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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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Trump Disputes Iran’s Hormuz Control, Touching on Sticking Point
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 asserted…
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US Touts Iran Deal Prospects Amid Fresh Tensions in Hormuz
Insight & analysis on the White House and Capitol Hill. Watch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF. The US is touting progress…
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Trump Tells Warsh to Do ‘Own Thing’
Insight & analysis on the White House and Capitol Hill.President Donald Trump stressed that he wants Kevin Warsh to independently lead the Federal Reserve, as…
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Trump Weaponization Fund Faces Backlash
Insight & analysis on the White House and Capitol Hill. Watch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF. Senate Republicans stalemated…
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Trump Flexes Grip Over GOP
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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Georgia Primary Day
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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Live in Atlanta for the Georgia Primary
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 Weighs Taiwan Arms Sale
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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Xi Threat Sharpens Taiwan Risk
Insight & analysis on the White House and Capitol Hill. Watch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF. After Xi Jinping regaled Donald…
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Trump Lands in China for Xi Talks
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 arrived…
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Trump Faces Emboldened Xi in China
Insight & analysis on the White House and Capitol Hill. Watch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF. Donald Trump is expecting…
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Weekly Washington Policy Pulse: Crypto Bill Deal, Trump China Trip (May 11, 2026)
A more in-depth conversation about the future of the CLARITY Act -- a crypto market structure bill slated for Senate Banking Committee markup on May 14 -- led…
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US-Iran Tensions Flare as Trump Says Ceasefire Is Weakened
Insight & analysis on the White House and Capitol Hill. Watch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF. The ceasefire between the US and…
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Iran Response Due Amid New Hormuz Clashes
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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US Awaits Iran's Peace Deal Response, Mulls Restarting 'Project Freedom' in Hormuz
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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29th Annual Milken Institute Global Conference Special: Day Three
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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29th Annual Milken Institute Global Conference Special: Day Two
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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29th Annual Milken Institute Global Conference Special: Day One
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 v. Disney, Stablecoin Accord (May 4th 2026)
A review of the ongoing spat between President Donald Trump and the Disney corporation over comments from Jimmy Kimmel -- and subsequently a FCC investigation…
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Trump Says He Doesn't Need Congressional Approval on Iran
Insight & analysis on the White House and Capitol Hill. Watch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiAC President Trump said that he…
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House Votes to End DHS Shutdown
Insight & analysis on the White House and Capitol Hill.Watch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF.Lawmakers voted to end the longest…
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Warsh Wins Key Committee Vote on Road to Senate Confirmation
Insight & analysis on the White House and Capitol Hill. Watch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF. Trump's nominee for chair of the…
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Instant Reaction: Supreme Court Curbs Use of Race in Drawing Voting Districts
The US Supreme Court limited the use of the Voting Rights Act to create predominantly Black or Hispanic election districts in a major constitutional ruling…
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Trump Hosts King Charles Amid Strained UK Ties
Insight & analysis on the White House and Capitol Hill.Watch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF.President Trump hosted King…
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Press Dinner Shooting Sparks Scrutiny of White House Security
Insight & analysis on the White House and Capitol Hill. Watch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF. The White House is assessing its…
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Weekly Washington Policy Pulse: Powell's Plans, Pot, Highway Bill (April 27th, 2026)
The Bloomberg Intelligence Financial Policy weekly call is designed to provide investors an opportunity to learn about the most recent relevant policy…
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Trump Orders Navy to Shoot Boats Placing Mines in Hormuz Strait
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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DOJ Drops Fed Investigation, Smoothing Path for Fed Chair Nominee Kevin Warsh
Insight & analysis on the White House and Capitol Hill. Watch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF. The Department of Justice ended…
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Instant Reaction: Trump Extends Iran Truce, Maintains Blockade as Talks Falter
President Donald Trump announced he was extending a ceasefire with Iran indefinitely a day before it was set to expire, even as plans for a fresh round of…
