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Balance of Power
Bloomberg Washington Correspondents Joe Mathieu and Kailey Leinz deliver insight and analysis on the latest headlines from the White House and Capitol Hill. Watch us LIVE on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF.
Episodes
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President Trump Denies US Munitions Shortage, Tension with Hegseth
President Trump took to Truth Social Thursday to hit back at reports that the US has depleted much of its munitions stockpile and that the president clashed…
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Former Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin Talks Education Freedom Tax Credit
Former Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin says he does not anticipate being on a presidential debate stage in 2028, while stopping short of definitively ruling…
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El-Sayed Win Fuels Progressives
Insight & analysis on the White House and Capitol Hill. Watch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF. Abdul El-Sayed won the…
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Trump Wants Hormuz Deal Immediately, Michigan Primary Day
Insight & analysis on the White House and Capitol Hill. Watch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF. US President Donald Trump is…
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Trump Holds Off Iran Attacks, Blanche Strikes Deal With GOP Senators
Insight & analysis on the White House and Capitol Hill. Watch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF. President Donald Trump said his…
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Weekly Washington Policy Pulse: Will The Senate Pass A Crypto Bill? (August 3, 2026)
With the Senate entering its final week before the the August recess, political discussions over a cryptocurrnecy market structure bill -- ahead of a potential…
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Trump Casts Doubt on New Iran Talks; Michigan Primary Test For Democrats
Insight & analysis on the White House and Capitol Hill. Watch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF.Bloomberg Washington…
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Trump Floats Temporarily Withdrawing Blanche Nomination
Insight & analysis on the White House and Capitol Hill. Watch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF. President Donald Trump said he…
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Trump Says US Will Strike Iran Hard as War Escalates Again
Insight & analysis on the White House and Capitol Hill. Watch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF. President Donald Trump said the…
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Trump Dials Back Iran Threats, Hosts Netanyahu at White House
Insight & analysis on the White House and Capitol Hill. Watch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF. US President Donald Trump…
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Trump Hits Campaign Trail in Michigan
Insight & analysis on the White House and Capitol Hill. Watch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF. Some House Republicans are…
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Trump Threatens New EU Tariffs
Insight & analysis on the White House and Capitol Hill.Watch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF. Bloomberg Washington…
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House Passes Stopgap to Avert Shutdown Before Midterm Election
Insight & analysis on the White House and Capitol Hill. Watch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF.The House passed stopgap funding…
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House Stopgap Faces Senate Changes
Insight & analysis on the White House and Capitol Hill. Watch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF. House passage yesterday of a…
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Trump Plays Down Prospects for Iran Talks Amid Red Sea Threat
Insight & analysis on the White House and Capitol Hill. Watch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF. US President Donald Trump…
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Weekly Washington Policy Pulse: Dividend Restrictions, New Tariffs (July 20, 2026)
A look at the National Defense Authorization Act -- which could be voted upon by the House of Representatives this week -- led Bloomberg Intelligence's July 20…
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Trump Warns Iran Amid Truce Push
Insight & analysis on the White House and Capitol Hill. Watch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF. President Donald Trump vowed…
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Trump Accuses China of Election Meddling, Sows Doubt Ahead of Midterms
Insight & analysis on the White House and Capitol Hill.Watch Joe LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF.President Trump accused China of meddling in…
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Trump to Release Election Integrity 'Findings' in Primetime Address
Insight & analysis on the White House and Capitol Hill.Watch Joe LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF.White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt…
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Trump Vows To Escalate Attacks on Iran; GOP Releases Spending Blueprint
Insight & analysis on the White House and Capitol Hill.Watch Joe LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF.The United States launched more strikes…
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Trump Goes Back on Hormuz Fee In Favor of US Investment
Insight & analysis on the White House and Capitol Hill.Watch Joe LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF.President Trump said that he is shelving the…
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Weekly Washington Policy Pulse: Graham Death, Crypto Bill Pass Odds?
