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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, Zelenskiy Meet in Washington
Watch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF.President Donald Trump has his sights once again on ending the war in Ukraine, announcing…
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Trump Says He’ll Meet Putin Again to Discuss War in Ukraine
Watch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF.US President Donald Trump said he would hold a second meeting with Russian President…
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Democrats Gird for Long Shutdown Fight with Vought
Watch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF.Democrats are digging in for a long shutdown fight, rallying around their collective…
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Powell Signals Another Cut
Watch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell signaled the US central bank is on track to deliver…
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Trump Urges World Leaders to Seize Momentum for Gaza Peace
Watch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF.President Donald Trump pressed world leaders gathered at a summit on Gaza’s future…
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Weekly Washington Policy Pulse: October 13th, 2025
With President Donald Trump vowing to pay the military on Oct. 15, the lack of a pressure point to bring Congress together to resolve the US government…
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Trump Threatens Higher China Tariffs
Watch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF.US President Donald Trump threatened a “massive increase” of tariffs on goods…
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Congress Mired in a Shutdown Brawl
Watch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF.Congressional leaders continued to blame the other party for the US government shutdown…
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Government Spending Impasse Continues
Watch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF.Speaker Mike Johnson dismissed Democrats’ pleas to call the House back into session…
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Trump Threatens No Back Pay for Shutdown’s Furloughed Workers
Watch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF.President Donald Trump opened the door to blocking back pay for certain federal workers…
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Government Shutdown Enters Second Week
Watch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF.The White House tightened its pressure on congressional Democrats as a US government…
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Weekly Washington Policy Pulse: October 6, 2025
With the US government still shut -- and a re-opening unlikely this week amid continued brinkmanship -- questions about the market, sector and economic effects…
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Special Coverage: Hamas Agrees To Release Israeli Hostages
Hamas agreed to release the last of the hostages from its 2023 attack on Israel but said the rest of a US peace plan would be subject to negotiation, a stance…
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Shutdown Drags On as Senators Leave Washington
Watch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF.Senate Democrats on Friday rejected a Republican spending bill in a vote that will almost…
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Trump Eyes Firing Thousands of Federal Workers Over Shutdown
Watch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF. President Donald Trump is weighing slashing “thousands” of federal jobs…
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US Government Shutdown Begins
Watch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF.The slow-rolling government shutdown that everyone saw coming is here. What’s…
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US Heads Towards Government Shutdown
Watch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF.President Donald Trump threatened mass firings of federal workers as the US hurtles…
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Trump Meets with Netanyahu to End Gaza War
President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said they had agreed to a 20-point plan designed to end the war in Gaza, though the…
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Weekly Washington Policy Pulse: September 29, 2025
A discussion of why and why not the US government will shutdown on October 1 -- and the implications for markets -- led Bloomberg Intelligence's Sept. 29…
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Former FBI Director Comey Charged Amid Trump Retribution Push
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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Cuomo Says NYC’s Mayoral Race Shows Democratic Party ‘Civil War’
Watch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF.Former Governor Andrew Cuomo blasted his rival Zohran Mamdani’s candidacy in the…
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NATO Allies at Odds Over How to Respond to Russia’s Threats
Watch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF.NATO allies are struggling to coordinate a response to Russian airspace violations, with…
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Trump Blasts UN Over Immigration, Climate in Combative Speech
Watch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF.President Donald Trump assailed the United Nations and other countries in a…
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Trump’s TikTok Deal With China
Watch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF.Oracle Corp. would provide security and help oversee the re-creation of a new US version…
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Weekly Washington Policy Pulse: September 22, 2025
The Bloomberg Intelligence Financial Washington Policy weekly call is designed to provide investors an opportunity to learn about the most recent relevant…
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Congress Lurches Toward Shutdown as Senate Democrats Block GOP Stopgap
Watch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF.Congress moved closer to an Oct. 1 government shutdown as Senate Democrats and…
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Trump Wraps Up UK Visit
Watch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF.With golden carriages, military splendor and an opulent banquet, the UK’s royal…
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Trump Begins UK State Visit
Watch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF. A royal carriage ride followed by an F-35 flyover greeted US President Donald Trump at…
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GOP Unveils Bill to Avert Shutdown
Watch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF.House Republicans unveiled a stopgap spending bill to keep the US government open past an…
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US, China Setting Up Friday Call for Trump and Xi
