The Arena with Kasie Hunt

Obama heads down to rally with Democrats in Georgia. Democrats aligned with Mary Peltola's campaign recruited spoilers in the Alaska Senate race, the New York Times reports. Rep. Jason Crow lays out why impeaching Secy. Hegseth is his "number one priority" if Democrats take back the House majority. Plus, the final week of the midterm cycle erupts into a food fight over The Cheesecake Factory and M...

Kasie Hunt talks to reporters in Tel Aviv and Jerusalem as polls close in Israel, where Benjamin Netanyahu is fighting to stay in power. President Trump returns to Texas for the third time this month as early voting data indicates strong enthusiasm among Democratic and Latino voters. In the final weeks of the midterm cycle, government corruption has skyrocketed to the top of voters' list of concer...

President Trump promised a $1 million payout to anyone whose voter fraud tips result in a conviction. The GOP moves money into Kansas, Mississippi, and South Carolina in the final midterms stretch. Both Trump and former President Barack Obama rally voters in Michigan. Rep. Debbie Dingell joins to discuss what she's hearing out of the critical battleground state. Plus, rapper Nicki Minaj and comedi...

The DOJ's new lawsuit to block the Alaska Senate results in the event the GOP candidate loses. Sen. Cory Booker reacts to the suit and talks about Democratic priorities after the midterms. The Cook Political Report moves the Ohio governor's race rating from 'toss up' to 'leans Democrat.' The Democratic Senate candidate in Mississippi, Scott Colom, joins to explain why he thinks he has a real chanc...

The GOP ups its scramble to protect unexpectedly vulnerable Senate seats. Ohio's Republican governor urges Vivek Ramaswamy to take down his controversial ad featuring his challenger's estranged mother. Sen. Brian Schatz, the man positioned to be the number two Democrat in the Senate, discusses where his party is headed after November. Plus, Secretary Hegseth's staff broke a priceless globe used by...

VP JD Vance and Vivek Ramaswamy both speak out about the controversial Ramaswamy ad featuring his opponent's estranged mother. Rep. Greg Landsman gets emotional while talking about the ad and his friend Amy Acton. A new CNN poll shows that President Trump's approval rating has hit a new low ahead of the midterm elections. New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham shares what she's hearing from vo...

The midterm elections get a massive cash infusion in their final weeks, with the RNC pouring in $50 million and Michael Bloomberg handing Democrats $80 million. The Ohio governor's race is roiled by a new viral video featuring the estranged mother of Democratic candidate Amy Acton. The top Democrat on the House Armed Services Committee, Rep. Adam Smith, reacts to a new WSJ report that Elon Musk ac...

With early voting now underway in Texas, what a handful of new polls say about voters' attitudes just weeks out from the crucial midterm elections. Michigan's Democratic Senate nominee, Abdul El-Sayed, blasts the assumptions behind a town hall attendee's question about the Muslim Brotherhood. Rahm Emanuel discusses how Democrats, in the event that they retake the majority, might prioritize their c...

President Trump's decision to fire Katie Zacharia after just five days as his Press Secretary. Fmr. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg joins to discuss the Democrats' midterm prospects and how he is thinking about the party ahead of 2028. Senate candidates get personal in a series of heated midterm debates. Former Sen. Joe Manchin joins alongside Rep. Kevin Kiley to explain why he is endorsin...

WH Press Secy. Katie Zacharia denied in a new interview that she misrepresented her credentials by calling herself a lawyer. Midterm surrogates blanket Michigan as Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and VP Vance campaign there ahead of the state's critical Senate race.  Sen. Alex Padilla discusses the DOJ's new lawsuit against CA election officials, as well as the FBI's investigation into a suspic...

New polls show James Talarico and Ken Paxton deadlocked in the Texas Senate race.  Anthony Scaramucci, who served a famously brief tenure as Trump's WH communications director, reacts to Katie Zacharia's first podium appearance as press secretary. Senate candidates in Georgia, Iowa, and Maine face off in a trio of heated debates. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adch...

Sources tell CNN there are already questions within the White House about how long the new White House press secretary, Katie Zacharia, will last on the job. Plus, President Trump downplays his relationship with Kimberly Guilfoyle after the White House asked her to step down this morning.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

President Trump heads to Ohio as the GOP scrambles to stop steep midterm losses. Federal agents search Rep. Ilhan Omar's home as part of a criminal probe. James Talarico returns to the campaign trail and addresses conspiracy theories about his health. House Speaker Mike Johnson becomes the latest Republican lawmaker to express concerns about broadcasting the military's first firing squad execution...

