Podcasts about white house bureau chief

Fox News anchor Bret Baier joins POLITICO's Dasha Burns to discuss his unique position in President Donald Trump's Washington. The wide-ranging conversation covers Baier's golf outings with Trump, his interviews with global leaders like Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and French President Emmanuel Macron, the media's problem of declining trust, his upcoming coverage of Trump's high-stakes trip to the Middle East, and more. Dasha Burns⁠ is the White House Bureau Chief for POLITICO. Bret Baier is FOX News Channel's anchor and executive editor of Special Report with Bret Baier and chief political anchor of the network. ⁠Kara Tabor⁠ is a producer for POLITICO audio.  ⁠Alex Keeney⁠ is a senior producer for POLITICO audio. Julia Nutter is an executive producer at POLITICO Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Longtime Democratic strategist Doug Sosnik joins Deep Dive host Dasha Burns to discuss the current identity crisis within the Democratic Party. Sosnik discusses insights from a presentation he's shared exclusively with Playbook that details the path forward for the Democrats, including how to connect with voters, elevate the right new leaders, and whether or not to oppose Trump or work with him.  Dasha Burns is the White House Bureau Chief at POLITICO Doug Sosnik is a former Clinton adviser and political strategist Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is making some big shakeups at the Department of Health and Human Services — and Calley Means is one of his key strategists. In this episode, POLITICO White House Bureau Chief Dasha Burns sits down with Means to break down the Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) movement, and how Secretary Kennedy is planning to channel its energy into policy goals. Dasha Burns is the White House Bureau Chief for POLITICO. Calley Means is special government employee at the Department of Health and Human Services. Kara Tabor is a producer for POLITICO audio.  Alex Keeney is a senior producer for POLITICO audio. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Chris LaCivita co-managed Donald Trump's 2024 campaign. On this episode of Deep Dive, he's sharing some of his secrets about Trump's inner circle, as well as where he thinks Trump's presidency is headed next. He joins POLITICO White House Bureau Chief Dasha Burns to discuss the truths about Project 2025 and Donald Trump; what actual power Elon Musk has; some spicy tidbits about Trump's plans to redevelop Gaza and who he thinks will be the heir to the MAGA movement. Dasha Burns is the White House Bureau Chief for POLITICO. Chris LaCivita is a Republican strategist. Kara Tabor is a producer for POLITICO audio.  Alex Keeney is a senior producer for POLITICO audio. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Retaliatory tariffs are being implemented by Canada and likely by Mexico and China – the three most significant trading partners for the US - following Donald Trump slapping tariffs on goods coming in from all three of those countries. Paul Brandus, West Wing Reports founder and White House Bureau Chief joins Anton to discuss this, Robert F. Kennedy Jr's confirmation hearings, and more.

Just over a week after Donald Trump won a second-term in the White House, the makeup of his administration is beginning to take shape including the bombshell appointment of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to the position of health secretary. Joining Anton to go through what these appointments might mean for the next four years is Katherine Eban, special correspondent with Vanity Fair focusing on public health and homeland security issues & Paul Brandus, West Wing Reports founder and White House Bureau Chief.

  Clement Manyathela is joined by Patsy Widakuswara, the White House Bureau Chief for Voice of America; David Smith, the Guardian's Washington DC Bureau Chief and Professor Christopher Isike, the Director of the African Centre for the study of the United States at the University of Pretoria to discuss the US Elections  and how they impact the African continent.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Authors and journalists Toluse Olorunnipa and Robert Samuels join Daniel Ford on the show to discuss their Pulitzer Prize-winning book His Name Is George Floyd: One Man's Life and the Struggle for Racial Justice. Toluse Olorunnipa is the White House Bureau Chief of The Washington Post. He joined The Post in 2019 and has covered the last three presidents. Previously, he spent five years at Bloomberg News, where he reported on politics and policy from Washington and Florida. Olorunnipa has reported from five continents and more than 30 countries as part of the presidential press corps. He started his career at The Miami Herald. Robert Samuels is a staff writer at The New Yorker who focuses on stories about politics, policy, and the changing American identity. He co-authored His Name Is George Floyd while he was a national enterprise reporter for The Washington Post, where he worked for nearly 12 years. He grew up in the Bronx and is an alumnus of the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern, where he was editor in chief of the school newspaper, the Daily Northwestern. He has also worked as a staff writer at The Miami Herald. Writer's Bone is proudly sponsored by Libro.fm, As Told To: The Ghostwriting Podcast, and The Shit No One Tells You About Writing. 

