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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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US Aims to Curb Soaring Oil Prices as Iran Vows More Revenge
Insight & analysis on the White House and Capitol Hill.Watch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF.The US took fresh steps to curb…
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Trump Says He's Disappointed in NATO
Insight & analysis on the White House and Capitol Hill.Watch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF.Europe is learning how to say…
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Weekly Washington Policy Pulse: Iran, Basel III, Stablecoins, Warsh (March 16, 2026)
President Donald Trump's options towards the Iran conflict -- with a focus on the US midterms and the political calculus of his decisions -- led Bloomberg…
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Trump Demands Help With 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 reiterated…
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US-Iran Fight Centers on 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 said it had further stepped…
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US, Iran Strike Defiant Tones
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 and…
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Trump Touts Strikes on Iran, Downplays Mine Threat in 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 he…
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US Says It’s Escalating War on Iran, Dimming Chance of Talks
Insight & analysis on the White House and Capitol Hill.Watch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF.US officials signaled military…
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Weekly Washington Policy Pulse: Iran Defense Bill, GOP Retreat, DHS (March 9, 2026)
A preview of the House Republican annual retreat starting on March 9 led the March 9 edition of Bloomberg Intelligence’s Washington Policy Pulse…
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Iran Signals No Letup in War, Oil Market In Tumult
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 Demands Iran Surrender as War Upends Global Markets
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 demanded…
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Trump Replaces Noem as Homeland Chief
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 removed…
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US Says It Will Strike Iran Harder
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 said the Iranian…
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War Widens as US, Israel, Iran Step Up Strikes Across Region
Insight & analysis on the White House and Capitol Hill.Watch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF.The US-Israeli war on Iran…
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Trump Says US Will Do ‘Whatever It Takes’ in Iran Campaign
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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Weekly Washington Policy Pulse: Iran Conflict, Congress on Tariffs (March 2, 2026)
A briefing on the current state of the US-Iran conflict, with a focus on the defense contractors like Lockheed, RTX and Northrop, led the March 2 edition of…
Balance of PowerIntroducing: Bloomberg This Weekend
'Bloomberg This Weekend' features unique conversations on business, news, lifestyle and culture. Join David Gura, Christina Ruffini and Lisa Mateo Saturdays…
Balance of PowerInstant Reaction: US, Israel Attack Iran as Trump Urges Regime Change
The US and Israel began striking targets across Iran, with President Donald Trump urging Iranians to overthrow the government in a conflict that threatens to…
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Trump ‘Not Happy’ on Iran Talks
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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Mixed Signals on US-Iran Talks in Geneva
Insight & analysis on the White House and Capitol Hill. Watch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF. Oil swung as traders parsed…
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President Trump's State of the Union
Insight & analysis on the White House and Capitol Hill.Watch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF.Addressing one of his biggest…
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Instant Reaction: Trump Touts 'Turnaround' in State of the Union Address
President Donald Trump delivered the longest State of the Union address of the television age Tuesday, declaring “a turnaround for the ages” as he…
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Pentagon Threatens to End Anthropic Work in Feud Over AI Terms
Insight & analysis on the White House and Capitol Hill.Watch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF.The Pentagon warned Anthropic PBC…
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Weekly Washington Policy Pulse: SCOTUS Tariffs Ruling, SOTU Preview (Feb. 23, 2026)
A discussion of the Supreme Court's Feb. 20 ruling that the tariffs utilized by President Donald Trump under the International Economic Emergency Powers Act…
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Trump Charts New Tariff Path
Insight & analysis on the White House and Capitol Hill.Watch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF.The Supreme Court’s nixing…
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Supreme Court Axes Trump Tariffs
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 rushed to…
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Trump Gives Iran Days for Deal
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 is stationing a…
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Zelenskiy Says Russia Is Stalling, Oil Spikes as Iran Risks Return to Markets
Insight & analysis on the White House and Capitol Hill.Watch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF.A second day of US-brokered…
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Department of Homeland Security Funding Stalemate Persists
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 Homeland…
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Special Coverage: A Conversation with Secretary of State Marco Rubio
Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Europe’s fate is intertwined with the US while faulting the continent for what he said was a drift away from their…
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DHS Heads Towards Partial Shutdown
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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Senate Fails to Cut DHS Deal, Trump Ends Immigration Surge in Minnesota