A slew of battleground Senate candidates took the debate stage this week. Vice President Vance says he will not watch the livestream of the Fort Hood shooter's execution, as bipartisan backlash over the plan grows. Ret. Lt. Col. Amy McGrath weighs in. President Trump names a new White House Press Secretary. New video shows the moments before ICE agents in New York fired into a car with a five-year...

A new WSJ report alleges that Ambassador Kimberly Guilfoyle pushed a donor to wire her $100k to her Amex account. New CNN polls show that Democrats are in play in two deep-red states as the party eyes the Senate majority. The DOJ is seeking a federal indictment of Cassidy Hutchinson, the former WH aide who became a star witness in the congressional investigation into January 6th, according to a ne...

President Trump makes his third trip to Texas in a month amid a tight Senate race. Republican Senator Thom Tillis joins to discuss the upcoming midterm elections, his party's post-Trump future, and his new book. Plus, a pair of Trump's political advisers recently flew to the Balkans to help a pro-Russian government, according to a new NYT report. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoi...

President Trump faces backlash for suggesting that Iran could "take out" Los Angeles or San Diego. Former President Barack Obama ramps up his campaign presence in the final stretch of the election cycle. The Cook Political Report shifts three Senate ratings toward Democrats. Trump won't say if he'll reimburse taxpayers after backtracking on those campaign-style, government-funded ads. Democrats bl...

A new CNN analysis says North Carolina, Alaska, and Ohio are now the top three Senate seats most likely to flip in November. The top Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee, Rep. Jamie Raskin, discusses what Democrats would do if they take back the majority. A new NBC/Telemundo poll indicates that Latino voters are moving toward Democrats ahead of the midterms. Plus, David Hume Kennerly, who doc...

CNN obtained new campaign-style ads funded by the American taxpayer, including one titled 'God Made Trump.' Rep. Jake Auchincloss reacts. Victims' rights attorney Gloria Allred and criminal defense attorney Bill Brennan discuss the special counsel appointment in the alleged Cornell rape case and where it goes from here. TIME's Eric Cortellessa shares what he's gleaned from his lengthy interviews w...

A new interview in which President Trump expressed confusion and frustration over why his midterm messaging does not seem to be landing. Trump won't rule out invoking the Insurrection Act around the midterm elections. Rep. Jason Crow reacts. Renee Good's family sues an ICE agent and Trump officials over her killing. Plus, the WSJ reports that the DOJ is reviewing whether prosecutors mistreated Ric...

Secretary Pete Hegseth gave a speech to service members in which he slammed the military culture under past leaders and announced a 20% cut to senior officer ranks. Ken Paxton is expected at a Trump event tomorrow after the New York Times obtained audio of him bashing Trump's midterm convention. Israel says the stabbing on a Flydubai flight this morning was an “attempted terrorist attack” against...

President Trump hosted top tech executives at the White House, where they signed a statement of principles on AI "self-policing.” Rep. Debbie Dingell talks about why she thinks Democratic candidates seem to have momentum in traditional GOP strongholds. Former special counsel Jack Smith testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee, where Republicans grilled him on the two indictments he brought...

The White House releases another taxpayer-funded ad weeks before the midterm elections. Rep. Ro Khanna discusses. CNN, Politico, and MS Now are expected to request an extension of a judge's block on the Trump White House's media ban. Speaker Johnson says a "Chinese psyop" is behind AI data center concerns, as the Anthropic CEO is expected to attend the White House meeting tomorrow following his pr...

Chinese leader Xi Jinping heads home from his summit with President Trump. Sen. Chris Van Hollen discusses. In a win for Trump, the Supreme Court decides states can use a controversial citizenship data collection tool for reviewing voter rolls. Plus, Bill Gates issues a dire warning about the potential risk of AI.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

CNN was allowed back into the White House following a judge's order. The top Democrat on the House Oversight Committee, Rep. Robert Garcia, weighs in on the administration's media ban. President Trump welcomes Chinese leader Xi Jinping to the White House for a state dinner. With Xi and Trump set to discuss AI at their summit, technology journalist Jacob Ward explains where the AI race stands. Lear...