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ListenPardon me? And my family? And maybe my lawyer? from 2020-12-04T00:35:22
On"Can He Do That?"The president is reportedly considering pardoning himself and his family for potential future Justice Department charges. And where does recent news of a “bribery-for-pardon” sch...
ListenHow to raise $170 million after an election from 2020-12-02T22:26:19
How President Trump might use the $170 million he’s raised to challenge election results. Infighting muddies the future of the Democratic Party. And, how the pandemic has complicated shared custody...
ListenWisconsin recount adds to Biden’s margin of victory from 2020-11-30T13:01:56
From"The Daily 202"podcast, The recount of presidential ballots in Wisconsin’s two largest counties reconfirmed Sunday that Biden beat President Trump in the key swing state by more than 20,000 votes.
ListenTrump allows transition to begin, but his baseless efforts to sow doubt continue from 2020-11-24T12:48:54
On"The Daily 202"podcast, President Trump effectively surrendered his three-week protest of the election results on Monday night by giving the green light for the government's official transition p...
ListenThe campaign to flip the election from 2020-11-20T20:15
Will anyone stop the president’s attempts to overturn the election?
ListenTrump puts democracy through a stress test from 2020-11-20T13:03:59
From"The Daily 202"podcast, President Trump is using the power of his office to try to reverse the results of the election. He is orchestrating a far-reaching pressure campaign to persuade Republic...
ListenTrump’s lame-duck agenda: Lessons from history and warnings for coronavirus from 2020-11-19T23:03:44
This week on the"Can He Do That?"podcast, Professor Jeremi Suri offers an example from history with lessons for today. Plus, reporter Yasmeen Abutaleb on the implications of Trump's approach to the...
ListenInauguration is 62 days away. What could go wrong? from 2020-11-19T21:00
The votes have been (mostly) counted, and though Joe Biden is clearly the president-elect, there are still more steps and potential obstacles for that to become official. Plus, why more men are dyi...
ListenHow we voted, and why from 2020-11-18T22:04:10
A look at how key groups voted in this election: from Latinos in Texas and the women who went for President Trump to the Black voters who pushed President-elect Joe Biden across the finish line.
ListenA red wave of Republicans — and covid cases from 2020-11-17T21:00
From the"Post Reports"podcast: How Republicans are using election wins to justify their approach to the pandemic. The CDC’s latest on why you should wear a mask. And, the coronavirus response in Af...
ListenDoes Trump’s refusal to concede put national security at risk? from 2020-11-14T02:57:32
On"Can He Do That?"Experts are concerned that the president's unwillingness to start a transition threatens our country’s safety by denying President-elect Joe Biden resources. Shane Harris explain...
ListenThe worst covid surge is just beginning from 2020-11-13T21:01
The Democrats’ last hope to take control of the Senate comes down to Georgia, from"Post Reports."
ListenTrump checks out, ignoring public duties, as coronavirus surges and firing spree continues from 2020-11-13T12:09:03
Plus, President-elect Joe Biden considers Hillary Clinton for UN ambassador.
ListenWhat’s wrong with polling? from 2020-11-12T22:01
Campaign strategists and the public were led to believe that Democrats were headed for a wave. Election results have told a different story, just as they did four years ago. And the next steps for ...
ListenBiden’s pick for chief of staff is the ultimate Washington survivor from 2020-11-12T12:53:17
On"The Daily 202"podcast, President-elect Joe Biden has chosen longtime Washington operator Ron Klain to be White House chief of staff.
ListenIs this a coup? from 2020-11-11T21:09:45
On"Post Reports,"White House reporter Josh Dawsey on what’s going on behind the bold claims from the president that he will stay for four more years. Plus, Juliet Eilperin on Biden's plans to tackl...
ListenBiden hopes to name several Cabinet nominees by Thanksgiving from 2020-11-11T12:34:45
On"The Daily 202"podcast: President-elect Joe Biden downplayed the difficulties that his team is having amid a lack of cooperation by Trump in the transfer of power.
ListenThese tweets may be harmful to your democracy from 2020-11-10T21:21:06
On"Post Reports"podcast, breaking down conspiracy theories over election fraud. The Republicans who won, even when Trump didn’t.
ListenBarr weaponizes the Justice Department to investigate Trump’s baseless fraud claims from 2020-11-10T13:08:17
On"The Daily 202"podcast, Attorney General Bill Barr gave federal prosecutors the green light on Monday to pursue any allegations of “vote tabulation irregularities” before results are certified.
