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First: New evidence and charges against Donald Trump as he faces more accounts of obstructing justice in the documents case. An indictment in the January 6th probe could be imminent. Plus: Florida governor Ron DeSantis fights to stay in second place while picking fights with black republicans over slavery. And: House republicans make moves toward impeaching Joe Biden. Is this an impeachment in sea...

First: Special counsel Jack Smith hits Donald Trump with three new charges connected to his effort to allegedly conceal classified documents. The superseding indictment outs 60 pages of meat against the former president.  Plus: How many indictments is too many? Some Republicans rushed to Donald Trump's defense. Others, including some inside the Trump orbit, worry criminal charges will eat away at...

A secret meeting between Donald Trump's lawyers and special counsel Jack Smith's office sets off alarms across the political and legal world. There was a question of whether something like this would happen after the former president received the target letter informing him that he was very likely to be indicted related to the 2020 election and his behavior leading up to January 6th. To learn more...

As today's show begins, Hunter Biden's plea deal seemed to be crumbling. The Trump-appointed judge said she had concerns with two agreements that prosecutors and defense had come up with. Evan Perez reports live from the courtroom.  To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

First: Today President Biden unveils his plan to make sure America never forgets what happened to Emmett Till, signing a proclamation establishing a new national monument that will honor Till and his mother.  Plus: Will Kevin McCarthy go down the impeachment rabbit hole? The Speaker says he's following the facts and will indeed pursue impeachment if that's what it takes to get to the truth.  And:...

First: Israel forges ahead with a plan to kill off checks and balances and it's met with angry protests, threats of a crippling nationwide strike and a warning from thousands of reservists that they won't show up for duty.  Plus: Two new polls show the Republican field splitting into Donald Trump and everyone else. But voters send a message to the frontrunner: show up on the debate stage.  And: Yo...

Former President Donald Trump could be indicted for a third time this week for plotting to overturn the 2020 election. What will this mean for his campaign to return to the White House? Plus, GOP presidential candidate Ron DeSantis is down in the polls and burning through cash. What is his plan to turn his campaign around? Also, with good news on inflation, immigration, and crime, will voters give...

First: Donald Trump gets a trial date on his classified docs indictment: May 20th, 2024. The judge's choice means the case will almost certainly happen after Republicans settle on their nominee.  Plus: Vice President Kamala Harris fights Florida's attempt to sanitize slavery.  And: It's Barbie's world, and we're all living in it. Even politicians are putting on their pink.   To learn more about ho...

First: Donald Trump screams persecution as federal prosecutors ready a January 6th indictment. What do we know about the potential charges and what questions do we still need answered?  Plus: If not now, when? The former president's 2024 rivals shrink from a chance to criticize the front runner. We ask one, Doug Burgum, if he plans to tell Mr. Trump enough is enough.  And: New CNN reporting on the...

First: Donald Trump screams persecution as federal prosecutors ready a January 6th indictment. What do we know about the potential charges and what questions do we still need answered?   Plus: If not now, when? The former president's 2024 rivals shrink from a chance to criticize the front runner. We ask one, Doug Burgum, if he plans to tell Mr. Trump enough is enough.  And: New CNN reporting on th...

Earlier today, former president Donald Trump revealed on Truth Social that he received a letter from Special Counsel Jack Smith saying he's officially a "target" in the investigation of efforts to overthrow the 2020 election. In this special edition of Inside Politics, Anderson Cooper joins Dana Bash for continuing coverage of this crucial breaking news. To learn more about how CNN protects listen...

Ron DeSantis wants you to ignore his current predicament that he's spending too fast and furious and is cutting staff and that seven weeks in he can't cut into Donald Trump's lead.  Plus: Backlash ... then backtrack. A top Democrat crosses the line into anti-semitism, earns a rebuke from her own party and then revises her words.  And: Does Joe Manchin want to run for president on a third-party tic...

First: With six months until the Iowa caucuses, GOP campaigns continue shift: Desantis cuts staff and shifts media strategy while Trump claims Desantis is "dividing the party."  Plus: With rising wages, falling inflation, and booming stocks, why don't Americans agree that the The Biden Economy is "a fabulous economic recovery?" Can the President change their minds?  And: A culture war comes for th...

