How can politicians reach the Americans who have settled politics? This is something that Rob Flaherty, a former deputy campaign director of the Kamala Harris presidential race in 2024, argues that the Republicans have made successfully while the Democrats failed. He explains why he thinks that DEMS has become the “system party” and why it prevented them from reaching voters who believe that the system is broken.
May 2, 2025
Next week mark 100 days since President Trump was sworn in for his second term. The chief correspondent of the White House of CNN, Kaitlan Collins, and the chief correspondent of national affairs Jeff Zelery share their ideas behind the scenes of the last months and explain why the attitudes of the White House have recently changed. Do you have a question or guest that you would like to hear? Let us know. Send us an email to cnnpolicalbriefing@gmail.com or call us to (202) 430-5460.
April 25, 2025
Judicial confrontations on a pair of main cases related to expulsion increased tensions between Trump and the courts this week. Leah Litman, professor of law, author and podcast at the University of Michigan, weighs on the question of whether these clashes and others between Trump and the judiciary pushed the country into a constitutional crisis. Do you have a question or guest that you would like to hear? Let us know. Send us an email to cnnpolicalbriefing@gmail.com or call us to (202) 430-5460.
April 18, 2025
President Trump's 90 -day break on most of the new prices has triggered a market gathering, but economic uncertainty persists because the existing prices are still in place and a trade war with China is intensifying. The economist and trade historian Doug Irwin knows how the prices have affected Americans and American companies in the past. So what can it tell us about what could happen to the American economy then? Do you have a question or guest that you would like to hear? Let us know. Send us an email to cnnpolicalbriefing@gmail.com or call us to (202) 430-5460.
April 11, 2025
The Democrats celebrated a victory in a Supreme Court of the Wisconsin State while the Republicans won two victories in special elections in Florida this week. The races were a window on how voters feel a few months after Trump's second term. The president of the Wisconsin Democratic Party, Ben Wikler, explains why his state has seen an increase in the participation rate, while the president of the Florida Republican Party, Ben Power, has shared his point of view on the margins of the GOP since November. Do you have a question or guest that you would like to hear? Let us know. Send us an email to cnnpolicalbriefing@gmail.com or call us to (202) 430-5460.
April 4, 2025
The Trump administration is still under fire after plans for a military strike on Yemen were disclosed via a group conversation which wrongly included the editor of the Atlantic. Olivia Troye was a former national security official at the first Trump administration. She shares her point of view on the potential dangers of what happened here.
March 28, 2025
The Democratic Party approval rating fell to a record hollow. So why is the party so unpopular right now? And what can democrats do to revive their reputation? Howard Dean is a former president of the DNC, a presidential candidate on time and the former governor of Vermont. He maintains that the brand of Democrats at the moment is “what the Republicans say it is”. And he shares some ideas to recover the brand of his party. Do you have a question or guest that you would like to hear? Let us know. Send us an email to cnnpolicalbriefing@gmail.com or call us to (202) 430-5460.
March 21, 2025
Elon Musk is new in Washington, but what can we learn on his tactics at Doge, how he runs his businesses? Kate Conger, co-author of the book “Character Limit”, a report of the takeover of Musk de Twitter, says that Musk has drawn from the same manual since he assumed his role in the Trump administration. In addition, she explains the affinity of Musk to recreate memes in real life. Do you have a question or guest that you would like to hear? Let us know. Send us an email to cnnpolicalbriefing@gmail.com or call us to (202) 430-5460.
March 14, 2025
It was the price stroke in North America this week when President Trump imposed new prices in Mexico and Canada, to announce a stay of a month a few days later. What is the final objective of Trump's pricing strategy? And how is the American economy so far under Trump 2.0? CNN global economic analyst, Rana Foroohar, shares what she thinks is the greatest restraint in the pricing drama and explains why the American economy could be due for a slowdown. Do you have a question or guest that you would like to hear? Let us know. Send us an email to cnnpolicalbriefing@gmail.com or call us to (202) 430-5460.
March 7, 2025
While putting pressure on a peace agreement between Russia and Ukraine, President Trump repeated Russian war points – like Ukraine falsely to have started the conflict and call Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky a “dictator”. New Yorker's staff writer Susan Glasser said this pro-Putin turn sent a “shock wave” across Europe. And she maintains that there has been no change in American foreign policy. She also sees what she calls a “Poutitisation of America” ​​by Trump. Do you have a question or guest that you would like to hear? Let us know. Send us an email to cnnpolicalbriefing@gmail.com or call us to (202) 430-5460.
February 28, 2025