ListenNew president, same pandemic from 2020-11-09T22:00:54
Trump appointee refuses to sign key letter allowing Biden's transition team to get to work from 2020-11-09T12:48:48
On"The Daily 202"podcast: the Trump administration, in keeping with the president’s failure to concede the election, has no immediate plans to sign paperwork officially turning over millions of dol...
ListenPresident-elect Joe Biden calls this ‘a time to heal’ as he reads a Catholic hymn in victory speech from 2020-11-08T15:16:41
On"The Daily 202"podcast, Joe Biden, the man who was once the country’s youngest senator, will become the country's oldest president.
ListenHow does a man who hates losing prepare to lose? from 2020-11-06T21:44:50
On"Post Reports,"Biden renews calls for patience as key states swing in his favor. Meanwhile inside the White House, President Trump is by turns angry and despondent. But no matter what happens nex...
ListenBiden takes lead in Georgia and Trump’s margin narrows in Pennsylvania from 2020-11-06T12:52:56
On"The Daily 202"podcast: Democratic nominee Joe Biden overtook President Trump in Georgia early Friday morning as the state’s Democratic-leaning counties reported more absentee ballots, gaining Bi...
ListenThe divided states of America from 2020-11-05T23:00:44
Why the Trump campaign is mounting legal challenges in swing states. What the election reveals about the urban-rural divide. And why Wall Street likes the sound of gridlock in Washington.
ListenWhat do Trump’s legal threats actually accomplish? from 2020-11-05T21:29:43
On the"Can He Do That?"podcast. Will the Trump campaign's suits stop vote counting or overturn results? Election law expert Edward Foley explains how the Trump team's fight in the courts could shap...
ListenBiden is on a path toward victory after wins in Michigan and Wisconsin from 2020-11-05T13:08:42
On"The Daily 202"podcast: as Trump’s rhetoric grew more aggressive over the course of the day, Biden’s electoral position only strengthened — and states including Michigan and Wisconsin fell into h...
ListenThe race to 270 from 2020-11-04T22:22:36
From the"Post Reports"podcast, battleground states continue counting ballots in races that are too close to call. And how Democrats failed to capture Latino voters in Florida.
ListenWith the presidency on the line, Trump wants judges to stop Pennsylvania from counting ballots from 2020-11-04T12:48:40
On"The Daily 202"podcast: President Trump said the ongoing vote count in Georgia, Pennsylvania and other key battleground states amounted to “a major fraud on our nation,” and he vowed to file laws...
ListenIt’s not over yet from 2020-11-04T10:46:40
On"Post Reports,"as the nation waits to find out the results of the election, we hear what it's like to report the news in this moment of uncertainty.
ListenThe citizen’s guide to election night from 2020-11-03T22:17:50
From Kenosha, Wis., to Greenville, N.C., voters are anxiously heading to the polls on the last day of the 2020 general election. How voters have navigated the process of casting a ballot this year....
ListenTrump and Biden focus on the North, but the South could determine an early winner from 2020-11-03T13:16:51
On"The Daily 202"podcast: The focus of the candidates’ time has largely shifted northward.
ListenThe year of the voter from 2020-11-02T21:51:09
How a chaotic year resulted in sky-high voter turnout. And, how Democrats are trying to win back rural votes in the Midwest.
ListenBiden plans to pick a very diverse Cabinet if he wins from 2020-11-02T12:58:05
On"The Daily 202"podcast: intense jockeying is underway in Washington for jobs in a potential Biden administration.
ListenWill our democracy survive this election? from 2020-10-30T20:05
From"Post Reports"– The decline of democracy in the United States. Lessons from 150 books about President Trump and his time in office. And, the rise of Sarah Cooper.
ListenAppeals court panel rules Minnesota must set aside ballots received after Election Day from 2020-10-30T12:43:07
On"The Daily 202"podcast: The 8th Circuit ruled last night that the state of Minnesota must set aside ballots received after Election Day.
ListenQ-tips, generators and a prayer: How to run an election from 2020-10-29T20:50
Democrats in Pennsylvania and North Carolina claim key wins at the Supreme Court from 2020-10-29T12:00:54
On"The Daily 202"podcast: The Supreme Court last night allowed extended periods for receiving mail-in ballots in Pennsylvania and North Carolina.
ListenCan we trust polling in battleground states? from 2020-10-28T21:00
A snapshot of what’s happening in key battleground states. And, what we can and can’t learn from polling.
Listen70 million Americans have already voted from 2020-10-28T12:02:15
On"The Daily 202"podcast: the 70 million or so Americans who have already voted equals roughly half of the total turnout in 2016.
ListenWill your vote count? from 2020-10-27T20:45
Justice Barrett gets right to work and may decide on more election cases soon from 2020-10-27T11:58:43
On"The Daily 202"podcast: There are four emergency requests pending at the court — two involving election procedures in the battleground states of North Carolina and Pennsylvania.
ListenThe court that Mitch McConnell built from 2020-10-26T21:08:46
Mitch McConnell’s Supreme Court victory. The future of the Affordable Care Act. And a shift in the White House’s thinking on how to tackle the coronavirus.
ListenPence determined to maintain schedule after five aides test positive, irrespective of CDC guidelines from 2020-10-26T11:45:11
On"The Daily 202"podcast: the presidential campaign was roiled anew this weekend by a fresh outbreak of the coronavirus at the White House that infected at least five top aides or advisers to Vice ...
ListenThe winners and losers of early voting from 2020-10-23T20:34:28
From"Post Reports"— What record-breaking early-voter turnout means for Democrats and Republicans. How one election official is handling the “tsunami” of ballots in her Texas county. Plus, the lates...
ListenBiden’s oil gaffe and Trump’s subdued performance in final debate unlikely to change race from 2020-10-23T11:24:39
On"The Daily 202"podcast, In their final debate, President Trump tried to cast Joe Biden as a scandal-plagued politician and Biden sought to portray Trump as a demagogue who criminally abused immig...
ListenHow 2020 races across the country lay the groundwork for a president’s influence from 2020-10-22T22:42:31
On the"Can He Do That?"podcast, races across the country will have implications for the future of our electoral landscape and matter for the power of the next president. Reporter Dave Weigel on the...
ListenTrump mulls firing FBI director, as DNI accuses Iran of election interference from 2020-10-22T11:29:51
From today's"Daily 202"podcast, the president grows increasingly frustrated that federal law enforcement has not delivered his campaign a last-minute boost.
ListenIntroducing the mute button to the presidential debate from 2020-10-21T20:15
From the"Post Reports"podcast — President Trump and Democratic nominee Joe Biden face off in their final presidential debate on Thursday. Political reporter Amy B Wang explains what to expect.
ListenBiden and Trump prepare very differently for final debate from 2020-10-21T12:03:05
On"The Daily 202"podcast, ahead of the last debate, President Trump lashed out at ‘60 Minutes’ host Lesley Stahl and threatened to release their interview because he didn’t like the aggressive tone...
ListenCan Senate Republicans survive Trump? from 2020-10-20T20:44:03
From"Post Reports"— The Senate seats in danger of flipping parties this election. Facebook and Twitter struggle to tackle disinformation ahead of the election. And a Black man speaks out after his ...
ListenOur newest poll shows North Carolina is a dead heat from 2020-10-20T11:43:09
On"The Daily 202"podcast: Trump and Biden are running in a dead heat in North Carolina, with the economy buoying the president’s candidacy and the pandemic boosting his challenger in one of the key...
ListenLawyers vs. more lawyers from 2020-10-19T20:51:31
From"Post Reports": there are just over two weeks until Nov. 3. Election-related lawsuits are flooding the courts, but the army of lawyers filing cases shows little sign of stopping. And a conversa...
ListenJoe Biden leads Trump in the polls. So did Hillary Clinton. Democrats fear deja vu. from 2020-10-19T11:32:06
On"The Daily 202"podcast: Biden campaign manager Jen O’Malley Dillon has been telling donors, activists and voters to assume that the current polling leads will not last. She has said Biden does no...
ListenTrump defends retweeting conspiracy theories in abrasive town hall from 2020-10-16T11:45:12
From"The Daily 202"podcast: separated by five states, two television news outlets and a deep trough of mutual animosity, Trump and Democrat Joe Biden held dueling town halls on Thursday night.
ListenThe 2020 election is facing big challenges. Which ones matter most? from 2020-10-15T22:57:21
On the"Can He Do That?"podcast, which election-related legal battles are likely to have the biggest impacts? Reporter Amy Gardner on her coverage of our electoral system and the tests it faces in 2...
ListenWhat happens when campaigns challenge votes? from 2020-10-15T20:06:09
From the"Post Reports"podcast: Your voting questions answered.
ListenVideos show conservative activists coordinating with White House aides behind closed doors from 2020-10-15T11:54:40
Trump tries to outrun coronavirus with Florida rally and ambitious schedule from 2020-10-13T11:57:21
From"The Daily 202"podcast: President Trump's campaign schedule so far reflects the frenetic energy of a man trying to outrun both a deadly illness and electoral defeat.
