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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.
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Rubio Tapped for Venezuela Overhaul, House Returns from Recess
Watch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF.President Donald Trump asked Secretary of State Marco Rubio to lead the process to…
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Weekly Washington Policy Pulse: Venezuela, Congress Returns (Jan. 5, 2026)
A discussion with Bloomberg Intelligence Senior Defense Analyst Wayne Sanders about how the US arrest of Venezuela's Nicolas Maduro is unlikely to alter US…
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Trump Eyes Venezuela Oil Control
Watch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF.US Energy Secretary Chris Wright plans to talk this week with oil-industry executives…
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Instant Reaction: Trump Says US to ‘Run Venezuela’ in Interim After Maduro
President Donald Trump said the US would run Venezuela until a transition could be organized, hours after a US operation captured leader Nicolás Maduro…
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Zelenskiy Expects to Meet With Trump Sunday; US Strikes Targets in Nigeria
Watch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF.Bloomberg Washington Correspondents Joe Mathieu and Kailey Leinz deliver insight and…
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Jeffrey Epstein Files Appease Almost No One
Watch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF.The Justice Department’s long-awaited rollout of the Jeffrey Epstein files has been…
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Latest Release of Epstein Files Has Trump Mentions; Governor Ned Lamont on Wind Farm Pause
Watch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF.The US Justice Department released another tranche of files related to Jeffrey Epstein…
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US Pursues Third Oil Tanker, Ramping Up Pressure on Venezuela
Watch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF.The US Coast Guard’s pursuit of a third oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela has…
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DOJ Faces Deadline to Release Epstein Files
Bloomberg Washington Correspondents Joe Mathieu and Kailey Leinz deliver insight and analysis on the latest headlines from the White House and Capitol Hill…
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Trump Aims to Ease Price Strain
Watch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF.President Donald Trump looked to reassure Americans concerned about the rising cost of…
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House GOP Revolt Forces ACA Credits Vote
Watch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF.Four Republican lawmakers have signed onto House Democrats’ effort to force a vote…
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Speaker Johnson Rejects Health-Subsidy Vote
Watch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF.Speaker Mike Johnson will block a push by moderate House Republicans for a vote on…
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Congress Nears 2025 Finish, Zelenskiy Hints At US Guarantees
Watch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF.President Volodymyr Zelenskiy signaled that Ukraine could accept security guarantees from…
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Weekly Washington Policy Pulse: Rescheduling, Stablecoins (Dec. 15, 2025)
A potential President Donald Trump presidential order that would reclassify marijuana from Schedule I to Schedule III and the impact it has on equities and…
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Trump Ups Pressure on Venezuela
Watch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF.The seizure of an enormous oil supertanker off the coast of Venezuela on Wednesday is…
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Senate Rejects Healthcare Bills
Watch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF.The Senate rejected a pair of partisan measures addressing the impending expiration of…
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Trump Says Smart People Back Tariffs
Watch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF.President Donald Trump said people were “starting to learn” the benefits of…
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Weekly Washington Policy Pulse: Obamacare, Farm Aid (Dec. 8, 2025)
An update on Congressional plans -- or the lack thereof -- to extend Obamacare subsidies led Bloomberg Intelligence's Washington Policy Pulse on Dec 8. While…
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GOP Senators Float Health Plan
Watch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF.Senate Republicans plan to vote this week on a likely futile plan to counter…
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Trump Unveils New Farm Aid
Watch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF.The Trump administration on Monday plans to unveil a long-awaited farm aid package…
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Speaker Johnson Revives GOP Healthcare Policy Push
Watch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF.Speaker Mike Johnson is pushing to unveil a Republican health care bill in the coming…
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Signal Report Deepens Hegseth Scrutiny
Watch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF.Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth exposed sensitive information when he sent details of a…
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Hegseth Rejects Boat Strike Claim
Watch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF.Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said he wasn’t watching when a top US admiral…
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Putin Meets Trump Team on Ukraine War
Watch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF. Vladimir Putin began talks at the Kremlin with US envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner…
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Trump Mulls Next Venezuela Move
Watch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF.President Donald Trump said Sunday that people shouldn’t read much into a social…
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Weekly Washington Policy Pulse: Fed Chair, Bank Leverage (Dec. 1, 2025)
An update of President Donald Trump's selection process for Federal Reserve Chairman -- Bloomberg News reports National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett…
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Trump Extends Ukraine Talks Timeline
Watch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF.Bloomberg Washington Correspondents Joe Mathieu and Kailey Leinz deliver insight and…
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Hassett Emerges as Fed Pick Frontrunner
Watch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF.White House National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett is seen by advisers and…
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Trump Says He’ll Visit China
Watch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF.US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping on Monday held their first…
