The Bill Press Pod

The Iran War Continues. Bad for the GOP. New Airforce One Fail. Platner Out. Convention for Maine. Good for Susan Collins? How D’s and R’s Handle Sex Scandals. Where is Mitch? GOP Needs His Vote. 4 Governors Races Shift Toward Democrats. Political Generation Gap. Trump and Communism. With Linda Feldmann, Washington Bureau Chief and White House Correspondent for The Christian Science Monitor,...

Bill talks with Slate’s Dahlia Lithwick about the Supreme Court’s 2025–26 term, arguing it is decisively the Roberts Court and increasingly deferential to President Trump, especially through heavy reliance on the shadow docket, where Trump has won many emergency orders without signed opinions or reasoning. They discuss major rulings: a narrow outcome on birthright citizenship that Lithwick warns c...

Bill felt we all needed a break from Politics and so this Fourth of July edition of the Bill Press Pod features NPR’s Scott Simon, discussing Simon’s book, Ulysses S. Cat and Other Animals I Have Known, and his family’s view that animals are members of the same family as humans. Simon shares stories about early pets like Penny the German shepherd and Hoppy the grasshopper, including how carin...

Bill talks with political strategist and messaging consultant Anat Shenker-Osorio about what Democrats should say—and who should say it—heading into the midterms to check Trump 2.0. Shenker-Osorio argues Democrats must combine an affordability agenda with a clear villain frame, calling Trump’s team “bullies for the billionaires,” and pair warnings about authoritarianism with credible promises...

Housing Bill/SAVE Act Chaos. POTUS/Senate Shouting Match. House/Senate Just Go Home. Midterms GOP Panic. NYC Democratic Socialists Win.   Mamdani Flexes Power. Jeffries and Schumer Wounded. But Some Centrists Win. Reflecting Pool Debacle. SCOTUS Backs Trump. With Jason Dick, Editor-in-chief at CQ Roll Call, Kirk Bado, Managing Editor of National Journal’s Hotline, Arthur Delaney, Senior...

Bill talks with national security analyst Joe Cirincione about Trump’s shifting claims on Iran and argues the Memorandum Of Understanding (MOU) functions as a ceasefire and “surrender document” after a war the U.S. and Israel could not win. Cirincione says the MOU mainly restores shipping through the Strait of Hormuz while leaving core U.S. objectives—curbing Iran’s uranium enrichment and missile...

Shaky Iran Agreement. Vance Attacks Israel. Worse Deal Than Obama’s. The Politics of War. Where is Rubio? Jon Ossoff Rising. Obama’s Shade Trump. Reflecting Pool Fail. With Olivier Knox, Senior national political correspondent, US News & World Report, Maya King, Politics Reporter at The New York Times andand Erika Filter, National Campaign Correspondent for The National Journal Hotline. ...

Bill talks with legal scholar and former U.S. attorney Barbara McQuade about her book, "The Fix: Saving America from the Corruption of a Mob-Style Government," arguing that core democratic principles—rule of law and equality before the law—are eroding under Donald Trump. McQuade describes Trump’s tactics as extortionate and mob-like, pressuring institutions such as law firms, media, universities,...

Iran War Over? Its Political Impact. “I Love the Inflation.” Pain at the Pump. UFC at the White House. GOP and Masculinity. Platner vs. Collins in Maine. Sleeping Trump.  With Jason Dick, Editor-in-chief at CQ-Roll Call, Amanda Becker, National Reporter for 19th News and Philip Bump, senior editor and columnist at Hearst Connecticut.  Today's Bill Press Pod is supported by The...

Guest host Joe Cirincione interviews nuclear historian Alex Wellerstein about his book The Most Awful Responsibility: Truman and the Secret Struggle for Control of the Atomic Age, revisiting the run-up to Hiroshima and Nagasaki and the postwar fight between nuclear hawks and doves over who should control nuclear weapons. Wellerstein argues there was no single “decision” to use the bomb—plans were...

GOP Begins to Try to Oppose Trump: Ballroom. Weaponization Fund. War Powers. Pulte. Resonating With Voters? California Governors’ Race. Could Iowa Turn Blue? Maine Platner Troubles. Democrats Narrow Path to Senate Majority. The Politics of AI and Data Centers in the Midterms. 60 Minutes Under Attack.   With Shirish Date, Senior White House Correspondent for Huff Post, Allan Smith, Politics Re...