ListenNew coronavirus cases spike as Trump returns to the campaign trail from 2020-10-12T11:41:10
From"The Daily 202"podcast: President Trump's claim that he's not contagious came a little more than a week after he announced he had tested positive for the coronavirus.
ListenTrump’s loyal base from 2020-10-09T17:00:50
From"Post Reports,"polls show Biden in the lead, but Jenna Johnson says there is still one demographic group that can’t be swayed: White men without college degrees. Plus, Jose Del Real on how evan...
ListenTrump says he wants to hold a rally on Saturday night from 2020-10-09T11:57:51
From"The Daily 202"podcast: calling into Sean Hannity's Fox News show on Thursday night, and coughing frequently, Trump said he is going to try doing a rally on Saturday night in Florida if his st...
ListenCovid-19 survivors see callousness, not compassion, in Trump’s bout with the virus from 2020-10-08T12:22:58
From"The Daily 202"podcast: Trump returns to the Oval Office , even as coronavirus continues to spread at the top of government.
ListenWith Trump sick, Biden puts the virus front and center from 2020-10-08T01:03
On"Post Reports,"national political reporter Annie Linskey joins the show to talk about how Joe Biden’s campaign for president this year is evolving.
ListenMike Pence reluctantly agrees to plexiglass barriers in tonight’s V.P. debate. from 2020-10-07T12:36:21
From"The Daily 202"podcast: the Commission on Presidential Debates said the vice president dropped his objections to a plexiglass barricade on his side of the stage for today’s debate after viewing...
ListenThe Supreme Court sides with Republicans in a potentially significant dispute over mail-in ballots from 2020-10-06T11:37:47
From"The Daily 202"podcast: While conservatives on the court said mail-in ballots must contain a witness’s signature, the high court made one concession, saying ballots already sent in without a wi...
ListenTrump testing positive for coronavirus is an 'October surprise' from 2020-10-02T11:37:20
On"The Daily 202"podcast: President Trump announced that he and his wife, Melania, have contracted the coronavirus, after months in which he has often played down a pandemic that has killed more th...
ListenWhat happens if Trump refuses to accept a loss? from 2020-10-02T00:15:50
On the"Can He Do That?"podcast, what potential constitutional chaos may we face as a nation after Election Day? What legal and institutional mechanisms can stop American presidents from wrongfully ...
ListenTrump tries to clean up Proud Boys debate comment, but damage was already done from 2020-10-01T12:36:20
From todays"Daily 202"podcast, the fallout from Tuesday's norm-shattering debate.
ListenTrump fails in first debate to make the race anything but a referendum on him from 2020-09-30T11:52:44
From"The Daily 202"podcast: No one alive has ever seen a presidential debate like Tuesday night’s unseemly shout fest between President Trump and Joe Biden.
ListenA new poll shows Joe Biden leading in Pennsylvania ahead of the first debate from 2020-09-29T11:34:07
From"The Daily 202"podcast, Biden’s support stands at 54 percent to Trump’s 45 percent among the Keystone State’s likely voters. Biden’s current edge among likely voters appears sizable but is not ...
ListenWhat it's like to moderate a debate from 2020-09-29T01:00
On"Post Reports,"national political columnist Karen Tumulty on what it’s like to moderate a presidential debate — and why it might be a good thing to lose the audience.
ListenFive weeks out from the election, Trump plays defense in several states he carried in 2016 from 2020-09-28T11:57:12
From"The Daily 202"podcast. Plus, Trump reportedly paid just $750 in federal income taxes in 2016. And Democrats plan to make Amy Coney Barrett's Supreme Court confirmation a referendum on Obamacare.
ListenTrump’s escalating attacks on the election prompt fresh fears of a looming constitutional crisis from 2020-09-25T12:06:03
From"The Daily 202"podcast, President Trump reiterated Thursday that he may not honor the results should he lose reelection, reaffirming his extraordinary refusal to commit to a peaceful transition...
ListenHow the Supreme Court became the most trusted branch, and how electoral politics might undo that from 2020-09-24T22:00:50
On the"Can He Do That?"podcast, Can the president push through a confirmation? Can the Democrats pack the court? Judicial politics expert Lisa Holmes and congressional reporter Paul Kane answer key...
ListenPresident Trump refuses to commit to the peaceful transfer of power from 2020-09-24T11:50:59
From today's"Daily 202"podcast, Trump's latest comments came after he has spent months making unsubstantiated claims that voting by mail is corrupt and will lead to a “rigged” election.
ListenHow a Supreme Court vacancy could affect the election from 2020-09-23T00:55
On"Post Reports,"courts reporter Ann Marimow explains how a Supreme Court vacancy — or replacement — could have an impact on the presidential election.
ListenFormer Pence aide on coronavirus task force explains why she will vote for Biden from 2020-09-18T12:17:10
From"The Daily 202"podcast: Olivia Troye, who worked as a homeland security, counterterrorism and coronavirus adviser to Vice President Pence for two years, said the administration’s response cost ...
ListenThe White women turning away from Trump from 2020-09-17T16:45:06
From the"Post Reports"podcast, national political correspondent Jenna Johnson reports on the growing number of White female voters who regret voting for Donald Trump in 2016.
ListenTrump defies local regulations to hold an indoor rally in Nevada from 2020-09-14T11:39:35
From"The Daily 202"podcast: Nevada Gov. Steve Sisolak blasts the rally as"shameful, dangerous and irresponsible."
ListenBiden and Trump mark Sept. 11 from 2020-09-11T12:40:01
From today's"Daily 202"podcast: There are 18 year olds who will vote in this November’s election who were not alive on Sept. 11, 2001.
ListenA DHS whistleblower and the 2020 election from 2020-09-11T00:45
On"Post Reports,"Shane Harris reports that a DHS whistleblower says he was told to stop reports on Russian interference in the 2020 election.
ListenTop official says Trump ordered him to stop providing intelligence on Russian interference from 2020-09-10T14:45:36
From"The Daily 202"podcast: A senior Department of Homeland Security official says he was ordered to stop providing intelligence analysis on the threat of Russian interference.
ListenPresidential candidates shift focus to the Midwest from 2020-09-04T00:40
On"Post Reports,"politics reporter Matt Viser on Joe Biden's challenge in the midwest.
ListenTwo different stories of American unrest from 2020-09-03T19:44:10
On the"Can He Do That?"podcast, how much do these two starkly different Kenosha, Wis., narratives reflect the divisions in our country? How much are they responsible for stoking those divisions? ar...
ListenTwo conventions, two American realities from 2020-08-28T20:44:57
Trump casts himself as more an insurgent than an incumbent in Republican convention speech from 2020-08-28T11:28:13
From"The Daily 202"podcast: President Trump delivered a wholesale attack on Joe Biden and fiercely defended his stewardship of a nation buffeted by historic crises on Thursday night.
ListenTrump suggested sending law enforcement to the polls. Can he do that? from 2020-08-27T21:15:54
On"Can He Do That?": Historically, Republicans have used similar tactics to scare people of color away from the polls. An election law expert and Post reporter explain what the RNC is planning for ...
ListenTrump shatters norms as he uses powers of presidency during Republican convention from 2020-08-26T11:55:29
From"The Daily 202"podcast: President Trump and the Republican Party placed the powers of the federal government in service to Trump’s reelection on Tuesday
ListenThe GOP platform is enthusiastic support for Trump from 2020-08-25T11:07:25
On"The Daily 202"podcast, if there were still any doubt that Trump had thoroughly appropriated and consumed the Republican Party, it was erased Monday as Republicans kicked off their national conve...
ListenMail ballots rejected in the primaries could make the difference in battleground states this fall from 2020-08-24T11:42:40
On"The Daily 202"podcast, more than 534,000 mail ballots were rejected in this year’s primaries across 23 states. Nearly a quarter were in key battlegrounds for the fall.
ListenBiden promises to end 'the darkness' from 2020-08-21T11:41:41
On"The Daily 202"podcast, Joe Biden accepts the Democratic presidential nomination.
ListenPostal problems persist. (But your mail-in ballot is probably safe.) from 2020-08-20T21:53:38
On the"Can He Do That?"podcast, are Postal Service operations no longer in jeopardy? Can USPS ensure all mail-in ballots get where they need to go? And, most critically, has irreparable damage been...
ListenKamala Harris becomes first woman of color to accept a major party nomination for vice president from 2020-08-20T12:07:32
From"The Daily 202"podcast, Kamala Harris headlines the third night of the Democratic convention.
ListenJoe Biden officially becomes the Democratic Party’s nominee for president from 2020-08-19T11:50:05
From"The Daily 202 podcast,"Joe Biden officially secured the Democratic nomination for president.
ListenMichelle Obama warns: ‘If you think things cannot possibly get worse, trust me, they can’ from 2020-08-18T11:52:08
On"The Daily 202"podcast, the Democratic convention embraces Black Lives Matter, and Bernie Sanders hails a liberal movement in transition, and Jill Biden emerges as a more powerful gatekeeper than...
