigan. With only two days until the primary, will Michigan Democrats choose pragmatism or progressivism? Tune into Inside Politics with Manu Raju for deep insights on how this race could redefine the Democratic Party. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

As today's show begins, President Trump is holding a Cabinet meeting at Camp David. Among the participants is Todd Blanche, the acting attorney general. He wants to drop the "acting" from his title and get confirmed by the Senate. But two Republican senators are blocking Blanche because the White House won't commit to killing the president's so-called anti-weaponization fund. And, rather than compromise, Trump says he'll pull the nomination for now and wait till next year.    Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Instead of compromise to confirm his attorney general, is President Trump looking to sidestep the process altogether? Two key Republican senators said they are not ready to support Todd Blanche's nomination unless they get ironclad, written assurances from the White House that the so-called "anti-weaponization fund" is dead, along with the deal Trump made with IRS to avoid tax audits. But moments ago, the president trump posted that he's not making any deals, explaining, "I have no objection to temporarily withdrawing Todd's name if they do not do the right thing."    Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The ghosts of Covid past reignite an old feud on Capitol Hill. Today, Republican Senator Rand Paul was looking for a fight. But Dr. Anthony Fauci, compelled by a subpoena to testify about the nation's Covid response, did not give him one. Instead, his response, repeated over 100 times, was, "Under the advice of my attorneys, I will invoke my right under the Fifth Amendment of the Constitution to refrain from answering your questions."    Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Allies and world leaders gather to honor the late Senator Lindsey Graham. Among the guests are Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu, who is meeting behind closed doors with President Trump. It's the first time the two leaders have come face to face since the start of the war in Iran, and the president made clear the two are not on the same page.    Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The White House says President Trump will focus on the economy today when he visits a GM facility outside Detroit. Michigan is a critical swing state, a must-win for the GOP to keep control of the Senate.    Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Exclusive footage, insiders' perspectives, and the key electoral battles shaping the future. Don't miss this week's Inside Politics with Manu Raju, where we break down the drama and dynamics of the political landscape. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

President Trump searches for a strategy as the war with Iran nears the five-month mark. Can the US bomb Iran into submission? Let's call it what it is: The US and Iran are back in a full-scale war. For the 13th straight night, US forces pounded military targets inside the Islamic republic, while Iran launced attacks on US assets in Bahrain and Jordan.    Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

With just 103 days left before the midterms, we bring you two big CNN exclusives on the race for Senate control. We begin in Michigan and the Democratic primary battle between Congresswoman Haley Stevens and Abdul el-Sayed. Then we head to Maine, where CNN's K-File has new details on the new Democratic candidates.    Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The remains of four American troops killed over the weekend in Jordan and Iraq have been returned to Dover Air Force Base for a dignified transfer presided over by President Trump. He promises Iran will "pay a big price" for their deaths. But what exactly does that mean?     Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Speaking alongside the Lebanese president in the Oval Office, President Trump warned Iran that US strikes are going to intensify, claiming Iran "hasn't seen anything yet." This comes on the heels of Pete Hegseth's visit to Capitol Hill, where he's expected to ask Congress for more money for the war.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

More US fighter jets are headed to the Mideast, as President Trump weighs widening the war he began five months ago. That's after a dramatic ratcheting up of hostilities over the past few days and the deaths of three US service members, the first troops killed in action since March.    Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

With no end in sight, is the war with Iran becoming untenable? Plus, feeling the Bern? After Graham Platner's implosion, are Bernie Sanders' picks igniting a Democratic civil war? All that and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Promoting last night's primetime speech, President Trump said he'd reveal “really big news” that would “shock you.” Instead, we heard old claims about America's election system with a fresh coat of alarm. CNN has been combing through the hundreds of newly declassified documents from the White House, and my colleagues found they largely address vulnerabilities that have been known for years, and in some cases, they undermine the president's claims.    Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The US is at war with Iran. Americans are really struggling with rising costs. There is a deadly flood in Texas. Yet the focus of President Trump's rare primetime address tonight is expected to be on “free and fair elections,” including the one he still claims he won in 2020.    Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Today's show begins as Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche is facing tense questioning during a confirmation hearing held by the Senate Judiciary Committee regarding his nomination to permanently lead the Department of Justice.    Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

As today's show begins, President Trump is hosting Iraqi Prime Minister al-Zaidi in the Oval Office, praising his guest for how much he's done in a short period of timing. But that meeting is sure to be overshadowed by Trump's announcement just a short time ago that he's stepping back from his threat to levy tolls on ships coming through the Strait of Hormuz.    Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices