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Powerhouse Politics
by ABC News
Headliner interviews and in-depth looks at the people and events shaping U.S. politics. Hosted by ABC News' Chief Washington Correspondent Jonathan Karl and Political Director Rick Klein.
Episodes
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"We Can't Afford Not To Go Big"
Don't call it a "State of the Union." President Joe Biden tonight will address a joint session of Congress, 99 days after being sworn into office. Powerhouse Politics speaks with White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki about what the look, sound and substance of the speech will be. Learn more about...
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"A Master of the Inside Game"
For the guilty findings in connection with the killing of George Floyd to mark a true turning point will take much more than verdicts in Minneapolis. It falls now to a president elected on the promise of unity to both heal and advance policy in tense and still-uncertain times. ABC's Rachel Scott...
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"One Thing Leads to Another"
President Joe Biden said Wednesday that he would withdraw all U.S. troops from Afghanistan before the 20th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks because "it is time to end America's longest war." Meanwhile, April 28th has been announced as the date of President Biden's first address to a joint...
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"Over-Broad" & "Extreme"
Amid the fallout over Georgia's new sweeping elections law, Texas Democrats and voting rights activists are strategizing how to get some of the state's biggest employers to apply political pressure on lawmakers weighing restrictive voting bills in the Lone Star State. Plus, Governor Asa…
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"America Is Worth It"
The $1.9 trillion COVID relief bill got more attention and its goals may matter more in addressing the challenges of the moment. But President Joe Biden's two-phase jobs and infrastructure package will carry a larger price tag along with potentially greater implications. Guest: Senator Tammy...
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"A Point Of View Is Based In Truth"
Despite President Joe Biden's calls for quick action after another mass shooting and Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer's vow to force votes on the Senate floor, the calcified politics of gun rights leave congressional action almost impossible to envision. Plus, CNN Tonight anchor, Don Lemon...
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Putin Will 'Pay a Price'
Senior White House correspondent Mary Bruce joins to discuss President Joe Biden's exclusive interview with ABC News' George Stephanopoulos. Plus, Jonathan Karl shares some new reporting included in the just-released paperback edition of his book, "Front Row at the Trump Show." Learn more about...
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"Dude, It's A Big Bleeping Deal"
President Joe Biden is about to have something very big to sell, with the House on track to pass his $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill today (Wednesday). Guest: Former Chicago Mayor and current ABC News contributor, Rahm Emanuel Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Authors of "Lucky: How Biden Barely Won the Presidency"
Guests: Jonathan Allen & Amie Parnes, authors of "Lucky: How Joe Biden Barely Won the Presidency" There's a new podcast we wanted to tell you about from our colleagues at ABC News. It's called "In Plain Sight: Lady Bird Johnson" and it's full of new revelations about Lyndon B. Johnson's…
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"They Crossed A Line"
Tuesday's Senate hearing on the January 6 siege on the Capitol raised a series of questions that directly involve the previous administration. Meanwhile, Judge Merrick Garland plans to make Jan. 6 investigations his first priority after he becomes attorney general. And even with additional…
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"Truth is the Counter to The Big Lie"
It's a plan the White House is lauding as "bold and ambitious." It's also grown less so through the early weeks of the Biden presidency -- and could reveal political vulnerabilities for the new administration as it pushes for a major COVID-19 relief bill. Guest: Congressman Jaime Raskin (D-MD)…
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Second Impeachment Trial Begins
Even an emotional prosecution and a mess of a defense may not change the Senate math. But while so many of the facts around the second impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump are settled, a key question is emerging that could matter beyond final votes on conviction. For all that is...
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"We Really Have To Meet The Moment"
The impending impeachment trial guarantees refreshed memories of the horrors that took place at the Capitol less than a month ago. Any thought the trial would turn on narrow constitutional questions is effectively out, given Trump's strategy of defiance. Plus, Powerhouse Politics goes inside the...
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"Unity Requires You To Eliminate the Vitriol"
The clock on bipartisanship is already ticking down. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer is saying a vote on a budget resolution could come as early as next week -- before the Senate impeachment trial, and conceivably before any standalone COVID-19 relief bills make their way out of the...
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Steps Ahead
Joe Biden today takes the oath of office on the same steps where just two weeks ago we saw violence and unrest. ABC News Political Director Rick Klein co-hosts this episode with ABC's newly promoted congressional correspondent, Rachel Scott. Guest: Steve Roberts, author, historian and ABC News...