ListenTrump vs. the Postal Service from 2020-08-18T10:44
On Post Reports, Ashley Parker traces President Trump’s obsession with the U.S. Postal Service. Freelance journalist Kayla Ruble talks about why young Black voters yearn for policy, not promises, f...
ListenHouse Democrats ending recess early in bid to check Trump's moves against the Postal Service from 2020-08-17T11:21:27
From"The Daily 202"podcast, the House Oversight Committee scheduled an emergency hearing on mail delays and concerns about potential White House interference in the Postal Service.
ListenTrump blocking money for the Postal Service threatens to change the outcome of the election from 2020-08-14T12:02:46
From"The Daily 202"podcast: President Trump says he opposes both election aid for states and an emergency bailout for the U.S. Postal Service because he wants to restrict how many Americans can vot...
ListenHow an extraordinary election season affects Trump’s reelection chances from 2020-08-13T18:25:21
On the"Can He Do That?"podcast chief political correspondent Dan Balz explains how the pandemic has reshaped the 2020 election and what those changes mean for Trump’s prospects for winning the pres...
ListenKamala Harris, Joe Biden and the future for Democrats from 2020-08-12T22:31:11
In a historic move, presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden has chosen Sen. Kamala D. Harris (D-Calif.) as his running mate. What does that mean for November? Today on Post Reports, n...
ListenPublic health partisanship confronts a new reality: The virus is surging in rural America from 2020-05-29T15:21:28
On the “Can He Do That?” podcast, reporter Abigail Hauslohner explains how rural counties in America might handle a surge of Covid-19. And reporter Aaron Blake weighs in on what this shift means fo...
ListenHow Trump is leveraging the presidency to campaign against Biden from 2020-05-22T11:40:39
On the “Can He Do That?” podcast, reporters Sean Sullivan and Toluse Olorunnipa discuss how President Trump and Joe Biden's campaigns are handling campaigning and rallies in an unprecedented electi...
ListenA pandemic playbook for political campaigns from 2020-05-11T21:40:51
On"Post Reports,"Michael Scherer describes how candidates have rewritten their campaign playbooks during the pandemic.
ListenThe Postal Service is in dire need. Trump wants to block the loan that could save them. from 2020-04-30T21:45:52
On the “Can He Do That?” podcast, reporter Jacob Bogage details Trump’s desire to withhold a loan from the agency, and elections administration expert Amber McReynolds discusses the challenges of a...
ListenU.S. elections are being tested like never before. What comes next? from 2020-03-19T20:25
On"Can He Do That?", reporter Isaac Stanley-Becker unpacks the electoral vulnerabilities state primaries have revealed, and election law expert Ned Foley lays out what can -- and legally can’t -- h...
ListenJoe Biden sweeps the primaries in Florida, Illinois and Arizona from 2020-03-18T11:46:14
From"The Daily 202"podcast: The Democratic race passed a point of no return last night, with Joe Biden firmly in control of his party’s nominating contest over Bernie Sanders.
ListenJoe Biden hires a new manager as part of a campaign shake up from 2020-03-13T11:19:22
From"The Daily 202"podcast: Joe Biden appointed Jen O’Malley Dillon as his new campaign manager. She previously ran Beto O’Rourke’s campaign.
ListenJoe Biden is on a path to win the Democratic nomination after more decisive wins from 2020-03-11T10:58:27
From"The Daily 202"podcast: Joe Biden seized control of the Democratic presidential contest last night with four victories, including a decisive win in Michigan that struck a devastating blow to Be...
ListenJoe Biden chips away at Bernie Sanders’s edge with white working class voters from 2020-03-10T10:54:31
In Missouri this weekend, the second biggest prize today, Biden touted his working-class roots.
ListenSanders steps up attacks on Biden ahead of critical Michigan primary from 2020-03-09T11:09:30
From"The Daily 202"podcast: In speeches this weekend, Sanders has cautiously tested new and forceful attacks on Biden’s record on gay rights and women’s issues, potent critiques aimed at two key ba...
ListenAnd then there were two from 2020-03-05T22:02
Today on"Post Reports,"Annie Linskey and Amber Phillips on the end of Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s campaign, and what happens to delegates after a candidate drops out.
ListenWarren weighs her future, as Sanders sharpens attacks on Biden from 2020-03-05T12:30:54
From"The Daily 202"podcast: Elizabeth Warren flew home to Boston to reassess her campaign, weighing whether to end her bid and allow liberals in the party to unite behind Sanders the way moderates ...
ListenSo ... Biden? from 2020-03-04T22:33:04
On"Post Reports,"Philip Bump spoke with host Martine Powers about the Super Tuesday results.
