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: The Mugshot. Donald Trump's 4th indictment gives both his opponents and supporters an image to rally behind. Will it have any impact on his place atop the republican field?
Plus: Rebuking Ramaswamy. How Republican Candidate Vivek Ramaswamy ended up at the center of the GOP's first debate
And: Biden's re-election challenge. Can he convince the left that he's on their side? And what is his plan to make this happen?
Also: Tragedy in Jacksonville. 3 black Americans dead after a racist shooting.
To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
All 19 men and women charged in a criminal conspiracy to subvert the 2020 election in Georgia have now surrendered. Topping the list of those indicted, of course, is Donald Trump, who's latest mugshot adorns both front pages and merchandise the former president's campaign is hawking. Meanwhile, any chance for a breakthrough debate moment by another Republican presidential candidate gets eclipsed by Trump's fourth surrender of the year.
To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
First: As Donald Trump prepares to surrender in Atlanta he's already shuffling the legal lineup he hopes will keep him out of prison.
Plus: One key moment in last night's Republican debate: Would the party be willing to put a convicted criminal at the top of the ticket?
And: Accident? Or assassination? The world expects Vladimir Putin got payback as a plane falls out of the sky.
To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Today's show comes to you from Milwaukee, where eight people are slated to stride across a stage tonight for the first Republican presidential primary debate. Or will that field shrink to seven? Regardless, the Republican who should be center stage -- Donald Trump -- won't be there. But he's still very much the center of attention, and today he's sharing some of the spotlight with his former lawyer, Rudy Giuliani. Moments before we hit the air, the indicted attorney landed in Atlanta, where he's expected to negotiate his bond and surrender at the Fulton County jail.
To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
First: We begin in Georgia, where the first two of the co-conspirators accused of plotting to overturn that state's 2020 presidential election results turned themselves into authorities.
Plus: A Georgia judge challenges the former president to obey the golden rule, warning any threats against the community will come with legal whiplash.
And: Milwaukee pits eight candidates against each other in a showdown to survive while Fox News hangs the non-welcome sign.
To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
First: Donald Trump says he's smart to skip this week's main event and maybe every other Republican debate on the calendar. A 2024 rival says he's afraid.
Plus: The Fulton County jail serves as the setting for history whenever Donald Trump and his 18 co-defendants decide to show up and surrender.
And: President Biden heads to Hawaii to offer a shoulder to a community ravaged by destructive and deadly fires.
To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
After a fourth indictment for the Republican front-runner, Trump prepares to surrender to the Georgia authorities while his GOP rivals prepare to debate. Will the former president's absence give any of them a chance to emerge?
Plus, President Biden celebrates the anniversary of his signature economic bill. But why do few Americans know anything about it?
And, the tragedy of Rudy Giuliani – how ‘America’s mayor’ transformed into a conspiracy theorist and criminal defendant.
To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Donald Trump's lawyers make a request for an April 2026 start to the federal election trial, in an attempt to make sure the case never sees the inside of a courtroom.
Plus, a game of risk. New CNN reporting outlines how Republicans plan to conquer a Trumpless debate.
And, President Biden invokes the whole enemy of my enemy is a friend theory of foreign policy, pushing two neighbors to put aside a generation of bad blood and send a message to China.
To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
First: Sources tell CNN the 2024 Republican frontrunner isn't planning to participate in Wednesday's Fox News debate and is instead proposing some counterprogramming.
Plus: A memo from a Ron DeSantis super PAC with debate advice shows up online. It spells out what they want him to do, who they want him to hit, and how they want him to copy the man who likely won't be on stage.
And: New CNN reporting about how Joe Biden doesn't want to see or hear about his son's legal problems, and the concern inside the campaign that's making the president numb to a very real re-election risk.
To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
First: Donald Trump's latest indictment puts a familiar question on the former president's plate: Just when and how will he turn himself in?
Plus: In just a few hours, Joe Biden will use the White House as a stage to explain to voters that his economic plans have worked.
And: Tim Scott uses Iowa as a test kitchen to see if voters just might prefer a happy warrior over a former president.
To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Our TOPPODCAST Picks 
