Daily Debrief

Drew Petrimoulx chats with The Hill’s White House correspondent Alex Gangitano about the global economic fallout sparked by President Trump’s sweeping tariffs after the stock market tumbled Thursday.    Plus, The Hill’s national security and legal affairs reporter Rebecca Beitsch joins the show to discuss the Trump administration’s admission that it sent a Maryland man to a Salvadoran prison in er...

Drew Petrimoulx chats with The Hill’s White House columnist Niall Stanage about the arrival of President Trump’s “Liberation Day” of long promised reciprocal tariffs.     Plus, NewsNation’s Nancy Loo walks us through the incoming deadline for individuals to get a REAL ID-compliant ID.      #TheHill #News #DonaldTrump #LiberationDay #Tariffs     Make sure to subscribe to get your Daily Debrief with...

Courts and Legal Reporter Zach Schonfeld joins Drew Petrimoulx to discuss the latest in the case against suspected UnitedHealthcare CEO killer Luigi Mangione, after Attorney General Pam Bondi directs the DOJ to seek the death penalty. Speaker Mike Johnson says 'activist' judges pushing back on President Trump's executive orders are ultimately causing a 'constitutional crisis'. A judge blocked the...

All eyes are on Wisconsin’s Supreme Court race, where billionaire Elon Musk held a rally last night, handing out two $1 million dollar checks, after the courts declined to step in and block the controversial giveaway. The Hill’s National Political Reporter Julia Manchester joins Judy Kurtz to discuss whether there is a possibility the Supreme Court could redraw districts depriving Wisconsin of two...

Judy Kurtz chats with The Hill’s Brett Samuels as Elon Musk indicates he plans to step away from DOGE. What’s next for the billionaire and how attacks on Tesla my play into his decision.   Brett also gives his take on Trump’s new Executive order targeting the Smithsonian Institute, and the ripple effects after the State Department revoked more than 300 student visas.   Julia Manchester also joins...

Drew Petrimoulx chats with The Hill’s White House correspondent Alex Gangitano about the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) planning to dismiss 10,000 employees as part of a massive restructuring effort, Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced Thursday, in a push to consolidate more agency functions under Kennedy’s purview.    Plus, Matt Taglia, senior director of Emerson College Poll...

Drew Petrimoulx chats with The Hill’s White House columnist Niall Stanage about The Atlantic publishing the Signal group chat messages among national security leaders that were inadvertently shared with Editor-in-Chief Jeffrey Goldberg, noting administration officials said Tuesday they were not classified.    Plus, NewsNation’s Washington, D.C. correspondent Tom Dempsey breaks down Vice President...

Drew Petrimoulx chats with The Hill’s White House Reporter Brett Samuels as the fallout from ‘Signal-gate’ continues.   Brett delves deeper into why top national security officials were discussing military operations on the commercially available app, what the reactions are from both sides, and what the ramifications may be for both those involved and the United States’ national security.   Brett...

Breaking: Judge James Boasberg has denied a request from the Trump Administration to dissolve his own order, blocking the deportations of alleged Venezuelan gang members. Now republicans in congress are moving to impeach him.   Judy Kurtz chats with The Hill’s congressional reporter Mychael Schnell as the battle between the judicial and executive branches continues, and congress returns from reces...

Drew Petrimoulx chats with The Hill’s courts and legal reporter Zach Schonfeld about President Trump on Thursday rescinding an executive order he signed less than a week ago targeting the Paul, Weiss law firm, citing an agreement with the firm that includes pro bono support for the administration’s initiatives.    Plus, The Hill’s congressional reporter Mychael Schnell joins the show to discuss Sp...

Judy Kurtz chats with The Hill’s courts and legal reporter Zach Schonfeld about the latest on the deportations of migrants under the 1798 Alien Enemies Act. Trump administration border czar Tom Homan signaled Wednesday that deportations under the act will continue, but he clarified he will obey a judge’s orders and let the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the courts “fight this out.” Attorney Gener...

Drew Petrimoulx chats with The Hill’s courts and legal reporter Zach Schonfeld joins the show to talk about the latest court battles in Washington, D.C. and across the nation. They discuss a federal judge on Tuesday indefinitely blocking implementation of President Trump’s executive order effectively barring transgender people from serving openly in the military, a stark blow to the administration...

Drew Petrimoulx chats with The Hill’s Zach Schonfeld as Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts issues a rare rebuke of President Trump’s call to impeach a federal judge. Zach gives a rundown of what’s behind Trump’s push to impeach the judge, what the reactions have been, and what’s next for the administration and the high court. Also in your Debrief: Trump rebrands the CBP One app to CBP Home a...

