Balance of Power

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. Joe spoke with Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget President, Maya MacGuineas on the breaking news that Joe Manchin dropped his effort to include permitting refor...

Joe spoke with Rep. Chuck Fleischmann, a Republican from Tennessee's 3rd district on the continuing resolution to fund the government, and the fate of Joe Manchin's permitting bill, Euan Rellie, Co-founder and Managing Partner of BDA Partners on global market volatility. Plus, our politics panel, Bloomberg Politics Contributors Jeanne Sheehan Zaino & Rick Davis on the Republicans agenda if the...

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. Emily Wilkins is hosting for Joe today. She spoke with Rep. Rep. Jake Auchincloss, a Democrat from Massachusetts on keeping the government funded, the new Ukraine aid pa...

 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.  Joe spoke with Bloomberg politics reporter Mike Dorning and New York Law School professor Rebecca Roiphe on Donald Trump's mounting legal issues, Bloomberg Government...

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. Joe spoke with Stephen Mull, Vice Provost for Global Affairs at the University of Virginia on Russia's violation of the UN charter, Putin's nuclear threats and call for...

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. Joe spoke with former Defense Secretary Mark Esper on defense spending and Russia's sham votes to annex the regions of Ukraine its forces still control, Bloomberg Congre...

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. Joe spoke with Terry Haines, founder of Pangaea Policy on inflation, President Biden's approval rating, and what to expect with this week's Fed's rate decision, Dr. Eric...

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. Joe spoke with Penn State law professor William Butler on the negotiations for the release of Brittney Griner and former Marine Paul Whelan, Bloomberg Government Congres...

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. Joe spoke with Leon Fresco, Partner at Holland & Knight and former Deputy Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Immigration Litigation at the DOJ's Civil Divi...

Joe spoke with AGF Investments Chief U.S. Policy Strategist, Greg Valliere on today's celebration of the Inflation Reduction Act at the White House and how inflation will impact the midterms, Frank Maisano, Senior Principal at Bracewell on when we could see Senator Joe Manchin's energy permitting bill. Plus, our politics panel, Bloomberg Politics Contributors Jeanne Sheehan Zaino and Rick Davis on...

Joe spoke with Matthew Kroenig, Acting Director of the Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security at the Atlantic Council on Ukraine’s successful northern counteroffensive and what comes next in the war, Bloomberg Government Congress reporter Emily Wilkins on the Democratic pushback on attaching Senator Joe Manchin's energy permitting proposal to the government funding bill. Plus, our politics pan...

Joe's guests today: Winchester University Royal expert Ellie Woodacre, Emmy-winning Documentarian and Journalist Anthony Geffen, the producer of "The Coronation" Documentary, which was Queen Elizabeth's only television interview, Bloomberg National Security team leader, Nick Wadhams and Bloomberg Politics Contributors Rick Davis and Jeanne Sheehan Zaino.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy in...

Joe's guests discuss the passing of Queen Elizabeth II, whose reign took Britain from the age of steam to the era of the smartphone, and who oversaw the largely peaceful breakup of an empire that once spanned the globe. She was 96. Guests: Flavia Krause-Jackson, Managing Editor for Bloomberg's Washington coverage, Virginia Congresswoman Abigail Spanberger, Anthony Gardner, former US Ambassador to...

Joe speaks with Mariana Budjeryn, Senior Research Associate with the Project on Managing the Atom at the Harvard Kennedy School’s Belfer Center on the risks of shelling near Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, Bloomberg Congress reporter Billy House on the latest Donald Trump legal news. Plus, our politics panel, Bloomberg Politics Contributor Jeanne Sheehan Zaino and Lester Munson, Princi...

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. Joe spoke with Barbara Perry, Director of Presidential Studies at University of Virginia's Miller Center on the November mid-term elections, Flavia Krause-Jackson, Bloom...

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. Joe spoke with Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin on inflation and whether MAGA Republicans are a threat to democracy, Jared Bernstein of the Council of Economic Advisors...

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. Joe spoke with John Kirby, Coordinator for Strategic Communications at the National Security Council on Russia holding major military exercises involving China and India...

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. Joe spoke with former United States Deputy Attorney General Donald Ayer on the DOJ's court filing alleging that someone at Mar-a-Lago may have tried to remove papers bef...

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. Joe speaks with Professor Jacques deLisle about Taiwanese soldiers firing shots to ward off civilian drones flying close to islands controlled by Taipei near China. Plus...

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.   Joe spoke with John Herbst, former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine and senior director of the Atlantic Council’s Eurasia Center on the Ukraine military's counter-offensive...

Joe spoke with former Federal Prosecutor Michael Zeldin on what we know from the release of the unsealed redacted Mar-a-Lago search affidavit, Bloomberg's Odd Lots podcast host Joe Weisenthal on his takeaways from Fed Chair Jay Powell's Jackson Hole speech. Plus, our politics panel Bloomberg Politics Contributor Rick Davis & Max Burns, Democratic Strategist and Founder of Third Degree Strategi...

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. Joe spoke with Lanae Erickson, Senior Vice President for Social Policy, Education and Politics at Third Way on potential legal challenges to President Biden's student lo...

Bloomberg Government reporter Jack Fitzpatrick 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. He speaks with Ambassador James Jeffrey about the news of Presidents Xi and Putin attending the G20 in November. Plus, Jane Campbell, President and CEO of the US Capitol...

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. Joe spoke with Retired Navy Admiral James Stavridis on what's next in the Ukraine War, Bloomberg White House reporter Nancy Cook on the details of President Biden's stud...

Joe spoke with Melinda Haring, Deputy Director of the Atlantic Council’s Eurasia Center on warnings about Russia potentially launching intensified strikes against Ukraine’s government facilities, Former New York Congressman and Democratic Caucus chair Joe Crowley weighs in on the New York primary races. Plus, our politics panel Bloomberg Politics Contributors Rick Davis & Jeannie Sheehan Zaino...