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Warsh Pledges Fed Independence
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: Warsh Hearing, Tariffs, ICE Funds (April 20, 2026)
A preview of Kevin Warsh's nomination hearing at the Senate Banking Committee to become the next chairman of the Federal Reserve led Bloomberg Intelligence's…
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Trump Aims to Seal Iran Deal
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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Iran Opens Strait of Hormuz; Trump Says Iran Will Suspend Nuclear Program
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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Israel, Lebanon Agree to Ceasefire, Trump Takes Economic Message to Nevada
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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US and Iran Weigh Extending Their Ceasefire by Two Weeks
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 are considering…
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US, Iran Seek More Ceasefire Talks Amid Hormuz Blockade
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 are looking to…
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Weekly Washington Policy Pulse: War Powers, Iran Defense, Warsh Nod (April 13, 2026)
A review of Congressional plans for 2026 -- including funding the Department of Homeland Security, anticipated war powers resolutions tied to the Iranian…
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Trump Says Iran Reached Out on Deal as US Blocks Hormuz
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 Iran…
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Trump Seeks Leverage With Iran as Hormuz, Lebanon Threaten Talks
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 sought to…
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US, Iran Prepare for Talks With Lebanon Conflict Unresolved
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 prepared for peace…
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US, Iran Agree to Two-Week Ceasefire
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 said they are…
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Instant Reaction: US and Iran Agree to Ceasefire Hours Before Trump Deadline
The US and Iran agreed to a two-week ceasefire that’s expected to halt the American-Israeli military campaign in exchange for Tehran reopening the Strait…
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Trump Says Iran Could ‘Die Tonight’ as Hormuz Deadline Looms
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 threatened…
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Weekly Washington Policy Pulse: Trump's Budget, Defense Supplemental (April 6, 2026)
A review of President Donald Trump's fiscal year 2027 budget request -- and the implications for the defense sector given the White House's $1.5 trillion ask…
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Trump’s Iran Deadline Looms
Insight & analysis on the White House and Capitol Hill.Watch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF.US allies are reportedly pressing…
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Trump Ousts Bondi As Attorney General
Insight & analysis on the White House and Capitol Hill.Watch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF.Attorney General Pam Bondi is…
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Instant Reaction: Trump Threatens to Escalate Iran War in Primetime Speech
President Donald Trump said the war in Iran is “very close” to completion, even as he signaled strikes could escalate in the near term. Trump in a…
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Trump Says Iran Ceasefire Only Possible When Hormuz Reopens
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 Calls on Allies to Take Hormuz
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 called…
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Weekly Washington Policy Pulse: Shutdown, Congress Plans, Iran Funds (March 30, 2026)
An update of the Congressional outlook for the ongoing DHS shutdown -- as well as Congressional plans after their April recess -- led Bloomberg Intelligence's…
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Trump Warns Iran of Escalation as US Troops Arrive in Region
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 repeated…
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Trump Pushes Back Iran Deadline as War Continues
Insight & analysis on the White House and Capitol Hill.Watch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF.The Trump administration is…
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Trump Questions If Iran Deal Possible as He Amps Pressure
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 sent…
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US Insists Talks Ongoing Even as Iran Rejects Trump Outreach
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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US Pushes on Iran Peace Talks, DHS Shutdown Persists
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 signaled…
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Weekly Washington Policy Pulse: Iran Update, Prediction Markets, AI (March 23, 2026)
An update of reports that the US and Iran are engaged in indirect negotiations over the conflict -- as well as the outlook for a potential $200 billion…
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Trump Sets Five Days for Iran Talks
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 US…
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Instant Reaction: Stocks Surge After Trump Statement
Stocks and bonds rebounded after President Donald Trump said the US and Iran had “very good” conversations about an end to the conflict in the…
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Iran Unwilling to Talk About Hormuz as Regime Digs In
Insight & analysis on the White House and Capitol Hill.Watch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF.Iranian officials have become…
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Iran Defies Trump With Energy Strikes As War Costs Rise
Insight & analysis on the White House and Capitol Hill.Watch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF.Iran stepped up its assault on key…