The Bill Press Pod

Congressman Jamie Raskin (D) MD is in the forefront of holding the MAGA extremist Republicans in Congress to account. Making his fourth appearance on the Bill Press Pod, they discussed Hunter Biden and the House Oversight Committee. Raskin explained that Hunter Biden had been subpoenaed by the committee and had initially agreed to appear for a committee hearing, but the committee later c...

Hunter Shows-up GOP. Trump: “I’m Immune.” Austin AWOL. Mike Johnson Squeezed. Christie Out. Haley Tops DeSantis. Trump Hugs Dobbs. With Amanda Becker, Washington Correspondent for 19th News, Sudeep Reddy, Senior Managing Editor at Politico and Jason Dick, Editor-in-chief at CQ-Roll Call.  Today’s Bill Press Pod is supported by The American Federation of Teachers. More information at  AFT...

Former Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele discusses the 2024 election, the state of the Republican Party, and his new show on MSNBC. Steele predicts that Donald Trump will win the Republican nomination, despite facing numerous legal challenges. He also criticizes the GOP for not standing up to Trump and for failing to offer a viable alternative. Steele believes that the upcoming...

Iowa Caucus Import. Haley Slavery Mess. Biden vs Autocracy. Biden Impeachment Folly. Trump Took Foreign $$. Border Security Deal? Trump Disqualified? Trump Immune? With John Bennett, Editor-at-Large, CQ Roll Call, writer of the Afternoon Briefing and Brian Beutler, Author of the Off Message Newsletter at OffMessage.net . Today’s Bill Press Pod is supported by The Laborers International Union...

In the first Bill Press Pod of 2024, Bill and Stuart Stevens discuss the current state of the Republican party and the potential for a Trump re-election. Stevens, a legendary Republican campaign manager, warns that a Trump re-election could lead to the end of democracy in America. He discusses his new book, "The Conspiracy to End America Five Ways: My Old Party is Driving Our Democracy to Autocrac...

When Bill talks to people who listen to the Bill Press Pod, they tell him that one of their favorite parts of the show is when our reporters contribute their favorite stories of the week. Those stories can be funny. They can be sad. They can be important. They can be poignant. We've assembled a bunch of them for your listening pleasure here at the end of 2023.  Today's Bill Press Pod is...

After watching the memorial service for First Lady Rosalyn Carter last month, we decided it’s time to take another look at our 39th President, Jimmy Carter. And the very best person to do that is journalist and historian Jonathan Alter. His 2021 book, His Very Best: Jimmy Carter, A Life, is out in paperback and you can get it here . Alter is also the author of a very good Sub-stack newsletter, Old...

PROGRAM NOTE: THIS EPISODE WAS RECORDED BEFORE THE COLORADO SUPREME COURT DECISION ON DONALD TRUMP'S ELIGIBILTY TO RUN FOR PRESIDENT. Three top Washington editors, who also regularly join us on The Reporters’ Roundtable, look back at 2023 and ahead to 2024. They reveal what they spend most of their time editing and what they expect to be doing again next year. Bill is joined by Ginger Gibson Senio...

As the year ends, we take a look back at our judicial system and look forward to what we can expect from it in 2024 with legal expert Dahlia Lithwick, a Senior Editor at Slate and a Contributing Editor at Newsweek. She graduated from Stanford Law and has been covering the courts for over two decades. She hosts the podcast, Amicus. In the pod today, Bill and Dahlia discuss the current sta...

Impeachment Folly. Hunter Speaks. GOP Stiffs Ukraine. Trump Dominates Iowa. Haley’s Moment? Rudy’s Descent. Biden Not Run? With Sabrina Siddiqui, White House Reporter at The Wall Street Journal, David Jackson, National Political Correspondent for USA TODAY and Kirk Bado, Editor of The National Journal Hotline. Today’s Bill Press Pod is supported by The American Federation of Teachers. Doing G...

Tim Alberta is a staff writer at The Atlantic and the author of the great new book, The Kingdom, The Power, and The Glory: American Evangelicals in an Age of Extremism . You can get your copy here . He was previously the chief political correspondent for Politico. He is also the author of American Carnage: On the Front Lines of the Republican Civil War and the Rise of President Trump . In thi...

Kevin Quits. Narrow House Majority. Ukraine/Border Fight. Blurred J6 Footage. “Moses” Mike Johnson. GOP Debate.(Why?) Haley Debates Well. Liz Cheney’s Warnings. Trump Dictator Day One. Hunter Biden Tax Charges. With Maya King, Politics reporter for The New York Times, covering the South, Linda Feldmann, Washington bureau chief, White House/politics correspondent at Christian Science Monitor....

Everyday, Boston College historian Heather Cox Richardson writes the newsletter, Letters from an American, A newsletter about the history behind today's politics. You can get it here. It is one of the most popular newsletters in America with over 1.3 million daily subscribers. That's a lot. She is a Professor of History at Boston College, where she teaches courses on the American Civil War, t...

