Dec 2025

This GOP Congressman Says Speaker Johnson Has “Failed to Lead”

Kevin Kiley is a California Republican who has a few notes for his party’s leadership in the House of Representatives. He also may have been drawn out of his job with the new district lines California voters passed last month at Gov. Gavin Newsom’s urging. Rep. Kiley joins David ... Show More

17m 18s

Nov 2025

Is President Trump Losing Control of MAGA?

Donald Trump reversed course on the Epstein files to get right with his party in what proved to be a rare crack in the strong bond the president has with his MAGA base. In addition to the Epstein matter, President Trump has come in for some criticism from supporters over his mess ... Show More

25m 38s

Nov 2025

Terry McAuliffe: Donald Trump is the Democrats’ Best Weapon

In the wake of big electoral victories, Democrats are at odds over how and why they just ended the longest government shutdown in U.S. history. Visiting the studio today is a man who has certainly navigated moments of intra-party tension. Terry McAuliffe was the 72nd Governor of ... Show More

27m 26s

Nov 2021

If You’re Explaining, You’re Losing

Chris and Don discuss the election results, and how Democrats are losing the messaging war over vaccines and Critical Race Theory. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

30m 38s

Nov 2024

Exclusive: The Harris Campaign On What Went Wrong

In this candid interview, the leaders of the Harris-Walz Campaign speak for the first time about the challenges they faced and why they made the decisions they did. Dan sits down with Jen O'Malley Dillon, David Plouffe, Quentin Fulks, and Stephanie Cutter to talk about the campai ... Show More

1h 32m

Nov 2024

3 PM ET: Harris concedes, Biden blamed, Trump’s economy & more

Aides and allies of Vice President Kamala Harris say they’re in a state of shock and disbelief after she conceded defeat in the presidential election. We’ll tell you why some Democrats are pinning blame for Harris’s loss on President Joe Biden. Experts worry some of President-ele ... Show More

6m 22s

Nov 2024

Pin the fail on the donkey

Democrats lost big on Election Day: the presidency, the Senate, and maybe the House too. Vox's Eric Levitz explains what went wrong, and political strategist Jeff Weaver imagines what comes next for the party. This episode was produced by Miles Bryan and Hady Mawajdeh, edited by ... Show More

25m 27s

Sep 2024

The Harris Honeymoon Is Over

Is Kamala Harris’s surge beginning to ebb? That’s the question raised by the recent New York Times/Siena College poll, which finds Donald J. Trump narrowly ahead of Ms. Harris among likely voters nationwide.Nate Cohn, who covers American politics, explains why some of M ... Show More

24m 2s

Nov 2024

Making Sense of Trump's Win

After a night of resounding losses and a nationwide lurch to the right, Jon, Lovett, Tommy, and Dan begin to sift through the pieces—what we know, and we don't, about the race Democrats ran, what voters are looking for, and how to endure the turmoil of a second Trump term. For a ... Show More

54m 17s

Nov 2024

Democrats Search For Answers

Democrats, devastated by their sweeping losses in the election, are starting to sift through the wreckage of their defeat.Political leaders from all corners of the Democratic coalition are pointing fingers, arguing over the party’s direction and wrestling with what it s ... Show More

25 m

Aug 2024

Harris Makes Her Case

In an exclusive interview with CNN, Kamala Harris sits down faces questions on where she would take the country and vows to bring in diverse voices. Would she name a Republican to her cabinet? Meanwhile, Donald Trump addresses the controversy at Arlington National Cemetery after ... Show More

47m 9s

History Shows Us Why Harris Lost