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Netanyahu's Iran gamble
Iran will respond—the question now is whether Israel's calculated risk becomes Trump's inherited war.
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Elise Labott
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Barbara Starr on Trump's Los Angeles troop deployment
A veteran Pentagon correspondent on the relationship between the government, the military and American citizens.
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Elise Labott
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Barbara Starr
28:45
Trump's Los Angeles Gambit
Testing the limits of military power at home
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The Cosmopolitics Edit: Ukraine fight club
Inside Trump's latest travel ban and his call with China's Xi, the new pope gets political and the IDF vs Greta Thunberg.
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Elise Labott
This Wasn't in the Campaign Speeches
When Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrived at the White House in April, he got a diplomatic shock.
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Hot Takes Happy Hour: Trump vs Musk
Elise and Dany tour a spicy Hot Takes Margarita and discuss Ukraine, Elon Musk, Columbia University, Trump's view on anti-semitism, and Trump's new…
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Elise Labott
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Danielle Pletka
33:28
Hot Takes Happy Hour: Trump vs. Harvard
Elise and Dany pour a Purple Haze while discussing Harvard University, Gaza aid program, Iran and more.
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Elise Labott
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Danielle Pletka
24:30
Trump’s Ukraine Rorschach test
How Trump deals with Russia will determine whether he can lead his MAGA movement or must follow it
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Elise Labott
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The Cosmopolitics Edit: Trump's emergency power grab
Also: Trump's embrace of Poland's antisemitic presidential candidate and Hegseth's warning on Iran's nuclear poker
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Elise Labott
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May 2025

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