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"A Fatal Condition"
Ten is either a huge number or a stunningly small one, depending on one's views of the state of partisanship and President Donald Trump's culpability for his words and actions. Guest: Frank Luntz, pollster and political consultant Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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"Stop Trying To Stoke Fears for Fame"
President Donald Trump is about to become the first president to be impeached twice. The second one, while unlikely to drive him from office early, will almost certainly be the one that matters the most. Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-IL) joins from the House during the impeachment vote to discuss the...
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Shocking But Not Surprising
In this special edition of Powerhouse Politics, Jon and Rick break down the events that unfolded in United States Capitol this week, discuss some new reporting from behind the scenes in the White House and look ahead to the final twelve days of the Trump presidency. Learn more about your ad...
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"The Pressure Is Enormous"
It's clear how part of the story will end. President-elect Joe Biden will prevail over President Donald Trump again and perhaps for the final time. But the final public act of the post-election spectacle -- set to play out in the House and Senate over an undetermined number of hours, starting...
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Closing The Book On 2020
In the final episode of 2020, ABC News Chief White House correspondent Jonathan Karl and ABC News Political Director Rick Klein take a look at the extraordinary final days and weeks of Donald Trump's presidency and at what a post-Trump era might bring. They also reflect on a challenging and...
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Flipping The White House
On January 20th, the White House itself will undergo a major transformation as one President departs and a new one moves in to the People's House. Journalist and author, Kate Andersen Brower joins the podcast to discuss what that means for the new first family of the United States and the White...
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"Respectful in Public and Very Clear in Private"
Many Democrats might laugh at the idea that Sen. Mitch McConnell or any Republican deserves credit for acknowledging a reality that's been apparent for weeks, and simply stating that Biden is president-elect. "I applaud Mitch McConnell for talking to Joe Biden today," VP-Elect Kamala Harris told...
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"This Is Not for the Faint of Heart"
It doesn't get as much notice amid the Trump show -- or, rightfully, in the midst in the dark phase of the pandemic. But intra-party rumblings about diversity and experience are more than background noise as President-elect Joe Biden builds out his governing team. Guest: Derrick Johnson…
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"This Has To Stop"
To be a Republican who believes President Donald Trump and his lawyers at the moment is to believe that he's been betrayed by yet another attorney general, the GOP governors of Arizona and Georgia, plus dozens of federal and state judges -- in addition to myriad other government officials…
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"This is Crazy. This is Nuts."
In the days and weeks following the 2020 election the Trump campaign has been filing lawsuits in battleground states where the race has been extremely close. Former NJ Governor and longtime ally of Donald Trump, Chris Christie said this week, "...the president's legal team has been a national...
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"This Is Not A Search For The Truth"
It's getting real now. From the top down and from the bottom up, the consequences of President Donald Trump and his Republican Party continuing to defy reality are making themselves evident. Trump firing a top Homeland Security official for contradicting his unfounded claims about the election,...
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Jim Gray: "Talking to GOATs"
Jim Gray has won twelve National Sports Emmy Awards, interviewing the greatest of all time athletes from Muhammad Ali to Tom Brady. He has also interviewed nine US Presidents from Richard Nixon to Donald Trump, and played golf with most of them. He recently wrote "Talking with GOATS," sharing…
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Creating Doubt
To rekindle an infamous discussion, taking President Donald Trump literally at this precarious moment means the president believes the election was rigged against him; that he believes he received more lawful votes than his opponent; that he believes the vote count in a series of battleground...
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The Apparent Winner
After nearly 50 years in public life and three tries for the White House, former Vice President Joe Biden is the apparent winner of the presidency, defeating incumbent President Donald Trump in a victory delayed by vote counts and complicated by potential legal challenges. ABC News projects it…
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An Extraordinary Couple of Days
A win isn't the same as a mandate. Waiting for a win is messier -- especially in volatile times. On the day after the day after Election Day, the math and the map clearly favor former Vice President Joe Biden, though he's not there yet. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Election Update: The 'Blue Shift' Begins
President Trump led Wisconsin and Michigan for much of last night. But as mail votes are counted, vote totals there now show Joe Biden with the lead. However, Biden has a long way to go in Georgia and all-important Pennsylvania. And President Trump is looking to pull off a similar comeback in...
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Election Day: What To Watch For
Election Day arrives as a referendum on the man who has dominated the national conversation for four-plus years: President Donald J. Trump. We don't know when or how it will end. Former Vice President Joe Biden could clinch states early and start to roll; the night or early morning could bring a...