A look at the fallout from Senator Lindsey Graham's unexpected death and the impact it has on reconciliation 3.0 chances, a potential for $350 billion in…
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Washington Mourns Foreign Policy Hawk Senator Lindsey Graham
Insight & analysis on the White House and Capitol Hill. Watch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF. President Trump and lawmakers…
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Trump Says Iran Ceasefire Is Over
Insight & analysis on the White House and Capitol Hill. Watch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF. President Donald Trump said the…
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US, Iran Trade Airstrikes as Fears Grow of a Return to War
Insight & analysis on the White House and Capitol Hill. Watch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF. The US military attacked Iran…
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Trump Says US May Strike Iran Again
Insight & analysis on the White House and Capitol Hill. Watch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF. President Donald Trump said the…
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NATO Tries to Keep Trump Onside
Insight & analysis on the White House and Capitol Hill. Watch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF. NATO allies have agreed to at…
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Trump Rings Opening Bell, Heads to NATO Summit
Insight & analysis on the White House and Capitol Hill. Watch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF. President Donald Trump will meet…
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US Hiring Slows, Curbing Momentum
Insight & analysis on the White House and Capitol Hill. Watch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF. US hiring slowed sharply in June…
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Iran Wraps Up Doha Meetings
Insight & analysis on the White House and Capitol Hill. Watch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF. US President Donald Trump said…
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Supreme Court Backs Birthright Citizenship in Blow to Trump
Insight & analysis on the White House and Capitol Hill. Watch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF. A divided US Supreme Court…
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Weekly Washington Policy Pulse: Defense Spending, Farm Aid, Fed, AI (June 29, 2026)
A look at the $87.6 billion supplemental spending request from the White House, which would earmark most of that to the Department of Defense and the conflict…
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Cook Stays at Fed But Trump Wins Power Over Other Agencies
Insight & analysis on the White House and Capitol Hill. Watch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF. A closely divided US Supreme…
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Instant Reaction: Supreme Court Blocks Trump from Firing Fed's Lisa Cook
The US Supreme Court ruled that Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook can stay in her job for now, reinforcing the central bank’s independence from the…
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Trump Says Iran Violated Ceasefire With Hormuz Drone Attack
Insight & analysis on the White House and Capitol Hill. Watch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF. US President Donald Trump…
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Trump Spars With Disaffected Senate
Insight & analysis on the White House and Capitol Hill. Watch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF. Tensions between Donald Trump…
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Trump, GOP Clash After President Scraps Housing Bill Signing
Insight & analysis on the White House and Capitol Hill. Watch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF. Donald Trump and Republicans in…
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Trump Shifts Message to the Economy
Insight & analysis on the White House and Capitol Hill. Watch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF. Bloomberg Washington…
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Weekly Washington Policy Pulse: Trump's Housing Plans, Fintech, Iran (June 22, 2026)
A preview of Senate and House plans this week to vote on a package that incorporates President Donald Trump's wishes on banning institutional investors from…
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Vance Hails ‘Good Day’ of Iran Talks
Insight & analysis on the White House and Capitol Hill. Watch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF. The US issued a 60-day license…
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Special Report: Alan Greenspan Dies at 100
Alan Greenspan has died at the age of 100. The former Federal Reserve Chairman died on Monday at his home, NBC News reported, citing his wife, Andrea Mitchell…
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Trump Signs US-Iran Deal
Insight & analysis on the White House and Capitol Hill.Watch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF.Bloomberg Washington…
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Trump Defends Iran Deal
Insight & analysis on the White House and Capitol Hill. Watch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF. President Donald Trump defended…
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US, Iran Prepare for Deal Signing With Both Claiming Victory
Insight & analysis on the White House and Capitol Hill. Watch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF. Iran is set to receive broad…
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Weekly Washington Policy Pulse: US-Iran Deal, AI Rules (June 15, 2026)
A review of the reported deal between the United States and Iran, and Washington's reaction to it, led Bloomberg Intelligence's June 15 Washington Policy…
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US and Iran Reach Deal to Reopen Hormuz Strait
Insight & analysis on the White House and Capitol Hill. Watch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF. The US and Iran reached an…
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SpaceX Jumps After Record IPO
Insight & analysis on the White House and Capitol Hill. Watch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF. Shares of SpaceX climbed in…
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Trump Cancels Planned Iran Strikes in Latest Reversal
Insight & analysis on the White House and Capitol Hill. Watch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF. President Donald Trump pulled…
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Trump Vows Immediate Attacks on Iran, Straining Ceasefire
Insight & analysis on the White House and Capitol Hill. Watch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF. US President Donald Trump…
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Trump Blames Iran for Hitting Helicopter, Says US Must Respond
Insight & analysis on the White House and Capitol Hill. Watch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF. President Donald Trump said the…
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Weekly Washington Policy Pulse: Stablecoin Proposal, Reconciliation (June 8, 2026)
A review of market participant comments towards the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency's proposal on stablecoins led Bloomberg Intelligence's June 8…
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Iran, Israel Pledge to End Attacks
Insight & analysis on the White House and Capitol Hill. Watch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF. Iran and Israel agreed to ease…
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Trump Touts Jobs Report as Stocks Slide
Insight & analysis on the White House and Capitol Hill. Watch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF. US job growth topped all…
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Senate Rejects Bids to Kill DOJ Fund
Insight & analysis on the White House and Capitol Hill. Watch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF. The Senate voted down a bid by…
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Senate GOP Cuts Trump Ballroom Funds
Insight & analysis on the White House and Capitol Hill. Watch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF. Senate Republicans stripped…
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Trump Aims to Calm Lebanon Tensions
Insight & analysis on the White House and Capitol Hill. Watch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF. President Donald Trump is still…
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Weekly Washington Policy Pulse: Prediction Markets, Iran, Tariffs
An update on a proposal that we believe will bring regulatory clarity to event contracts, key for platforms like Kalshi, Polymarket, CME Group and Robinhood…
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Trump Says Iran Talks Continue
Insight & analysis on the White House and Capitol Hill. Watch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF. US President Donald Trump said…
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Trump Signals 'Final Determination' Coming on Iran Deal
Insight & analysis on the White House and Capitol Hill. Watch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF.President Donald Trump said that…
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US, Iran Truce Awaits Trump Signoff
Insight & analysis on the White House and Capitol Hill. Watch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF. The US and Iran have reached a…