ListenBiden wins big on Super Tuesday, sweeping the South and beating Sanders and Warren in Massachusetts from 2020-03-04T11:54:59
From"The Daily 202"podcast: Joe Biden swept the South and did surprisingly well in New England and the Upper Midwest on Super Tuesday. He appears poised to seize control of the Democratic president...
ListenBig name Democrats embrace Joe Biden as Bernie Sanders hopes for a Super Tuesday sweep from 2020-03-03T12:06:16
From"The Daily 202"podcast: A parade of establishment Democrats began coalescing around Joe Biden on Monday in an attempt to bolster the former vice president and stall Bernie Sanders’s ascent as v...
ListenSuper Tuesday, in 16 dispatches. from 2020-03-02T23:39:11
Fourteen states, Americans abroad and one U.S. territory will hold nominating contests on Super Tuesday to award a total of 1,357 delegates.
ListenJoe Biden moves to capitalize on his win in South Carolina from 2020-03-02T12:12:17
From"The Daily 202"podcast: Buoyed by a landslide in South Carolina on Saturday, former vice president Joe Biden made the case more explicitly that he’s the only Democrat who can stop Bernie Sander...
ListenA surging Bernie Sanders shows few signs of making nice with Democrats from 2020-02-28T12:37:57
From"The Daily 202"podcast: Bernie Sanders spoke of “love and compassion” on the day he won the Nevada caucuses last week, extolling the power of “bringing people together,” signs of what some top ...
ListenHacks, chaos and doubt: Lessons from the 2016 election revisited from 2020-02-28T08:00
On “Can He Do That?” reporter Sean Sullivan and Laura Rosenberger, of the Alliance for Securing Democracy, reexamine what election interference looked like in the 2016 Democratic primary, and how t...
ListenWhat millennial voters care about in 2020 from 2020-02-27T22:17:54
On"Post Reports,"Eugene Scott describes the impact young voters may have on the presidential election. And Dan Keating explains whether stop-and-frisk actually lowered the crime rate in New York City.
ListenRival Democrats pile on Bernie Sanders in a debate, but no one breaks out from 2020-02-26T13:04:14
From"The Daily 202"podcast: Bernie Sanders came under sustained criticism during last night's presidential debate in South Carolina, as his six rivals launched urgent attempts to stop the candidate...
ListenBernie Sanders is unapologetic as he faces criticism from Democrats for Cold War travels from 2020-02-25T12:04:21
From"The Daily 202"podcast: With Sanders now surging to the top of the Democratic presidential field, those three-decade-old impressions on his Cold War travels introduced a volatile new element in...
ListenBernie Sanders is the man to beat for the Democratic nomination after landslide in Nevada from 2020-02-24T11:42:29
From"The Daily 202"podcast: Bernie Sanders has seized a commanding position in the Democratic presidential race, building a diverse coalition that is driving his liberal movement toward the cusp of...
ListenThe odds of a contested Democratic convention grow, as the anti-Sanders vote stays fragmented from 2020-02-21T12:04:44
From"The Daily 202” podcast: If there is agreement that Sanders will lead the delegate race, there is similar agreement that he is not likely to be able to win a majority. That means, the Democrats...
ListenNevada heats up during a ‘combative’ Democratic debate from 2020-02-20T21:59:09
On today's"Post Reports,"Michael Scherer reports on the heated Nevada Democratic debate.
ListenMike Bloomberg is a target of everyone else’s ire in his debut debate from 2020-02-20T12:29:03
From"The Daily 202"podcast: Former New York mayor Mike Bloomberg suffered a punishing welcome in the Las Vegas Democratic debate on Wednesday night.
ListenMike Bloomberg will step outside his expensive comfort zone for tonight's debate from 2020-02-19T14:37:02
From"The Daily 202"podcast: When Mike Bloomberg steps onto the debate stage in Las Vegas for his first hostile and uncontrolled campaign test, there will be no ad budgets to filter his image with f...
ListenBloomberg qualifies for Wednesday's debate, as he poaches some of Biden’s black supporters from 2020-02-18T12:07:02
From"The Daily 202"podcast: Mike Bloomberg qualified for Wednesday’s Democratic debate in Las Vegas, setting the stage for a clash that will test the staying power of a campaign that has so far bee...
ListenTrump allies are starting to focus attention on Pete Buttigieg’s sexual orientation from 2020-02-14T13:04:21
From"The Daily 202"podcast: Rush Limbaugh, a week after receiving the Presidential Medal of Freedom during the State of the Union, questioned on his show whether Americans are ready for a gay presi...
