On the DSR Daily for Thursday, we discuss the Senate voting to to rescind funding for public broadcasting, massive backlash over the administration’s handling of the Epstein files, the Syrian government and Druze leaders reaching a ceasefire, and more.
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Yesterday
Words Matter: Never Mind Being Blind, Right Now Justice in the US is Near Death
Make no mistake - the Justice Department is actively fostering Trump’s authoritarian regime and increasingly rewarding loyalty over legality. Between the blatant partisanship, abuse of the shadow docket, the cuts to the Department of Education and Emil Bove’s nomination - where h ... Show More
23m 17s
Yesterday
The Daily Blast: Inside Trump’s Angry, Desperate Push to Silence MAGA on Epstein Fiasco
President Trump is in a rage over his inability to get MAGA to stop talking about the Jeffrey Epstein files. He unleashed a furious Truth Social tirade on it, and then rambled bizarrely about it to reporters for a minute straight. Meanwhile, striking new polls from Quinnipiac and ... Show More
23m 45s
Jul 16
The Daily Blast: Trump’s Rage Erupts as Inflation Rises and His Pollster Openly Panics
On Tuesday, we learned that inflation rose last month. The New York Times said inflation “accelerated,” ABC News noted it “surged,” and other reports observed that President Trump’s tariffs are starting to produce long-predicted price hikes. Trump reacted angrily. He pretended th ... Show More
25m 13s
Jan 2025
The Rising Threat of Terrorism in the US
In the wake of the New Orleans truck attack, Fareed is joined by Harvard professor of government Graham Allison to discuss what he believes to be a growing threat of terrorism in the United States, and the domestic and international factors at play. Next, Fareed speaks with Kori ... Show More
43m 1s
Jul 2024
Global Elections, Foreign Affairs, and National Security — with Admiral James Stavridis
Admiral James Stavridis, a retired four-star U.S. naval officer, and currently Partner and Vice Chairman of Global Affairs for The Carlyle Group, joins Scott to discuss foreign affairs and the wars in the Middle East and Ukraine.
Scott opens with his thoughts on Biden remaining ... Show More
50m 55s
Dec 2021
The Doorstep: Grading the Biden/Harris "Foreign Policy for the Middle Class" with Mo Elleithee
The Biden/Harris team had big plans for re-engaging the U.S. with the world after four years of retrenchment under Trump. But the continuing pandemic, runaway inflation, and rising populism have upended the new administration's 2021 goals. Mo Elleithee, executive director of Geor ... Show More
43m 22s
Jul 7
Three Experts on Trump’s Foreign Policy
Today on the show, in a special edition of GPS from the Aspen Ideas Festival, Fareed speaks with two former national security advisers, John Bolton and Susan Rice, and former CIA Director/US Army retired Gen. David Petraeus about the Trump administration’s foreign policy, includi ... Show More
43m 10s
Aug 2024
Washington Weekly Podcast: SCOTUS reform, Fentanyl curbing, Geopolitics
On this week’s episode we examine President Biden’s proposed reforms from the US Supreme Court, along with an initiative from the White House the curb the flow of fentanyl into the US. We also spend time on the regional implications of recent escalations related to the Israel-Ham ... Show More
10m 34s