Ep 80 | Be Careful What You Wish For in Bipar...

After premising his 2024 campaign on the promise of no new wars, President Donald Trump is taking military action in Iran that has already cost over a thousand civilian lives. Matt Kibbe is joined by Kelley Vlahos, editor in chief of Responsible Statecraft and a senior adviser at ...  Show more

Following the removal of Nicolás Maduro in Venezuela, the cat is out of the bag on the U.S. government’s use of covert energy weapons to stop soldiers dead in their tracks. Matt Kibbe is joined by independent journalist Steve Baker, who has been investigating the history and curr ...  Show more

The first year of a Congress is usually the best time for a president to put forward any sort of ambitious policy. For President Biden, whose control of Congress is fragile, the urgency is particularly intense.

But now members of his own party are threatening to block on ...

Sen. Joe Manchin said he won't support the $1.75 trillion social safety net expansion bill Democrats are negotiating citing concerns the bill could cause inflation and increase the national debt. Although progressives in the House say they will vote for the packages, it is unclea ...  Show more

First up, we talked with Donald Trump Jr. about using tech to create a parallel economy, about the havoc Biden is causing in the country, and about the gun laws Republicans are trying to pass, Then we talked with Pete Hegseth, talking about his new book Battle for the American Mi ...  Show more

Senate Republicans blocked a major bipartisan border deal and foreign aid package. Sen. James Lankford, one of the GOP’s most conservative members, helped craft the deal that would have established restrictive border measures, something Republicans have demanded be part of the bi ...  Show more