First: Republicans pass a crucial bill that assures the US Is ready to fight wars after putting a deliberate conservative stamp on it.  Plus: A new report reveals that prosecutors asked Jared Kushner whether Donald Trump believed his own election lies.  And: The countdown to the caucuses is on as the former president decides to play hooky and skip a big summit.  To learn more about how CNN protect...

First: Joe Biden promises Ukraine will get into NATO ... eventually. And his message to Vladimir Putin was impossible to misunderstand. Putin is losing.  Plus: The Secret service ends its investigation into cocaine found at the White House without answering the biggest riddle: Whose was it?  And: Ron DeSantis spurs some second thoughts among the wealthiest Republicans and sends one on a scouting t...

At day two of the NATO summit, President Biden tells his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky, "We're not going anywhere. You're stuck with us." That promise comes as the west outlines that Ukraine's path toward NATO membership. But exactly when Ukraine can walk down that road remains a life-or-death decision. Inside Politics host Dana Bash is joined by Wolf Blitzer, who reports live from Lith...

First: It's jury selection day in Georgia. Whoever is picked will make a historic decision whether to charge Donald Trump with trying to sabotage the 2020 election results in that state.  Plus: A deal for one ally, a diss from another. Turkey relents and says yes to letting Sweden join the NATO alliance, but Ukraine upstages the big Biden win with a demand for respect and entering NATO now and not...

First: President Biden heads abroad for a big NATO summit, but a conversation on if and how quickly to bring Ukraine inside the alliance threatens to fracture unity across Europe.  Plus: Ron DeSantis falls back on blaming a familiar culprit to explain why his campaign stumbled off the blocks: the media.  And: A New York Times column features what might be the ugliest headline of the Biden presiden...

After ceding the Fourth of July campaign trail to his rivals, Donald Trump returns to campaign. Does absence make voter’s hearts grow fonder? Plus, after a controversial attack on a fellow member, the Freedom Caucus votes to oust Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene. Also, Democratic anxiety rises as the possibility of a third-party candidate gets more real by the day.  To learn more about how CNN protects...

First: New and exclusive reporting about Special Counsel Jack Smith's questions about an Oval Office meeting at which a trio of Trump staffers pushed him to erase the 2020 election.  Plus: While hiring remains solid, new job numbers fall short of expectations. Does it all point to another rate hike from the Fed that could crunch your credit?  And: The Freedom Caucus purges Marjorie Taylor Greene f...

First: After two previously unsuccessful attempts to get Walt Nauta in front of a judge, the Donald Trump aide charged alongside the former President pleaded not guilty to six federal charges in a Florida courtroom today. Meanwhile, new CNN reporting provides a window into what federal prosecutors knew before the Mar-a-Lago search.  Plus: Ron DeSantis tries to have his cake and eat it, too, but he...

First: Republicans pound the pavement, put on their best everyman polos and look for votes between burgers, dogs, and fireworks. Fourth of July provides a 2024 test, one Donald Trump bets he's fine just skipping.  Plus: A First Amendment victory or a green light to conspiracy theorists? A judge calls a Biden effort to stop disinformation from running wild Orwellian while telling top White House of...

First: A top Ron DeSantis aide gives a blunt readout on the Florida governor's standing in the 2024 race and the uphill fight to catch Donald Trump. New reporting this hour on why he said what he said.  Plus: GOP presidential hopefuls Pence, Scott, DeSantis, Suarez and Burgum are all walking in parades today, but not Donald Trump - more evidence he's running a very different kind of campaign.  And...

First: A new video from presidential candidate Ron DeSantis heavy on anti-woke headlines catches a lot of attention. One Republican group says the Florida governor is dabbling in outright homophobia.  Plus: Mike Pence pleads innocent in the court of public opinion. The former vice president denies he was part of a newly revealed pressure campaign to get Arizona's governor to overturn the 2020 elec...

The Supreme Court has flexed its muscles over key aspects of American life. It struck down President Biden’s debt forgiveness plan, limited protections for the LGBTQ+ community and ended race based affirmative action in college admissions.  Plus: Our panel discusses reform for the Supreme Court, a move President Biden says could politicise the Supreme Court forever. And: While Ron DeSantis focuses...