Dems Pull Off Clean Sweep

As Zohran Mamdani takes over as New York City's first Muslim-East Asian mayor, are Democrats ready to embrace his Democratic Socialist platform. We explore what his ascent could mean for the party's efforts to win back Congress. Also on today's show: The urgent search for survivo ...  عرض المزيد

"We should measure the prosperity of a nation not by the number of millionaires, but by the absence of poverty and the prevalence of health." Those are the words of the incoming New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani. Can he deliver affordability to one of America's most expensive ci ...  عرض المزيد

Government funding lapsed early Wednesday morning after the White House and lawmakers failed to reach a spending deal, triggering a shutdown that is expected to halt some federal services and put hundreds of thousands of federal workers on furlough.​​ WSJ’s Natalie Andrews takes ...  عرض المزيد

16 days into the government shutdown, services are unavailable and federal workers are facing instability. Both sides have dug in, with Democrats and Republicans pointing fingers at each other. WSJ’s Siobhan Hughes explains what it would take to end the shutdown. Ryan Knutson hos ...  عرض المزيد

Ben argues why Congress' worst decisions are made when they're on tight deadlines to keep the government funded. With multiple Republican members of Congress leaving to serve in the Trump administration, Speaker Mike Johnson will now have to manage an even narrower majority. In t ...  عرض المزيد

Congress left town without reaching a deal to avoid a shutdown after the Senate blocked competing Republican and Democratic proposals to keep the federal government funded until November 21st. The failure to reach a compromise before the weekend increases the likelihood of a shut ...  عرض المزيد