While Kamala Harris still leads Donald Trump in the race to win the 2024 US presidential election, the contest remains too close to call in the crucial battleground states. Joining Anton to discuss is Michael Moynihan, an editor and columnist with the Irish Examiner, and Paul Brandus, the founder of West Wing Reports and White House Bureau Chief.

Paul Brandus, West Wing Reports founder and White House Bureau Chief joins Sean Defoe to reflect on the past few months in what has been a tumultuous and fractuous US Presidential campaign.

With President Joe Biden stepping down, Kamala Harris stepping in, and JD Vance being tacked on to the Trump presidential ticket, what the next few months will bring in the US presidential campaign is anyone's guess. Joining Dermot Whelan to look ahead to what promises to be a seismic few months in US politics is Paul Brandus, West Wing Reports Founder and White House Bureau Chief

Analysis from Jonathan Lemire, White House Bureau Chief at Politico and host of MSNBC's Way Too Early.

Independent investigative journalism, broadcasting, trouble-making and muckraking with Brad Friedman of BradBlog.com

Independent investigative journalism, broadcasting, trouble-making and muckraking with Brad Friedman of BradBlog.com

Host Piya Chattopadhyay speaks with The Washington Post's White House Bureau Chief Toluse "Tolu" Olorunnipa about what Donald Trump's guilty verdict could mean in this election year, the Canadian Anti-Hate Network's Bernie Farber reflects on recent attacks at Canadian Jewish institutions, we present Chattopadhyay's on-stage conversation with former Washington Post executive editor Marty Baron about his storied career, and we play another round of our monthly brain game That's Puzzling!

We're now two weeks into Donald Trump's ‘Hush Money' trial taking place in Manhattan's criminal courthouse. The trial has featured several hours of contentious testimony from Stormy Daniels, X-rated revelations about the former President and even a violation of a gag order. But with this just one of several cases Mr. Trump is facing, how dangerous are these cases to the former president's hopes of being re-elected? And what is the current mood amongst the Trump faithful? Joining Anton to discuss is Paul Brandus, White House Bureau Chief for West Wing Reports.

As the Washington Post's White House Bureau Chief, Toluse Olorunnipa has an outsized role in how the world—especially the power players in America's capital city—interpret President Joe Biden's diplomacy. In this week's bonus episode, Olorunnipa sits down with guest host Brett Bruen to look at what it's like to travel the globe on Air Force One and write the first draft of history books on major moments from the Russian invasion of Ukraine to the controversial decision to withdraw from Afghanistan. They also discuss foreign anxiety over a second Donald Trump term and what role international affairs will play in the presidential election in the United States.

Donny is joined by Politico's White House Bureau Chief and the Host of MSNBC's morning news show "Way Too Early", Jonathan Lemire. Lemire takes us on a behind-the-scenes look at what covering Donald Trump in 2016 was like, the differences between the Trump White House and the Biden White House, and his daily routine for hosting a morning news show.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It's a race against time in Turkey and in Syria where a massive magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck on Monday. Rescue teams are working around the clock in freezing conditions, trying to find survivors, with the emotion sometimes too much to bear. With more than 6,300 dead and counting, plus over 26,000 injured, it is a daunting task – but nobody is giving up. The world is coming together to help – even Ukraine is sending emergency personnel, and neighboring Greece is jumping into the fray despite sky high political tensions between Athens and Ankara. Sherine Ibrahim is the country director of CARE in Turkey, and she joins the show from Gaziantep, where people are sleeping in cars for fear of further aftershocks. CNN anchor Becky Anderson also joins the show with more on the rescue efforts on the ground.  Also on today's show: Toluse Olorunnipa, White House Bureau Chief, The Washington Post; John Hickenlooper, US Senate Democrat; Edward Berger, Co-writer and director, “All Quiet on the Western Front” To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

