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Aug 2022
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Sound On: Inflation Cools, Trump Legal W...

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Bloomberg Washington Correspondent Joe Mathieu delivers 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.

 

Guest host Emily Wilkins spoke with Wisconsin Congressman Bryan Steil on inflation, the primary elections and the FBI search of Donald Trump's Florida home. Bloomberg Government Elections reporter Greg Giroux breaks down last night primary elections. Plus, our politics panel Bloomberg Politics Contributors Jeanne Sheehan Zaino and Rick Davis on if cooler inflation could be good news for President Biden, the PACT Act becomes law, and Donald Trump's legal woes.

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