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Ohio Secretary of State, Frank LaRose
Ohio's Secretary of State, Frank LaRose joins to talk about the voting, tabulation and reporting processes for his state. LaRose also discusses election security and COVID safety measures at polling sites in Ohio. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Remarkable Voter Turnout
"Everyone's paying attention and everyone's getting out there to vote." With just six days to go before Election Day, that's what Georgia Secretary of State, Brad Raffensperger, tells Powerhouse Politics about his state's absentee and early in-person voting. Guest: Georgia Secretary of State…
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Candidates Make Their Closing Arguments
The second and final debate was a study in contrasts from the first. One thing that didn't change, though, was President Donald Trump's attempts to make former Vice President Joe Biden out as a corrupt and incompetent extremist. The plays that worked against Hillary Clinton, and may have worked...
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Trump vs. Fauci
"He wants to listen to Dr. Fauci," President Donald Trump told a crowd in Arizona Monday afternoon, the mention of Dr. Anthony Fauci's name drawing boos from the crowd. It takes head-spinning logic to cast Trump's feud with Fauci as a winning campaign message for an incumbent who is down in the...
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"A Deep Sickness"
With only 20 days until the election, President Trump is back out on the campaign trail and says he's feeling "so powerful." Meanwhile, this week's hearings for Judge Amy Coney Barrett are odd in at least one respect: They appear unlikely to influence the decision of a single senator when it…
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"All Necessary Precautions"
It's been eight short but incredibly long days since the first presidential debate. Since then, President Donald Trump has struggled to denounce white supremacism; refused to commit to accepting the results of the election; spread falsehoods about the voting process; been diagnosed with COVID-19,...
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An Absolute Chaotic Mess
The man a rival once warned would be a "chaos president" got a chaotic debate -- a wildly disjoined affair where both candidates insulted more than they explained. But almost as a throwaway topic, late in the debate, a discussion about election integrity drew critically important messaging out of...
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Debate Preview: Biden vs. Trump
A tale of two campaigns is emerging ahead of the first face-to-face meeting in the general election between President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden Tuesday night on the presidential debate stage. ABC's Martha Raddatz offers her unique perspective, having been the only person to...
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"The Bloom Is Off The Rose"
There are about 40 days to go until Election Day, and this week the United States reached a grim milestone as the number of Americans who have died from coronavirus tops 200,000. Meanwhile, President Trump is telling his supporters that the virus affects "virtually nobody" as he continues to hold...
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"Without Victory, There Is No Survival"
ABC News' Tuesday night town hall with President Donald Trump showed a few different sides of the president, and found him comparing his own leadership during the coronavirus pandemic to that of Winston Churchill's leadership during World War II. The forum also showed Trump engaging in his own...
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Trump And The Media
Eight weeks from Tuesday is Election Day. Labor Day weekend was overtaken by anonymous quotes offered by former administration insiders, as published in The Atlantic. While former Vice President Joe Biden was in battleground Pennsylvania on Monday, Trump was at the White House, where he used a…
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Blocked Bulletin from DHS
In early July the Department of Homeland Security withheld publication of an intelligence bulletin warning law enforcement agencies of a Russian scheme to promote "allegations about the poor mental health" of former Vice President Joe Biden, according to internal emails and a draft of the…
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"A Fair Shake"
A rising GOP star, Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron speaks to "Powerhouse Politics" about his speech at the Republican National Convention, Joe Biden's comments about race, and the status of the Breonna Taylor case. GUEST: Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron Start Here, the daily…
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Law and Order (Again)
As President Trump prepares to accept the GOP nomination on the final night of the Republican National Convention, unrest grows from the aftermath of the Jacob Blake shooting and the landfall of Hurricane Laura. GUEST: RNC Chair Ronna McDaniel Start Here, the daily news podcast from ABC News:...
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The Trump Show
The Trump family took center stage on the second night of the Republican National Convention, with Eric and Tiffany giving speeches before Melania's keynote from the Rose Garden. Start Here, the daily news podcast from ABC News: https://bit.ly/2Y8Cu8U FiveThirtyEight Politics, nightly reaction…
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A Turn Toward Optimism?
While Sen. Tim Scott's "From Cotton to Congress" speech offered an optimistic view of the country's future at the Republican National Convention, others spoke more to grievances. GUEST: Political consultant Frank Luntz Start Here, the daily news podcast from ABC News: https://bit.ly/2Y8Cu8U...
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"More Optimistic and Less Dire"
With the start of the Republican National Convention, President Trump's campaign seeks to offer its vision of a second term. GUEST: ABC News contributor Gov. Chris Christie Start Here, the daily news podcast from ABC News: https://bit.ly/2Y8Cu8U FiveThirtyEight Politics, nightly reaction and...
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Biden and Bannon
On the day Joe Biden is expected to accept the Democratic nomination for president, former Trump chief strategist Steve Bannon is arrested and indicted on charges of fraud. GUEST: Kate Bedingfield, Deputy Campaign Manager and Communications Director Start Here, the daily news podcast from ABC…
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