Bloomberg Washington Correspondents Joe Mathieu and Kailey Leinz deliver insight and analysis on the latest headlines from the White House and Capitol Hill. Watch us LIVE on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF.
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Early Edition with Joe Mathieu airs from 4:50 a.m. until the start of Morning Edition at 5 a.m. We bring you the information you need, including traffic, transit and weather in an informal and informative way. Our listeners learn about the stories we are covering and get a sense of the behind the scenes aspects of starting the broadcast day.
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US Payrolls Marked Down, Israel Strikes Hamas Targets in Doha
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38:17Watch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF. US job growth was far less robust in the year through March than previously reported, adding to mounting pressure on the Federal Reserve to lower interest rates. The number of workers on payrolls will likely be revised down by a record 911,000, or 0.6%, according to the governme…
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Watch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF. French Prime Minister Francois Bayrou lost a confidence motion in parliament, forcing a third change in government in just over a year and reviving uncertainty over how the country can tackle its mounting debt burden. Parties across the political spectrum in France’s lower house…
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Weekly Washington Policy Pulse: September 8, 2025
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15:01The Bloomberg Intelligence Financial Washington Policy weekly call is designed to provide investors an opportunity to learn about the most recent relevant policy research, information regarding forthcoming political catalysts and other on-goings within Washington D.C. The call is open to all and is held every Monday at 10:00 a.m. EST. You can regis…
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Fed Rate-Cut Expectations Climb After Weak Jobs Report
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49:02Watch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF. Disappointing employment data released Friday validated fears that the US labor market may be on the brink of a downturn and lifted expectations for how much the Federal Reserve will lower interest rates this year. Investors are now fully pricing in a quarter-point rate cut at t…
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Trump's Fed Pick Stephen Miran & HHS' RFK Jr. Testify Before Senate
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42:32Watch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF. Bloomberg Washington Correspondents Joe Mathieu and Kailey Leinz deliver insight and analysis on the latest headlines from the White House and Capitol Hill, including conversations with influential lawmakers and key figures in politics and policy. On this edition, Bloomberg's Kr…
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Trump Accuses Xi of ‘Conspiring Against US’; Poland's President Visits DC
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42:46Watch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF. President Donald Trump took aim at Chinese leader Xi Jinping as he hosted foreign leaders at a major military parade in Beijing, a reminder of the lingering tensions between the two sides over trade, tech and other issues. “Please give my warmest regards to Vladimir Putin, and K…
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Watch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF. President Xi Jinping used a mix of bonhomie and economic allure this week to send Donald Trump a clear message: Beijing has too much global clout to be dictated by the US. Cameras captured the Chinese leader in a rare, unscripted huddle on Monday with Vladimir Putin and Narendra…
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Watch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF. Bloomberg Washington Correspondents Joe Mathieu and Kailey Leinz deliver insight and analysis on the latest headlines from the White House and Capitol Hill, including conversations with influential lawmakers and key figures in politics and policy. Federal Reserve Governor Lisa C…
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Navarro Calls Ukraine ‘Modi’s War’ Over Russian Oil Buying
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38:56Watch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF. White House trade adviser Peter Navarro cranked up pressure on India to halt its purchases of Russian oil, repeating accusations that New Delhi is funding the Kremlin’s campaign in Ukraine and casting the conflict as “Modi’s war”. Speaking immediately after the Trump administrat…
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Watch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF. President Donald Trump imposed a crushing 50% tariff on Indian goods to punish the country for buying Russian oil, upending a decades-long push by Washington to forge closer ties with New Delhi. The new tariffs, the highest in Asia, took effect at 12:01 a.m. in Washington on Wed…
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Watch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF. Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook vowed to fight President Donald Trump’s move to oust her from the central bank following allegations that she falsified mortgage documents. “His attempt to fire her, based solely on a referral letter, lacks any factual or legal basis. We will b…
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Trump Hails South Korea Ties in Oval Office Meeting
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48:41Watch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF. President Donald Trump and South Korean President Lee Jae Myung expressed optimism for close cooperation on North Korea, collective security and shipbuilding, though the US leader downplayed the chances for further concessions on Seoul’s tariff deal. “We can do big progress with…
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Powell Opens Door to Rate Cut, Canada Drops Some Retaliatory Tariffs
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44:37Watch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell carefully opened the door to an interest-rate cut in September, pointing to rising risks for the labor market even as worries over inflation remain. “The stability of the unemployment rate and other labor market measures allows us to proceed c…
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All Eyes on Jackson Hole Ahead of Powell Speech
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41:10Watch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF. US Treasuries snapped two days of gains as traders pared bets on a September interest-rate cut ahead of the Federal Reserve’s gathering at Jackson Hole. The yield on the 10-year benchmark rose four basis points to 4.33%. The two-year yield — which is more sensitive to changes in…
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Watch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF. President Donald Trump called on Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook to resign after a staunch ally called for an investigation of the board member’s mortgages, intensifying his campaign on the central bank. Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Bill Pulte urged Attorney Genera…
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Europe Races to Leverage Trump’s Ukraine Support