Jonathan Lemire is a busy, busy man. The current anchor of MSNBC's Way Too Early, he regularly appears on Morning Joe and is the White House Bureau Chief for Politico. He also wrote The New York Times bestseller, The Big Lie.Timecodes0.00 - Intro2.00 - A book about The Big Lie and contextualising the fallout 3.40 - Money going to state wide candidates 5.00 - Republicans still denying2020 election results 5.50 - When Republicans changed their tune on The Big Lie - they realised it was popular 8.29 - Mitch McConnell could have nipped this in the bud 9.40 - Kevin McCarthy apologising to Trump 10.15 - Trump brings out the worst in the Republican Party 11.10 - Nearly two thirds of Republicans don't think Joe Biden is the legitimate President 11.40 - Covering Trump from early on 12.10 - The moment he knew Trump would win13.15 - The best way for media to cover Trump and QAnon 15.18 - Is there any going back for Democracy in the US 17.04 - Kari Lake and others realising how popular The Big Lie is 18.00 - A dead heat 19.20 - Personal interactions with Trump 22.10 - The uncomfortable moment with Putin that defined the Trump Presidency Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today, a conversation about the media and the Big Lie. Former President Donald Trump's repeated false assertions about the results of the 2020 election — that it was rigged by Democrats and that he, not Joe Biden, was the actual winner — have been ingrained in the public psyche for more than two years. Trump began making his outrageous claims even before the election was called for Joe Biden. It wasn't Trump's first lie, of course. The Washington Post kept a running tally of the false or misleading statements made by the former President during his four years in office. The ignominious total: 30,573. Trump made 492 suspect claims in his first 100 days in the White House. On the day before the 2020 election, the Post reports he made 503 false or misleading claims on that one day alone. In her new book, Confidence Man, journalist Maggie Haberman makes the point that the media wasn't prepared to cover a candidate or a President who lied so frequently, or so brazenly. If that's true, are we prepared now? Trump's propensity for malicious fiction predated his time in politics by decades. But his Big Lie about the election is without doubt the most pernicious of the many falsehoods he has uttered throughout his career. It led to a riot at the US Capitol and the deaths of five people. Has it also brought democracy to the brink of collapse? There is ample evidence that it has. The Big Lie has been picked up and embraced by a slew of Trump's fellow Republicans, as many as 370 across the country who are on the ballot next month. Here in Maryland, two candidates for statewide office, Dan Cox, who is running for Governor, and Michael Peroutka, who is running for Attorney General, are election deniers. Five candidates for the House of Representatives, one candidate for the US Senate, and Cox's running mate are also election deniers. Tom's two guests today have done yeomen's work in helping voters discern between that which is false and that which is true, and we're delighted they have joined us today to talk about how the media should approach coverage of people who deny the truth, for whatever reason. Jonathan Lemire is the host of Way Too Early on MSNBC and the White House Bureau Chief for POLITICO. He's the author of The Big Lie: Election Chaos, Political Opportunism, and the State of American Politics After 2020.  He joins us on Zoom from New York. David Folkenflik covers the media for NPR, and contributes to the NPR Web series called Untangling Disinformation.  He is the author of Murdoch's World: The Last of the Old Media Empires. He joins us on Zoom from Montclair, NJ.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In the 2022 US elections across the country, more than 160 Republican primary candidates for offices up and down the ballot are election deniers who have embraced Donald Trump's malicious fiction about the 2020 Presidential contest. On Monday (Aug 1), the Brennan Center for Justice in New York reported that 12 election denier candidates in swing states with secretary of state races this year have raised $7.3 million dollars for their campaigns. Overall, more than twice as much money has been raised in this cycle than was raised in 2018.These campaigns are premised in the deliberate fallacy that elections in America are rigged, a fallacy perpetrated by Donald Trump over the last several years. Tom's guest for the hour today is a seasoned Washington reporter and author who has covered Mr. Trump for the Associated Press, POLITICO and MSNBC. Jonathan Lemire has written a terrific new book that examines the origins and the legacy of Donald Trump's prevarication. It's called The Big Lie: Election Chaos, Political Opportunism, and the State of American Politics After 2020.  Jonathan Lemire is the host of Way Too Early on MSNBC, and the White House Bureau Chief for POLITICO.  He joins us on our digital line from New York…See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

As the weight of Trumpism prepares for another test in Tuesday's midterms, Jonathan Lemire, Politico's White House Bureau Chief and host of MSNBC's "Way Too Early," joins Chuck to detail the rise of former President Trump's false stolen election claims, and why that movement — far from dwindling — is taking root in the GOP for the long term.