Guest host Joe Cirincione interviews David Rothkopf. Rothkopf is the host of the Deep State Radio podcast. He is also Chief Global Affairs Columnist at the Daily Beast and was formerly the editor-in-chief of Foreign Policy magazine. He has taught at Columbia, Georgetown and Johns Hopkins universities. He was the Deputy Undersecretary of Commerce in the Clinton Administration and is the author of t...

Paxton Crushes Cornyn in Texas. Can Talarico Turn Texas Blue? Can Democrats Stay Focused? Will Cornyn Cross Trump Now? Does Trump Care About the Midterms? House Vote on Iran Next Week. Who’s Ahead in CA Governor Race? Trump’s DOJ Pursues His Critics.   With Ginger Gibson, former Senior Washington Editor for NBC News and Cameron Joseph, Politics Editor at Politico, Ledge King, Managing Ed...

Bill interviews former Tennessee Republican Senator Lamar Alexander about his memoir, The Education of a Senator: From JFK to Trump, and the Senate’s decline from bipartisan, amendment-driven lawmaking to today’s gridlock. Alexander criticizes Republican senators for failing to check abuses of presidential authority, argues Trump’s purges of GOP incumbents risk costing him a Senate majority, and c...

Bill talks with three top political journalists about the week's news. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Bill Press interviews USA Today Washington bureau chief Susan Page about her book, "The Queen and Her Presidents," exploring how Queen Elizabeth II helped sustain the U.S.-U.K. “special relationship” through soft power over her 70-year reign. Page recounts the Queen’s meetings with 13 sitting U.S. presidents (plus Herbert Hoover and pre-presidency LBJ), including Truman steadying a nervous young P...

Bill talks with three top political journalists about the week's news. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Bill Press interviews psychologist Dr. John Gartner about a new ABC/Washington Post poll finding 59% of Americans believe Donald Trump is mentally unfit for the presidency and a physicians’ letter urging Trump’s lawful removal due to an unsanctioned war and his sole authority over nuclear weapons. Gartner argues Trump is a “malignant narcissist” with worsening frontotemporal dementia, claiming his...

Bill talks with three top political journalists about the week's news. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Guest host Joe Cirincione talks with Rep. James Walkinshaw (D-VA), a new member of Congress sworn in last September to fill the late Rep. Gerry Connolly’s seat, about his work on Oversight and Homeland Security. Walkinshaw says DOJ remains out of compliance with the Oversight subpoena for Epstein files and is violating the Epstein Files Transparency Act through illegal redactions; he wants answers...

SCOTUS Cancels Minority Districts. Attack at White House Correspondents Dinner. Iran War Goes On. Gas Prices Still Going Up. Gaslighting Voters on the Economy Not Working.. Gov. Mills Out of Maine Senate Race. With Guest Host Joe Cirincione, Jeff Dufour, Editor-in-chief at National Journal, John Bennett, White House Correspondent for CQ-Roll Call, and Amanda Becker, National Reporter for 19th News...

Guest host Joe Cirincione fills in for Bill Press and interviews Mother Jones investigative journalist Tim Murphy about his cover story, “Power Hungry: How the AI Oligarchy Gobbled Up America.” Murphy describes how the post–ChatGPT AI race has driven a boom in hyperscale data centers—projects the size of Central Park that demand immense electricity, water, and even on-site power plants, sometimes...

Iran Blockade Stalemate. Severe Political Fallout. Top Trump Officials Ousted. Do Voters Care? Midterms: Dems Look Strong for House. Senate? VA Redistricting Win for Dems. Florida Next for GOP? Michigan Senate Democratic Primary Mess. California Governor Jungle Primary Shake Up. Kash Patel Drinking Story. Who’s Next Out the Door? DC WH Correspondents Dinner Controversy.  With Ginger Gibson, f...

Joe Cirincione, sitting in for Bill, interviews Middle East Expert Rob Malley. Rob served as a senior Middle East official under Presidents Clinton, Obama and Biden. Under Obama, he was one of the top negotiators on the 2015 Iran Nuclear Deal. Under Biden, he served as the special envoy for Iran. He is now a lecturer at Yale University, the former president of the International Crisis Group, and t...

Trump as Jesus. Trump & Vance vs Pope Leo. GOP Off Message. Trump Coalition Restless. Trump vs Fed Chair. Swalwell & Gonzales Gone. More House Scandals? Campaign Fundraising Soars. Today's Panel: Jason Dick, Editor-in-chief at CQ Roll Call, Ledge King, Managing Editor of National Journal Daily, Maeve Sheehy, Congressional Reporter for Bloomberg Government and Savannah Behrmann, Congression...