ListenThe New Hampshire primary failed to winnow the Democratic field the way it has historically from 2020-02-13T12:42:49
From"The Daily 202"podcast: usually the early Democratic presidential contests shrink the field. This year, they’ve expanded it.
ListenSanders narrowly wins N.H. from 2020-02-12T21:34:23
Today on"Post Reports,"political reporter Aaron Blake breaks down the New Hampshire primary results, and what they mean for the Democrat’s race for the White House.
ListenAs Sanders wins N.H., Klobuchar’s strong finish behind Buttigieg will keep moderate voters divided from 2020-02-12T12:55:57
From"The Daily 202"podcast: Democrats are bracing themselves for a long and divisive slog for the presidential nomination after New Hampshire has added new uncertainty to a race that was already sc...
ListenHealth care is the top concern for New Hampshire primary voters from 2020-02-11T12:31:04
From"The Daily 202"podcast: New Hampshire is at the leading edge of Americans’ frustration with flaws of the U.S. health-care system.
ListenThe battle for momentum in early primary states from 2020-02-10T22:33:27
On Post Reports, Eugene Scott weighs the stakes of Tuesday’s New Hampshire primary.
ListenSanders and Buttigieg keep attacking each other in New Hampshire from 2020-02-10T12:36:39
From"The Daily 202"podcast: The two top finishers in last week's Iowa caucuses, representing opposite ends of the Democratic Party's ideological spectrum, are heading for a showdown in Tuesday’s Ne...
ListenJoe Biden is nowhere to be found in New Hampshire from 2020-02-07T12:55:07
From"The Daily 202"podcast: Biden spent yesterday huddling with his top advisers at his home in Wilmington, Del., seeking a reset and perhaps a last-ditch effort to save his candidacy, beginning wi...
ListenBernie Sanders has his best fundraising month yet from 2020-02-06T13:06:23
From"The Daily 202"podcast: Bernie Sanders announced this morning that he raised $25 million in January, making it his best fundraising month so far. More than 648,000 people contributed — includin...
ListenIowa and the future of election technology from 2020-02-05T22:32:11
On Post Reports, Tony Romm explains the app malfunction that’s stalling results from the Iowa caucuses.
ListenButtigieg and Sanders take the lead as partial Iowa results are finally released from 2020-02-05T12:19:05
From “The Daily 202” podcast: Iowa Democratic Party Chairman Troy Price released last night what he said represented 62 percent of the state’s precincts. The full results remain delayed with no cle...
ListenInside the chaos of the Iowa caucuses from 2020-02-04T21:33:05
On Post Reports, Jenna Johnson explains the result delays from the Iowa caucuses.
ListenIowa mess means no official results – and questions about the future of the caucuses from 2020-02-04T12:32:20
From"The Daily 202"podcast: On the night Iowa was asked to deliver a definitive primary result, the entire precinct caucus system broke down, and Iowa's place in the nominating process became the s...
ListenIn Iowa, John Kerry says he won’t run in 2020 but doesn’t deny he speculated about it from 2020-02-03T13:09:53
From"The Daily 202"podcast: On Sunday, an NBC reporter overheard one of the former vice president’s top surrogates, John F. Kerry, in the hotel lobby speculating over the idea that he would jump in...
Listen‘It’s going to be a cluster,’ Joe Biden says in Iowa, as candidates scramble from 2020-02-02T16:01:32
From"The Daily 202"podcast: The Democratic presidential candidates returned to Iowa in full force yesterday, using a brief break from impeachment proceedings to rally supporters ahead of tomorrow’s...
ListenBernie Sanders’s campaign advises Iowa volunteers to tread carefully around ‘socialism’ from 2020-02-01T17:18:43
From"The Daily 202"podcast: A handwritten sign posted on the wall inside a Bernie Sanders campaign office here in Des Moines tells volunteers how to respond when people raise concerns about his ide...
ListenHow do caucuses work, anyway? from 2020-02-01T01:45
On"Post Reports,"Kayla Epstein explains the chaotic, confusing, bizarre process that is the Iowa caucuses.
ListenTrump overshadows the Democratic candidates in Iowa ahead of the caucuses from 2020-01-31T13:05:54
From “The Daily 202” podcast: At a pivotal moment for Democrats in Iowa, the candidates found themselves reacting to the president's massive shadow rather than setting their own course.
ListenWill the Iowa caucuses clarify anything? Lessons from history in an unpredictable year from 2020-01-30T22:05:10
How much does Iowa matter for the nomination? How might the Senators’ lesser presence there impact the results? Iowa elections expert Cary Covington and campaign reporter Holly Bailey lay out the c...
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