John Heilemann talks with Jonathan Lemire, White House Bureau Chief at Politico, host of Way Too Early on MSNBC, and author of the new book, The Big Lie: Election Chaos, Political Opportunism, and the State of American Politics After 2020. Heilemann and Lemire discuss the January 6 select committee's final hearing of the summer; the scandal over the Secret Service's purge of text messages from the day of the Capitol riot; and the growing impatience among top White House officials with Attorney General Merrick Garland's Justice Department over its apparent lethargy around bringing criminal charges against former President Trump related to the insurrection. Lemire also unpacks the history of Trump's Big Lie as an idea; recalls what it was like to see his face on every TV screen in the world for days after asking the question at the 2018 Helsinki summit that led Trump to declare that he sided with Vladimir Putin over his own intelligence officials regarding Russia's interference in 2016; and discusses various 2024 scenarios, from a Biden v Trump rematch to potential presidential runs by Ron DeSantis and Gavin Newsom, the ultra-thirsty governors of Florida and California. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

President Biden has the ability to set pandemic-related policies related to air travel. What is he weighing as the omicron variant surges, just in time for the holidays? On Today's Show:Jonathan Lemire, White House Bureau Chief at Politico, host of Way Too Early on MSNBC and an NBCNews analyst, discusses the latest national political developments and listeners report back on the holiday impacted by omicron.

Jonathan Lemire, White House Bureau Chief at Politico, host of Way Too Early on MSNBC and NBCNews analyst, discusses the latest national political developments and listeners report back on the holiday impacted by omicron.

President Joe Biden has been wrestling for weeks with whether to reappoint the current chair of the Federal Reserve or pick someone new. But he just can't seem to pull the trigger. POLITICO's Jonathan Lemire reports. Plus, White House adviser Brian Deese says he's optimistic the Senate will pass President Biden's social spending legislation. And Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg says federal vaccine mandates will not impact holiday travel. Jonathan Lemire is POLITICO's White House Bureau Chief. Jeremy Siegel is a host for POLITICO Dispatch. Irene Noguchi is the executive producer of POLITICO audio. Jenny Ament is the senior producer of POLITICO audio. Raghu Manavalan is a senior editor for POLITICO audio. Read more: Biden has a major economic decision to make and he can't seem to pull the trigger

  Join Michael Zeldin in a conversation with Philip Rucker and Carol Leonnig, Authors ofI Alone Can Fix It, Donald J. Trump's Catastrophic Final Year: a compelling analysis of former President Trump's final year in office as he struggled to lead the nation through the worst pandemic in a century. Rucker and Leonnig recount the pandemic debates within the Administration as well as provide insight into Trump's response to the Black Lives Matter protests, his election defeat, and the January 6thattack on the U.S. Capitol. Guests Philip Rucker Philip Rucker is the White House Bureau Chief at The Washington Post, leading its coverage of President Trump and his administration. He and a team of Post reporters won the Pulitzer Prize and George Polk Award for their reporting on Russia's interference in the 2016 presidential election. Rucker joined the Post in 2005 and previously has covered Congress, the Obama White House and the 2012 and 2016 presidential campaigns. He serves as an on-air political analyst for NBC News and MSNBC, and graduated from Yale University with a degree in history.