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Weekly Washington Policy Pulse: Obamacare, Bank Leverage Ratio, AI
A discussion of a reported forthcoming plan from the White House to extend Obamacare subsidies -- potentially as long as two years -- led Bloomberg…
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Trump, Mamdani Meet at White House
Watch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF.Donald Trump and New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani are set to meet at the White…
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White House Touts Job Gains
Watch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF. US job growth topped expectations in September but the unemployment rate continued its…
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Trump Elevates US-Saudi Arabia Ties
Watch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF.President Donald Trump said he would formally designate Saudi Arabia as a major non-NATO…
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Trump, Eyeing Deals, Defends MBS on Khashoggi
Watch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF.US President Donald Trump said Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman…
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Weekly Washington Policy Pulse: Final Leverage Ratio Rule, Crypto Bill Odds (Nov. 17, 2025)
A preview of what a final leverage ratio rule -- which we think will be released before the end of the year -- led Bloomberg Intelligence's Washington Policy…
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Trump Supports Epstein Files Vote
Watch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF.President Donald Trump said House Republicans should vote to require the Justice…
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White House Targets Food Costs
Watch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF.President Donald Trump is slated to sign an order on Friday reducing tariffs on beef…
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Record Government Shutdown Ends as Trump Signs Spending Bill
Watch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF.President Donald Trump signed legislation to end the longest government shutdown in US…
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House Poised to End Historic Shutdown
Watch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF.US House lawmakers return to Washington on Wednesday for a vote to end the 43-day…
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Senate Passes Shutdown Deal, House Readies Vote
Watch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF.A record-setting 42-day US government shutdown is on a path to end as soon as Wednesday…
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Shutdown Deal Backed by White House
Watch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF.The White House on Monday expressed support for the bipartisan deal to end the US…
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Airlines Cut Flights Amid Shutdown
Watch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF.Airlines across the US have canceled flights scheduled for the coming days, as the…
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New Roadblocks in Shutdown Deal
Watch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF.Prospects are swiftly fading on Capitol Hill for a deal this week to end the longest…
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Democrats Sweep Election Day
Watch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF.Bloomberg Washington Correspondents Joe Mathieu and Kailey Leinz deliver insight and…
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Election Night in America
Watch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF.Voters from California to Maine will cast ballots on Tuesday, a temperature check on a…
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Shutdown Hits Critical Moment as Pressure Builds
Watch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF.As the government shutdown enters its 34th day, lawmakers face mounting pressure to reach…
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Weekly Washington Policy Pulse: Shutdown Update, Supreme Court Tariff Preview (Nov 3, 2025)
A status update on the US government shutdown -- as well as scenarios that could potentially lead to the US government re-opening later this week -- led…
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Trump Denies Venezuela Strike Plans
Watch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF.President Donald Trump denied that he is considering strikes on Venezuela, contradicting…
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Trump, Xi Strike Truce on Tariffs, Rare Earths
Watch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF.Donald Trump and Xi Jinping agreed to extend a tariff truce, roll back export controls…
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Shutdown Gets Dose of Urgency
Watch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF.Food stamps are fast becoming the centerpiece of congressional Republicans’ and…
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Trump Reaffirms Japan Alliance
Watch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF.President Donald Trump hailed the US’s alliance with Japan, reaffirming ties with a…
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US and China Hit Pause
Watch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF.A meeting Thursday between Presidents Donald Trump and Xi Jinping is set to be one of the…
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Weekly Washington Policy Pulse: Bank Capital, Fed Chair, Tariff Vote (Oct 27, 2025)
A status update on proposals from the Federal Reserve -- such as the rule known as the Basel III endgame to another one on a banks' G-SIB -- led Bloomberg…
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Soft Inflation Spurs Fed Cuts
Watch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF.A delayed snapshot of inflation in September came in softer than expected, potentially…
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Jeffries on Ending the Shutdown, NYC Mayor's Race
Watch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF.Eric Adams will endorse Andrew Cuomo for New York City mayor, a reversal for the…
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Lawmakers Mull Longer Stopgap Bill
Watch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF.Members of the ultra-conservative House Freedom Caucus and at least one influential…
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Vance Hails Progress on Gaza Peace Accord
Watch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF.US Vice President JD Vance said he remains optimistic about the future of a ceasefire…
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Trump Lists Top China Demands
Watch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF.President Donald Trump listed rare earths, fentanyl, soybeans and Taiwan as the…
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Weekly Washington Policy Pulse: October 20th, 2025
An update on President Donald Trump's threat to play an additional 100% tariffs on China -- and the potential for Congress to act on a resolution overturning…
Balance of PowerIntroducing: The Mishal Husain Show
Make sense of the world with one essential conversation, every week. Mishal Husain, one of Britain's best interviewers, brings her signature blend of curiosity…