Santos Expulsion Drama. “Trump’s Not Eating.” Right. McCarthy Quitting? Impeachment Fiasco. Haley Momentum? So What. Newsom-DeSantis Debate. Why? Israel Drags Down Biden. Favorite Stories! With Philip Bump, National Columnist for The Washington Post and author of the How To Read This Chart newsletter and the book, The Aftermath, Jason Dick, Editor in Chief at CQ Roll Call, Political Thea...

This is Jonathan Karl's third book on Trump, the three privately known together as the "Treason Trilogy." Karl is ABC News Chief Washington Correspondent. The book is Tired of Winning: Donald Trump and the End of the Grand Old Party . You can get your copy here . The book is based on his interviews with Donald Trump and top Trump officials, and paints a picture of a chaotic and directionless...

Special for the day after Thanksgiving. What a president eats can tell you a lot about the man. What he serves to people at the White House is also revealing. All that is the subject of a new book by Alex Prud’homme,  Dinner With The President: Food, Politics, and a History of Breaking Bread at the White House.  You can buy it here . Prud’homme is the author, with his great aun...

John Kennedy, Elizabeth Taylor, Sidney Poitier, Edward R. Murrow, James Earl Jones, Steven Spielberg, Laurence Fishburne, Robert Wagner, Jimmy Carter, George H.W. Bush and George Stevens, Sr., just a few of the people we meet in Bill's interview with George Stevens, Jr. In addition to working with his father, the legendary film director George Stevens. Sr., George Stevens, Jr. was a successful pro...

GOP Reps Fight Club. Santos Doomed. Israel Divides Democrats. GOP Abortion Woes. Trump’s Vermin Libel. Biden’s 2024 Themes. Biden-Xi Summit. Pandas! With Ginger Gibson, Senior DC Editor for NBC News, Alex Seitz-Wald, Senior Digital Reporter for NBC News, Amanda Becker, covering DC and politics for 19th News and Igor Bobic, Senior Political Reporter for Huff Post.  Today's Bill Press Pod...

Brian Stelter is one of the top reporters covering the media. After covering media for The New York Times, he had a long career at CNN on the same beat as host of the weekly show, Reliable Services. He is a Special Correspondent for Vanity Fair. And the author of the new book, Network of Lies: The Epic Saga of Fox News, Donald Trump, and the Battle for American Democracy. You can buy a copy here ....

KY: Beshear Wins. VA: Youngkin Loses. OH: Abortion Rights Wins. Joe Manchin’s Future. 3rd Party Threats. GOP Debate: Why? Trump Confused. Ivanka Testifies. Shutdown Looming. With Lynn Sweet, columnist and Washington Bureau Chief at the Chicago Sun-Times, John Bennett, Editor-at-Large & Analysis Columnist, CQ Roll Call, writer of the CQ Afternoon Briefing and Emily Goodin, U.S. political r...

The day after Donald Trump testified in his own defense in a New York courtroom, Bill talks to MSNBC and NBC News legal analyst Barbara McQuade. McQuade is a former US attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan and a professor at the University of Michigan law school. She is one of four great lawyers on very popular podcast, Sisters-in-Law. Barb and Bill covered a lot of ground. Former Pre...

Israel/Ukraine Aid. Tuberville Slammed. No House Censures. No Gun Safety Action. VA, KY and MS Elections. Abortion Salience? Youngkin for Prez? Phillips In. Pence Out. Haley Boomlet. Favorite Stories. With David Jackson, National Political Correspondent for USA TODAY, Arthur Delaney, Political Reporter for Huff Post and Lauren Burke, Writer for Black Press USA. Today Bill highlights the great...

In this episode, Bill discusses the new Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mike Johnson of Louisiana, with guest Carl Hulse, Chief Washington Correspondent for the New York Times. Hulse has covered Congress over the course of three decades and is the Dean of Hill correspondents. They discuss Johnson's conservative views, his relationship with Donald Trump, and his religious beliefs. Hulse al...

New and Unknown Speaker. Who is Mike Johnson? Can He Lead the House GOP? Three Trump Lawyers Plead Guilty. Meadows Cooperates. The Politics of Israel. Maine Massacre. With Linda Feldmann, Washington bureau chief, White House/politics correspondent at Christian Science Monitor. Host of the Monitor Breakfast, Jeff Dufour, Editor-in-chief of The National Journal and author of the Sunday Nightcap...

The crisis in the Middle East is showing no signs of slowing down. In fact, there's a real danger that it will escalate and metastasize to envelope the whole region in an even bloodier conflict. President Biden and the United States are playing a key role in the region and specifically in Israel’s response to the truly horrific, no excuses, terrorist attack by Hamas on Israeli citizens. So time fo...