  Join Michael Zeldin in a conversation with Philip Rucker and Carol Leonnig, Authors ofI Alone Can Fix It, Donald J. Trump's Catastrophic Final Year: a compelling analysis of former President Trump's final year in office as he struggled to lead the nation through the worst pandemic in a century. Rucker and Leonnig recount the pandemic debates within the Administration as well as provide insight into Trump's response to the Black Lives Matter protests, his election defeat, and the January 6thattack on the U.S. Capitol. Guests Philip Rucker Philip Rucker is the White House Bureau Chief at The Washington Post, leading its coverage of President Trump and his administration. He and a team of Post reporters won the Pulitzer Prize and George Polk Award for their reporting on Russia's interference in the 2016 presidential election. Rucker joined the Post in 2005 and previously has covered Congress, the Obama White House and the 2012 and 2016 presidential campaigns. He serves as an on-air political analyst for NBC News and MSNBC, and graduated from Yale University with a degree in history. < Follow Philip on Twitter @PhilipRucker   Carol Leonnig Carol Leonnig is an investigative and enterprise reporter on The Washington Post's National Staff. She joined the paper in 2001. Her work holding governments accountable has drawn numerous national awards and led to major legislative reform and federal investigations. Leonnig and two Post colleagues won the Polk award for political reporting for uncovering the cash and gifts that Virginia Governor Robert McDonnell sought from a local businessman he was helping, which ultimately led to the governor's indictment and conviction on public corruption charges. Her reporting of the Obama administration's clean-energy stimulus program first revealed how the White House pressured career government officials to award a half-billion-dollar loan to Solyndra, a solar company whose principal owner was a major Obama campaign donor. Leonnig and a small team of Post reporters won the Selden Ring Award for investigative reporting after they uncovered hazardous levels of lead in drinking water in Washington, D.C., as well as similar water quality reporting problems across the country. Before joining The Post, Leonnig covered city halls, legislatures and Congress in various postings at the Philadelphia Inquirer, the Charlotte Observer and the Washington bureau of the former Knight-Ridder newspaper chain. Follow Carol on Twitter: @CarolLeonnig Host Michael Zeldin Michael Zeldin is a well-known and highly-regarded TV and radio analyst/commentator. He has covered many high-profile matters, including the Clinton impeachment proceedings, the Gore v. Bush court challenges, Special Counsel Robert Muller's investigation of interference in the 2016 presidential election, and the Trump impeachment proceedings. In 2019, Michael was a Resident Fellow at the Institute of Politics at the Harvard Kennedy School, where he taught a study group on Independent Investigations of Presidents. Previously, Michael was a federal prosecutor with the U.S. Department of Justice. He also served as Deputy Independent/ Independent Counsel, investigating allegations of tampering with presidential candidate Bill Clinton's passport files, and as Deputy Chief Counsel to the U.S. House of Representatives, Foreign Affairs Committee, October Surprise Task Force, investigating the handling of the American hostage situation in Iran. Michael is a prolific writer and has published Op-ed pieces for CNN.com, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, The Hill, The Washington Times, and The Washington Post. Follow Michael on Twitter: @michaelzeldin

Guest Page Fast links to Items:  Richard Fast links to Bios:  Joseph  –  Stephen “Ripped from Today's Headlines!” That could be an appropriate 1950's alternate title for our show tonight — as I have both Steve Bassett and Dr. Joseph Buchman on for the evening, two seasoned “Disclosure veterans” to brainstorm (among other things …) the amazing “transition” that the once all-but-taboo subject of “UFOs” has undergone, in accelerating numbers of mainstream media and press, in just the last few weeks. The Washington Post (!) — that bastion of political conservatism and news coverage in Washington DC — featured a MAJOR, totally “straight” story just a couple days ago — written by the paper's White House Bureau Chief herself, Ashley Parker! The story briefly covered not only the turgid ~70-plus-year-modern history of “UFOs” (renamed by the current Pentagon “UAPs — Unidentified Aerial Phenomenon”), but gave the (literal!) last word to “our own” [...]

Glenn van Zutphen and award-winning author Neil Humphreys are joined by Steve Herman, VOA, White House Bureau Chief to talk about the end of the Trump Administration and what it was like to report on him for four years. And What about the cheesy grits on Air Force One? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Zach talks with TUSD Governing Board candidate Cindy Winston about her campaign platform for Arizona's second largest district. White House Bureau Chief for VOA, Steven Herman, discusses the President's COVID case, what it means for the rest of the race, and what happens with the last two debates.

President Trump’s critics often describe his term of office as filled with pure and uninhibited chaos. The Washington Post White House Correspondent Philip Rucker disagrees. In the reporter’s latest book – the award-winning A Very Stable Genius: Donald J. Trump’s Testing of America – Rucker demonstrates that there are clear patterns and values in the behaviours of both President Trump and his associates. What are these patterns and values and what implications do they have for US politics and foreign policy? How are they faring in a pandemic and economic disaster? And how would a second term of office for the Trump administration differ from the first? To discuss these issues, USSC hosted a webinar event featuring Pulitzer Prize and George Polk Award-winning writer Philip Rucker in conversation with United States Studies Centre CEO Professor Simon Jackman.

