The 46th president

Just over seven years ago, we launched this daily news podcast from The Washington Post.Our goal was to bring you inside our newsroom, sharing our reporting with listeners to help make sense of what was happening in the world. We’ve published hundreds of episodes. We’ve covered e ... Show More

In his second term, President Donald Trump has gone on a mission to reinvent the Kennedy Center, the beloved performing arts venue in Washington, D.C.Trump promised to overhaul the center’s programming. He installed loyalists on the board who made him chairman. In December, Trump ... Show More

In late January of last year, an American Eagle flight and a U.S. Army helicopter collided above the Potomac River, killing everyone aboard both aircraft. It was the deadliest flight disaster in the U.S. in decades.A year later, families and first responders are reflecting on the ... Show More

Biden's White House and Press Secretary Jen Psaki holds its first briefing, on President Joe Biden's first day.  BIden signed 17 executive actions. Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris give their remarks at the inaugural celebration.   Psaki says that she's bringing "truth" ... Show More

On 20 January, 2021, Joe Biden was inaugurated as the 46th president of the United States. President Biden has come into power breaking records and making history. He received more votes than any other president in history, beating Barack Obama’s previous record. At 78, he is the ... Show More

In the first Inside Politics Sunday with Abby Phillip, President Biden hits the ground running with a series of executive orders to reverse the key Trump administration actions and to confront the coronavirus pandemic. Meanwhile, the Senate prepares for a February impeachment tri ... Show More

This week, President Biden marked the end of his first hundred days in office and gave his first address to a joint session of Congress. In the speech he reflected on what his administration has accomplished so far and the goals that still remain. So today, CNN Senior White House ... Show More

Joe Biden and Kamala Harris made their first public appearance a day after Biden chose the California Democrat to be his running mate. In Harris’s speech, she went after President Trump criticizing his administration’s response to the coronavirus pandemic saying the U.S. leads th ... Show More

Joe Biden is sworn in as the 46th President of the United States, Kamala Harris is sworn in as the 49th Vice President, former game show host Donald Trump retires to Florida, and the new administration immediately gets to work. 

President Biden is hosting 10 Republican Senators at the White House today to talk about their covid relief proposal, one that is significantly smaller than his $1.9 Trillion plan. Plus, former president Trump swaps his legal team for his upcoming impeachment trial, and gives R ... Show More

The family of George Floyd meets with President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris marking one year since Floyd’s murder; GOP leaders break their silence on the comments made by Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene; Secretary of State Tony Blinken makes a rare visit to th ... Show More

First, Jake presses White House chief of staff Mark Meadows on the latest outbreak of the coronavirus in the Vice President's inner circle and surging virus counts across the country. Then, Jake asks Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi about the latest in the deadlocked stimulus ne ... Show More