The “Worlds Colliding” Edition

This week, Scott sat down with his Lawfare colleagues Executive Editor Natalie Orpett and Public Service Fellow Julia Curlee to talk through the week’s big news in national security, including:"The Xi-Quel." This week, Chinese President Xi Jinping arrives in Washington for a thre ...  Show more

This week, Scott celebrated the fifth anniversary of Rational Security 2.0 with the return of co-hosts emeriti Shane Harris, Quinta Jurecic, and Benjamin Wittes. In varying degrees of witheringness, the four sat in brutal judgment of this year’s Hot Take Takedown pitches:Public S ...  Show more

Saudi Arabia lifts its ban on female drivers, a Virginia restaurant denies service to Sarah Huckabee Sanders, and author J. Prince discusses "The Art & Science of Respect." Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for ...  Show more

President Donald Trump signs a travel ban for citizens from 12 countries and he suspends all foreign national students from entering the U.S. to study at Harvard. Elon Musk and Republican hardliners ramp up their attacks on Trump’s tax-cut and spending bill. And Russian President ...  Show more

We start with an outline of President Donald Trump’s vision for the next fiscal year. Police released footage of Abrego Garcia at a traffic stop that officials have used to paint him as a criminal. We have an update on an outage affecting some bank customers. Russia’s president m ...  Show more

Polls show that former President Donald Trump is leading in South Carolina ahead of tomorrow' GOP primary. New sanctions have been announced against Russia, but will they work? The first ever private moon lander has touched down. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has a pl ...  Show more