Carol Leonnig is a Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter who has worked at The Washington Post since 2000. She won the 2015 Pulitzer Prize for her work on security failures and misconduct inside the Secret Service. She was part of a Post team that was awarded the 2014 Pulitzer Prize for revealing the U.S. government's secret, broad surveillance of Americans through the disclosures of Edward Snowden. She is a three-time winner of the George Polk Award for investigative reporting. She reports on Donald Trump's presidency and investigates Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election. Leonnig is also an on-air contributor to NBC News and MSNBC. Philip Rucker is the White House Bureau Chief for The Washington Post. He previously has covered Congress, the Obama White House, and the 2012 and 2016 presidential campaigns. Rucker also is a Political Analyst for NBC News and MSNBC. He joined The Post in 2005 as a local news reporter. Leonnig and Rucker authored A Very Stable Genius: Donald J. Trump’s Testing of America which debuted at number one on The New York Times best-seller list. The book tracks the first three years of the Trump presidency relying on intimate, revelatory interviews with first-hand witnesses and including never-before-reported details. 

Zach follows up on his earlier prediction that Vice President Joe Biden would win South Carolina over the weekend and the very good chance that it would be a different race afterwards. He also talks about Super Tuesday ahead and the surprising suspension of the Pete Buttigieg campaign. Then, White House Bureau Chief for the Voice of America, Steve Herman, calls in from DC to talk about his trip to India with POTUS and FLOTUS last week and the expectations, and then he and Zach shift to Coronavirus and the impact on the stock market.

A “very stable genius” is how Donald Trump describes himself and is the title of the New York Times bestsellling book of the same name by Pulitzer Prize winners Philip Rucker and Carol Leonnig. This week on The Halli Casser-Jayne Show a conversation with Washington Post White House bureau chief and author Philip Rucker. And, as we do every week Halli and her partner in politics, former White House correspondent, Matthew Cooper, slice and dice all things politics, from the South Carolina debate to the Coronavirus, and that's just where we begin. Join us at Halli Casser-Jayne dot com or find us on all your favorite apps.Philip Rucker is the White House Bureau Chief at The Washington Post, leading its coverage of President Trump and his administration. He and a team of Post reporters won the Pulitzer Prize and George Polk Award for their reporting on Russia's interference in the 2016 presidential election. And now, Rucker and Pulitizer Prize winner fellow Washington Post reporter, Carol Loennig, examine the evolution of Trump's presidency and leadership style and take readers behind the scenes to reveal never-before reported details of Trump's shocking behavior with new evidence of chaos in his administration in their New York Times best-selling book A VERY STABLE GENIUS, DONALD J. TRUMP'S TESTING OF AMERICA. What a book, what a conversation, tune in.A conversation with Washington Post White House bureau chief and author of the New York Times bestselling book A VERY STABLE GENIUS, DONALD J. TRUMP'S TESTING OF AMERICA, Philip Rucker, and former White House correspondent Matthew Cooper bring you all the political news, the latest on the Coronavirus, the Democratic Party's contest for their presidential nominee, Roger Stone, Biden, Sanders, Bloomberg. And that's just where we begin this week on The Halli Casser-Jayne Show podcast, always available at Halli Casser-Jayne dot com and via all your favorite apps. LISTEN HERE >> http://bit.ly/2TnGhvQ

Philip Rucker on Breaking it Down with Frank MacKay - Washington Post White House Bureau Chief by Frank MacKay

Four Department of Justice prosecutors working on the case of Roger Stone, a close friend of President Trump, withdrew from legal proceedings Tuesday after Attorney General William Barr overruled their sentencing recommendations. The president had complained about the long sentence. Barr denied that President Trump asked him to intervene and claimed he wouldn't be "bullied or influenced by anybody." He said Thursday that the president should stop tweeting about DOJ criminal cases. The president took to Twitter Friday to say he has the "legal right." Shortly therafter, the DOJ dropped their probe into former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe. Before you think this is more than theater, keep in mind that Barr also set up a process to vet information that Rudy Giuliani is gathering in Ukraine. And he tasked prosecutors to review the case of former National Security Advisor Michael Flynn. This is the last episode of Pardon Me. We think it's fitting to end the series on endings: the end of functioning institutions, the end of trust in government, the end of fact-based reality, the end of freedom for the press -- the end of democracy, itself. We remain hopeful. GUESTS: Frankie Graziano - A reporter at Connecticut Public Radio David Plotz - CEO of Atlas Obscura, co-host of the Slate Political Gabfest Jay Rosen - A media critic and a professor of journalism at NYU Philip Rucker - White House Bureau Chief at The Washington Post, co-author of A Very Stable Genius: Donald J. Trump's Testing of America Chion Wolf - A producer, photographer, and announcer at Connecticut Public Radio Thanks to Catie Talarski and Tim Rasmussen. Pardon Me is a production of The Colin McEnroe Show on Connecticut Public Radio. Support the show.