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41:06Watch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF. A package of security guarantees for Ukraine will take shape as soon as this week as leaders seize on President Donald Trump’s backing for a plan that involves sending European troops as part of a potential peace deal. After a White House summit on Monday yielded a firmer US com…
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Trump, Zelenskiy, EU Leaders Meet at the White House
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27:49Watch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF. US President Donald Trump and Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelenskiy expressed hope their summit with European leaders could result in trilateral talks with Vladimir Putin over ending the Russian leader’s war in Ukraine. The White House meeting, which included top European leaders…
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INSTANT REACTION: Trump, Putin Finish 'Productive' Talks But 'No Deal' Yet
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20:45Watch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF. US President Donald Trump called his meeting with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin “extremely productive” but indicated that a deal to end the war had still not been finalized, adding that he would speak to NATO allies and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy. “There’s no d…
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Final Preparations for Trump, Putin Meeting
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33:32Watch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF. US President Donald Trump warned he would impose “very severe consequences” if Vladimir Putin didn’t agree to a ceasefire agreement later this week, following a call with European leaders ahead of his meeting with the Russian president. Trump also said he hoped to use the Friday…
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Watch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF. President Donald Trump said he may name the next Federal Reserve chair “a little bit early” and added that he was down to three or four potential candidates as he looks for a successor to Jerome Powell. “I’ll be naming a new chairman sometime within the next — I think I’ll name …
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Watch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF. President Donald Trump extended a pause of higher tariffs on Chinese goods for another 90 days into early November, stabilizing trade ties between the world’s two largest economies. Trump signed an order extending the truce through Nov. 10, deferring a tariff hike set for Tuesda…
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Trump Federalizes DC Police, Deploys National Guard to City
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38:59Watch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF. President Donald Trump announced he would take federal control of Washington DC’s police department and deploy 800 National Guard troops there, escalating his push to exert power over the nation’s capital. Trump on Monday also threatened to insert federal personnel into other ci…
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Special Edition: Author Garret Graff on 80th Anniversary of Atomic Bombings
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17:09Watch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF. Bloomberg Washington Correspondents Joe Mathieu and Kailey Leinz deliver insight and analysis on the latest headlines from the White House and Capitol Hill, including conversations with influential lawmakers and key figures in politics and policy. On this edition, Joe speaks wit…
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Watch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF. Washington and Moscow are aiming to reach a deal to halt the war in Ukraine that would lock in Russia’s occupation of territory seized during its military invasion, according to people familiar with the matter. US and Russian officials are working toward an agreement on territor…
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Watch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF. Bloomberg Washington Correspondents Joe Mathieu and Kailey Leinz deliver insight and analysis on the latest headlines from the White House and Capitol Hill, including conversations with influential lawmakers and key figures in politics and policy. On this edition, Joe and Kailey…
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Watch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF. President Donald Trump highlighted “great progress made” in a meeting between his envoy and Russian President Vladimir Putin, while still leaving open the possibility of further penalties on Moscow’s oil revenues. Earlier Wednesday, Trump doubled tariffs on Indian goods to 50% a…
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Watch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF. President Donald Trump said that US tariffs on semiconductor and pharmaceutical imports would be announced “within the next week or so,” as the administration prepares to target key economic sectors in its effort to remake global trade. “We’ll be putting a initially small tariff…
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Texas Democrats Flee to Block Redistricting Plan
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41:19Watch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF. Texas Democratic lawmakers said they left the state in an effort to temporarily block Republicans from redrawing its congressional maps — a redistricting initiative pushed by President Donald Trump to help retain GOP control of the US House of Representatives in the midterms. Ma…
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Watch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF. US job growth cooled sharply over the past three months and the unemployment rate rose, showing the labor market is shifting into a lower gear amid widespread economic uncertainty. Payrolls increased 73,000 in July after the prior two months were revised down by nearly 260,000, …
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Watch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF. President Donald Trump will sign an executive order on Thursday imposing new tariff rates on trading partners that take effect Friday, the White House said. The signing will take place “at some point this afternoon or later this evening,” White House Press Secretary Karoline Lea…
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Watch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF. Wall Street pros are staring down a pivotal week that will likely set the tone for the rest of the year in markets and the economy. First and foremost is the conclusion of the Federal Reserve’s meeting on Wednesday, and although it isn’t expected to cut interest rates, traders a…
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US, China Agree To Continue Tariff and Trade Talks
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13:31Watch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said that the US and China will continue talks over maintaining a tariff truce before it expires in two weeks, and that President Donald Trump will make the final call on any extension. Bessent, who led the US delegation with Trade Representative…
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Watch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF. The US and European Union agreed on a hard-fought deal that will see the bloc face 15% tariffs on most of its exports, including automobiles, staving off a trade war that could have delivered a hammer blow to the global economy. The pact was concluded less than a week before a F…
