Stay ConnectedEach weekday, Dana Bash and a panel of well-sourced reporters bring you the most important political stories of the day.
On the weekend, Manu Raju kicks off CNN’s Sunday morning political programming with Inside Politics Sunday. Dana and Manu get answers from the people making headlines, explain the political stories that matter, and report on how the news will impact you.
Copyright: © 2023 CNN
First: An unexpectedly strong jobs report today sends stocks soaring. But with new tariffs taking effect - and many more promised - is this the calm before the economic storm?
Plus: J.B. Pritzker, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Pete Buttigieg and Kamala Harris are all dipping their toes in the 2028 waters. What's the temperature?
And: Tomorrow is World Press Freedom Day. We look at how President Trump is reshaping who gets to cover him at the White House.
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
As today's show begins we receive breaking news that Mike Waltz is expected to leave his post in the Trump Administration as national security adviser. It is the first top staff shakeup of the president's second term. Waltz has been in a precarious position with the president after he accidentally added a reporter to a group chat about upcoming military strikes. Our coverage begins with CNN's Kaitlan Collins.
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
As today's show begins, President Trump is holding a Cabinet meeting on the heels of a crucial new report showing the US economy shrank for the first time in three years. The GDP fell at a rate of 0.3% as Trump's massive and ever-changing tariffs rattle consumers and businesses. Naturally, the president tried to pin this data on his predecessor. CNN's Kevin Liptak begins our coverage.
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Exactly 100 days ago, Donald Trump took the oath of office as the 47th president of the United States. And what a turbulent, convention-smashing 100 days it's been as the president moves at a frenetic pace to transform the US and its role in the world, from taking a sledgehammer to the federal government to targeting political opponents and launching a global trade war.
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
First: 99 days into President Trump's second term, a new CNN poll shows his approval dropping to the lowest level on record for any president at this point in their presidency.
Plus: One top Democrat says it's time to "stop surrendering." So what's in his party's plan for the next 100 days?
And: It's Election Day in Canada, and the most important issue could very well be Donald Trump.
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
First: Underwater. Breaking right now, extensive new CNN polling shows Trump at a historic low, bleeding support on the economy and immigration, while his team amps up the pressure on anyone getting in their way. As Trump approaches 100 days in office, has the president lost the middle? We'll dive into the numbers.
Plus: Deal or no deal? The president holds a surprise one-on-one meeting with Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the pope's funeral. Now, he's threatening Moscow with new sanctions and says a peace deal could be close. But can he really convince Vladimir Putin to end the war?
And: Under the radar. How has Melania Trump spent her first 100 days?
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
First: In a stunning development, the FBI director says agents arrested a Wisconsin judge, accusing her of aiding and abetting a migrant wanted by ICE to escape from her courthouse.
Plus: President Trump says Russia can keep Crimea as part of a peace deal, and says he's the only one who can negotiate it. Will he sell out America's allies in Kyiv?
And: New CNN reporting reveals how Elon Musk's DOGE team is building a massive government database to drive its deportation machine, helped by a secretive Silicon Valley company founded by a longtime Musk ally.
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
First: That was President Trump's message to Russia's Vladimir Putin this morning. It was a rare rebuke after Russia launched a new wave of deadly strikes on Kyiv hours after Trump claimed Putin was ready to make a deal. Is there still a pathway to peace?
Plus: President Trump seems to have reversed course yet again on the trade war he launched with China.
And: A Trump-appointed federal judge orders a second man deported to El Salvador to be returned to the US.
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
First: Investors think President Trump may be backing down on his trade war with China. So does Beijing. You won't believe what's trending on Chinese social media today.
Plus: How much longer will the GOP stand by embattled Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth? Dana speaks with the top Republican on the Senate armed services committee.
And: Robert Kennedy Jr. blames synthetic dyes in the food supply for a host of chronic childhood illnesses. Now, the FDA says it will work with food companies to phase out those ingredients. The new FDA commissioner and a leader in the so-called "MAHA" (Make America Healthy Again) movement joins Dana to discuss.
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
First: A defiant Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, under siege after another Signal chat is revealed, says he's not going anywhere. The White House concurs, at least for now.
Plus: There are fresh warning signs about the Trump trade war sparking a global recession, as the value of the dollar dies and investors across the world question the stability of American markets.
And: We get new details from the Vatican about the Pope's final hours, as dozens of Cardinals make their way to Rome to begin the process of choosing Francis's successor.
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Our TOPPODCAST Picks 