Washington Post reporters Carol Leonnig and Phil Rucker talk with Recode's Kara Swisher about their new book, A Very Stable Genius: Donald J. Trump's Testing of America. In it, they draw from more than 200 interviews with Trump administration insiders to paint a picture of Washington in 2020, Trump's frequent lies, and how he retaliates against the people who dare to cross him. They discuss how they convinced sources to talk to them, why Trump is actually a genius from a certain point of view, and how his tweeting may have changed the presidency. Plus: What is it like working at the Washington Post now, in the aftermath of the controversial suspension of one of their colleagues, Felicia Sonmez? Featuring: Carole Leonnig (@CarolLeonnig), reporter, Washington Post Phil Rucker (@PhilipRucker), White House Bureau Chief, Washington Post Host: Kara Swisher (@karaswisher), Recode co-founder and editor-at-large More to explore: Subscribe for free to Reset, Recode's new podcast that explores why — and how — tech is changing everything. About Recode by Vox: Recode by Vox helps you understand how tech is changing the world — and changing us. Follow Us: Newsletter: Recode Daily Twitter: @Recode and @voxdotcom Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today’s guest is journalist Phil Rucker – the White House Bureau Chief for the Washington Post whose co-authored book, “A Very Stable Genius – Donald J. Trump’s Testing of America” debuted number one on the New York Times best-sellers list. In the midst of doing the full circuit of interviews on late night talk shows, National Public Radio, and all the major media outlets last week, we got to sit down with Rucker for an in-depth conversation about this hot new book on our show. I first got to know Phil Rucker when he was covering the Statehouse beat in Annapolis. I was a new Delegate in the Maryland General Assembly; he was a cub reporter for The Washington Post. In addition to my role as a legislator, I was also an elected member of the Democratic National Committee. In 2008, my experience as a superdelegate to the national convention and the attention that presidential candidates Barrack Obama and Hillary Clinton were lavishing on people in my position was highlighted in a front-page story Rucker wrote for The Washington Post, entitled, “On the Fence and In the Spotlight.” We held high professional regard for each other and it didn’t surprise me when he was promoted to cover the national political scene. Phil’s talents had him on a trajectory for great things. A Pulitzer Prize winner, Rucker is now the White House Bureau Chief, giving him access to an array of primary sources that generate one of the most unfiltered views of this presidency. This, in part, is what makes “A Very Stable Genius” such a timely, interesting, and historic read for anyone that wants to better understand what is happening day-to-day behind the scenes in the Trump White House. Let us take you there in our fast-paced, fun, humorous, provocative, and wide-ranging interview with one of America’s top journalists.

April Ryan is hardly a rookie. Having covered the past four presidential administrations as the White House Bureau Chief for American Urban Radio Networks, Ryan’s reporting instincts have found new resonance in the Trump era. She has been personally attacked by the president and singled out by his senior staff on a number of occasions, so we wanted to know: How does she keep her cool and stay focused on her work? The veteran correspondent sat down with Daniella and Ed this week to discuss how being one of the most prominent black, female White House reporters has changed under this administration; why she interviewed Steve Bannon; why she would interview David Duke; and why she’s a winner through it all.

Townhall Review - June 16, 2018 Hugh Hewitt and Phillip Rucker, White House Bureau Chief at the Washington Post, talk about President Trump's press conference following the U.S.- North Korea summit. Hugh Hewitt joins with South Carolina Senator Lindsay Graham for the senator's take on the summit. Dennis Prager discusses the possibility of fear playing a role in bringing North Korea to the table. Mike Gallagher talks with South Carolina GOP nominee Katie Arrington about her primary victory. Dennis Prager is joined by California State Senator John Moorlach for a discussion about California AB2943 and where it is headed. Michael Medved explains why women outnumber men in college graduations and then closes out the show by explaining why he thinks the so-called "blue wave" may be wearing out its welcome.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Independent investigative journalism, broadcasting, trouble-making and muckraking with Brad Friedman of BradBlog.com

Independent investigative journalism, broadcasting, trouble-making and muckraking with Brad Friedman of BradBlog.com

Independent investigative journalism, broadcasting, trouble-making and muckraking with Brad Friedman of BradBlog.com

Independent investigative journalism, broadcasting, trouble-making and muckraking with Brad Friedman of BradBlog.com