Watch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF.President Donald Trump said he would speak with Chinese leader Xi Jinping on Friday as US…
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Weekly Washington Policy Pulse: September 15, 2025
The Bloomberg Intelligence Financial Washington Policy weekly call is designed to provide investors an opportunity to learn about the most recent relevant…
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Charlie Kirk Killing Suspect Arrested on Murder, Weapon Offenses
Watch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF.The man accused of killing of conservative activist Charlie Kirk— identified as…
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Police Hunt Charlie Kirk Killer
Watch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF.Federal investigators have recovered what they believe is the rifle used to kill…
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Mamdani Holds Commanding Lead in New NYC Poll
Watch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF.New York Governor Kathy Hochul said she’s a “staunch capitalist&rdquo…
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US Payrolls Marked Down, Israel Strikes Hamas Targets in Doha
Watch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF.US job growth was far less robust in the year through March than previously reported…
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French Premier Bayrou to Resign
Watch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF.French Prime Minister Francois Bayrou lost a confidence motion in parliament, forcing a…
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Weekly Washington Policy Pulse: September 8, 2025
The Bloomberg Intelligence Financial Washington Policy weekly call is designed to provide investors an opportunity to learn about the most recent relevant…
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Fed Rate-Cut Expectations Climb After Weak Jobs Report
Watch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF.Disappointing employment data released Friday validated fears that the US labor market…
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Trump's Fed Pick Stephen Miran & HHS' RFK Jr. Testify Before Senate
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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Trump Accuses Xi of ‘Conspiring Against US’; Poland's President Visits DC
Watch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF.President Donald Trump took aim at Chinese leader Xi Jinping as he hosted foreign leaders…
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China’s Xi Redraws Geopolitical Map
Watch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF.President Xi Jinping used a mix of bonhomie and economic allure this week to send Donald…
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Fed's Lisa Cook Awaits Emergency Ruling
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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Navarro Calls Ukraine ‘Modi’s War’ Over Russian Oil Buying
Watch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF.White House trade adviser Peter Navarro cranked up pressure on India to halt its…
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Trump Tests India’s Ties to Russia
Watch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF.President Donald Trump imposed a crushing 50% tariff on Indian goods to punish the…
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Trump Moves to Oust Fed's Cook
Watch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF.Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook vowed to fight President Donald Trump’s move to…
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Trump Hails South Korea Ties in Oval Office Meeting
Watch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF.President Donald Trump and South Korean President Lee Jae Myung expressed optimism for…
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Powell Opens Door to Rate Cut, Canada Drops Some Retaliatory Tariffs
Watch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell carefully opened the door to an interest-rate cut in…
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All Eyes on Jackson Hole Ahead of Powell Speech
Watch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF.US Treasuries snapped two days of gains as traders pared bets on a September…
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Trump Presses Fed’s Cook to Quit
Watch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF.President Donald Trump called on Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook to resign after a…
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Europe Races to Leverage Trump’s Ukraine Support
Watch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF. A package of security guarantees for Ukraine will take shape as soon as this week as…
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Trump, Zelenskiy, EU Leaders Meet at the White House
Watch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF.US President Donald Trump and Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelenskiy expressed hope their…
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INSTANT REACTION: Trump, Putin Finish 'Productive' Talks But 'No Deal' Yet
Watch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF.US President Donald Trump called his meeting with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin…
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Final Preparations for Trump, Putin Meeting
Watch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF.US President Donald Trump warned he would impose “very severe consequences&rdquo…
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Trump Narrows Fed Chair Search
Watch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF.President Donald Trump said he may name the next Federal Reserve chair “a little…
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Trump Extends China Tariff Truce
Watch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF.President Donald Trump extended a pause of higher tariffs on Chinese goods for another 90…
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Trump Federalizes DC Police, Deploys National Guard to City
Watch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF.President Donald Trump announced he would take federal control of Washington DC’s…
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Special Edition: Author Garret Graff on 80th Anniversary of Atomic Bombings
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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US, Russia Plan Ukraine Truce
Watch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF.Washington and Moscow are aiming to reach a deal to halt the war in Ukraine that would…
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Trump's Tariffs Take Place
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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US Weighs Russia Oil Sanctions
Watch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF.President Donald Trump highlighted “great progress made” in a meeting between…