Drew Petrimoulx chats with The Hill’s Julia Manchester after President Trump said he believes the preemptive pardons issued by former President Biden in the final days of his presidency aren’t valid. Julia gives her take on the administration’s reasoning behind the doubt, as well as what’s in store for Democrats as infighting takes its toll, and house GOP leaders home in on 26 of their most vulner...

Drew Petrimoulx chats with The Hill’s congressional reporter Mychael Schnell about how the Senate is up against a government funding deadline Friday and needs 60 votes to keep the lights on and prevent a shutdown beginning Saturday morning.    Also in your Debrief: Education Department investigating dozens of universities after DEI warning letter. Columbia announces disciplinary action for student...

Drew Petrimoulx chats with The Hill’s White House correspondent Alex Gangitano about Senate Democrats saying privately that they will not allow the government to shut down Saturday, despite growing pressure from activists and liberal lawmakers who want them to kill a GOP-crafted six-month stopgap spending bill.    Plus, hear from NewsNation’s campaign reporter Jackie Koppell about House Democrats...

Judy Kurtz chats with The Hill’s senior editor Jesse Byrnes about the House on Tuesday passing a funding bill to avert an end-of-the-week government shutdown, teeing up the measure for consideration in the Senate. Plus, hear from NewsNation’s Washington correspondent Elina Shirazi on the Department of Education announcing Tuesday it has fired nearly half of its workforce, the latest Trump administ...

Judy Kurtz chats with The Hill’s Brett Samuels as House Speaker Mike Johnson fights to push through his continuing resolution, despite republicans signaling they will hold out. The Hill’s tech reporter Miranda Nazzaro also joins Judy as Elon Musk fights to keep control of his several companies while heading up President Trump’s efforts to slash the federal government. The Hill's National Political...

Judy Kurtz chats with The Hill’s Niall Stanage as Secretary of State Marco Rubio Slashes more than 80% of USAID contracts. Niall also gives his take as the trade war with Canada escalates, a new Prime Minister enters the picture, and Republicans begin to break ranks with trump over tariffs. Also in your Debrief: Marco Rubio meets with a Ukrainian delegation in Saudi Arabia Monday, Measles makes it...

Judy Kurtz chats with The Hill’s White House reporter Brett Samuels about Education Secretary Linda McMahon saying Friday that President Trump is moving forward with an executive order to dismantle the Education Department.    Plus, NewsNation’s West Coast correspondent Nancy Loo walks us through the latest on Tesla dealerships being targeted with protests and vandalism     Also in your Debrief: S...

Drew Petrimoulx chats with The Hill’s national political reporter Cate Martel about the House voting Thursday to censure Rep. Al Green (D-Texas) for his protest during President Trump’s address to Congress this week. Plus, NewsNation’s campaign reporter Jackie Koppell joins the show to break down the reactions of lawmakers on Green’s censure vote.     Also in your Debrief: Bomb threat cleared at B...

Drew Petrimoulx chats with The Hill’s courts and legal reporter Zach Schonfeld about the Supreme Court in a 5-4 emergency ruling Wednesday refusing to halt a judge’s decision ordering the Trump administration to immediately release nearly $2 billion in foreign aid payments owed under existing contracts.    Plus, The Hill’s Niall Stanage joins the show to discuss key takeaways from President Trump'...

Drew Petrimoulx chats with The Hill’s Brett Samuels as President Trump’s Tariffs on Canadian and Mexican goods goes into effect. Brett gives his take on what impacts consumers can expect, how leaders both in Washington and in Canada and Mexico re reacting, and how it’s expected to be received at his address to congress Tuesday evening. Courts and Legal Reporter Zach Schonfeld also joins Drew as th...

Drew Petrimoulx chats with The Hill’s Julia Manchester as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky shores up support for his country in Europe following the disastrous Oval Office confrontation on Friday. Julia gives her take on what it all means for Ukraine in its war against Russia, plus the offer to federal workers from NY Gov. Kathy Hochul. Judy Kurtz also joins Drew to break down the politics a...

Judy Kurtz chats with The Hill’s national political reporter Cate Martel about a federal judge on Thursday ordering the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) to rescind memos that directed agencies across the federal government to fire probationary employees, finding they were likely unlawful.      Plus, The Hill’s congressional reporter Mychael Schnell joins the show to discuss congressional negot...