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Watch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF. Donald Trump arrives in Scotland on Friday evening for a private five-day visit of his mother’s ancestral home, taking in two golf resorts he owns. UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer knows full well that when it comes to this US president, little is ever really private. Trump’s firs…
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Watch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF. President Donald Trump and other administration officials are heading to the Federal Reserve today to learn about the central bank buildings’ $2.5 billion renovation. Fed. Chair Jerome Powell has been under fire from Trump for months for leading the Fed in holding fast on intere…
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Trump Touts Japan Trade Deal , Investments
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51:42Watch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF. President Donald Trump reached a trade deal with Japan that will impose 15% tariffs on imports including automobiles from the key American ally, while creating a $550 billion fund to make investments in the US. The agreement, touted by Trump after he secured breakthroughs in a f…
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Watch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF. President Donald Trump said the US reached an agreement with the Philippines setting a 19% tariff on the country’s exports, the latest pact ahead of an Aug. 1 deadline. Trump initially imposed a 17% rate for the US ally in April, which was paused to allow time for negotiations. …
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Trump Collides With Epstein Files, Fed Concerns
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39:05Watch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF. For President Donald Trump, whose political career has benefited from voter anxiety over Washington elites, the health of his predecessor and the riches of Wall Street, the past week offered a reversal of fortune. Trump’s efforts to escape the uproar over Jeffrey Epstein failed …
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Pressure Mounts For Trump Administration to Release More Epstein Information
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43:49Watch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF. Bloomberg Washington Correspondents Joe Mathieu and Kailey Leinz deliver insight and analysis on the latest headlines from the White House and Capitol Hill, including conversations with influential lawmakers and key figures in politics and policy. On this edition, Kailey and gue…
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Senate Passes Rescissions Package; House Takes on Crypto Legislation
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25:37Watch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF. Bloomberg Washington Correspondents Joe Mathieu and Kailey Leinz deliver insight and analysis on the latest headlines from the White House and Capitol Hill, including conversations with influential lawmakers and key figures in politics and policy. On this edition, Kailey and gue…
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Watch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF. President Donald Trump denied he is seeking to remove Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, after raising the idea in a closed-door meeting with congressional Republicans that leaked to the media. “No, we’re not planning on doing anything,” Trump told reporters on Wednesday. He l…
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Watch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF. Nvidia Corp. and Advanced Micro Devices Inc. plan to resume sales of some AI chips in China after securing Washington’s assurances that such shipments would get approved, a dramatic reversal from the Trump administration’s earlier stance on measures designed to limit Beijing’s A…
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Watch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF. US President Donald Trump threatened to impose stiff financial penalties on Russia if it does not end hostilities with Ukraine even as he pledged fresh weapons supplies for Kyiv. “We’re going to be doing very severe tariffs if we don’t have a deal in 50 days, tariffs at about 10…
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President Trump Tours Texas Flood Sites; New Superman Film Faces Backlash
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33:47Watch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF. President Donald Trump in Texas on Friday viewed firsthand the devastation left by extreme flooding that killed at least 120 people and left scores still missing in the state’s Hill Country region, seeking to reassure residents of the federal response to the disaster. The presid…
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Former Vice President Pence Criticizes Trump's Tariffs; Russian Sanctions Loom
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47:26Watch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF. Bloomberg Washington Correspondents Joe Mathieu and Kailey Leinz deliver insight and analysis on the latest headlines from the White House and Capitol Hill, including conversations with influential lawmakers and key figures in politics and policy. Former Vice President Mike Penc…
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Trump Reveals New Batch of Tariffs From Iraq to Philippines
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40:44Watch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF. Bloomberg Washington Correspondents Joe Mathieu and Kailey Leinz deliver insight and analysis on the latest headlines from the White House and Capitol Hill, including conversations with influential lawmakers and key figures in politics and policy. US President Donald Trump unvei…
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Trump Vows No Tariff Extension, Hardens Threats on Copper, Drugs
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36:10Watch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF. Bloomberg Washington Correspondents Joe Mathieu and Kailey Leinz deliver insight and analysis on the latest headlines from the White House and Capitol Hill, including conversations with influential lawmakers and key figures in politics and policy. President Donald Trump vowed to…
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Trump Announces New Set of Tariffs, Moves Deadline To August
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36:10Watch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF. Bloomberg Washington Correspondents Joe Mathieu and Kailey Leinz deliver insight and analysis on the latest headlines from the White House and Capitol Hill, including conversations with influential lawmakers and key figures in politics and policy. President Donald Trump unveiled…
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Watch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF. Donald Trump’s signature economic legislation stalled in the House Wednesday afternoon as the president worked to win over Republican fiscal conservatives angry over the $3.4 trillion cost of his massive tax and spending package. Republican congressional leaders delayed a key pr…
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Watch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF. The US Senate handed President Donald Trump a major political victory with its Tuesday passage of a sweeping domestic policy bill, bringing him one step closer to a signature legislative achievement in an administration that has largely governed through executive power. The Sena…
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