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 Calls For World’s Lowest Interest Rate, Citing Jobs Data
Insight & analysis on the White House and Capitol Hill.Watch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF.US payrolls rose in January by the…
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Lawmakers Probe Minneapolis Shootings
Insight & analysis on the White House and Capitol Hill.Watch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF. Senior US immigration officials…
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Homeland Security Funding Deadline Looms in Congress
Insight & analysis on the White House and Capitol Hill.Watch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF.Congress has less than five days…
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Weekly Washington Policy Pulse: Trump's Push on Housing Costs, DHS (Feb. 9, 2026)
A discussion of President Donald Trump's path on affordability -- including a look at housing-related legislation that could pass the House as soon as this…
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Iran and US Hold Indirect Talks, DHS Funding Debate Continues
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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Republicans Balk at Democrats' ICE Demands
Insight & analysis on the White House and Capitol Hill.Watch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF.Senate Majority Leader John Thune…
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US Pulls 700 Agents From Minneapolis
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 Homeland…
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House Approves Trump Funding Deal
Insight & analysis on the White House and Capitol Hill.Watch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF.The partial US government shutdown…
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Weekly Washington Policy Pulse: Partial Government Shutdown, Trump Fed Pick (Feb. 2, 2026)
Our view that the US government partial shutdown will likely end this week -- with the bulk of the US government funded for the rest of the fiscal year -- led…
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Partial Shutdown Spurs House Scramble
Insight & analysis on the White House and Capitol Hill.Watch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF.House leaders are scrambling to…
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Trump Taps Kevin Warsh To Lead Federal Reserve
Insight & analysis on the White House and Capitol Hill.Watch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF.Donald Trump named Kevin Warsh to…
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Trump, Democrats Near Immigration 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 and Senate…
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Senate Risks Partial Shutdown, DHS Funding Talks Stall
Watch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF.Senate Majority Leader John Thune said the two parties are in talks with the White House…
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Trump Backs Noem, Shifts Minnesota Plan
Watch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF.Donald Trump said Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem would remain in her post…
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Trump Signals Deportation Strategy Shift After Minnesota Outcry
Watch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF.President Donald Trump indicated he’ll make changes to his administration’s…
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US Braces for Massive Winter Storm
Watch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF.Snow and dangerously bitter cold have begun to spread from the Rocky Mountains to the…
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Zelenskiy Signals Peace Talks Progress After Meeting Trump in Davos
Watch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF.Oil fell as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy discussed plans for trilateral…
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Trump Presses NATO on Greenland at Davos
Watch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF.President Donald Trump said he was seeking immediate talks on the US acquiring Greenland…
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Europe Reacts to Trump's Greenland Push
Watch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF.Along the illustrious Davos Promenade, the US administration has taken over a 19th…
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Key Global Decisions Loom for Trump
Watch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF.Iran may have averted US strikes for now by pledging not to execute protesters after…
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Venezuela’s Machado Meets Trump at the White House
Watch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF.Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado met President Donald Trump at the White…
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Trump Toughens Greenland Rhetoric
Watch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF.Danish Foreign Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen said a “fundamental…
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Trump Takes Populist Economic Plans to Battleground Michigan
Watch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF.President Donald Trump has relied on social media posts and Washington interviews in…
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Powell Probe Sparks GOP Backlash
Watch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF.President Donald Trump faced rare opposition from key Republican lawmakers after Federal…
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Weekly Washington Policy Pulse: Trump, Powell, Credit Cards, Crypto (Jan. 12, 2026)
Analysis that Justice Department subpoenas on the Federal Reserve -- similar to President Donald Trump's bid to fire Fed governor Lisa Cook -- is unlikely to…
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Trump Meets Oil Executives on Venezuela
Watch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF.President Donald Trump is set to outline his vision for rebuilding Venezuela’s…
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House GOP Votes Test Trump’s Sway
Watch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF.Moderate Republicans are nearing a deal to extend enhanced Obamacare tax credits that…
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Trump Hits at Institutional Investors in Single-Family Homes
Watch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF.President Donald Trump said he would move to ban institutional investors from buying…