On today's show: Nicole Malliotakis, U.S. Representative (R-NY11, covering Staten Island and parts of South Brooklyn), talks about her calls for more cooperation with ICE by NYC officials.

As Trump's staff and cabinet picks come into view, analysts are trying to predict the dynamic between his administration, federal bureaucracy, and Congress. 

On Today's Show:
Ruth Marcus, opinion columnist for The Washington Post, talks about the latest national political news of the day, including the status of President-elect Trump's nominees, plus offers her opinions on how she sees Trump's plans to expand presidential power and undermine democracy.

Jessica Orozco Guttlein, senior vice president of policy and communications at Hispanic Federation, is joined by U.S. Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY 14th District) to discuss how advocates are pushing for Temporary Protected Status for Ecuadorians and analyzes broader immigration issues as President-elect Trump prepares to take office.

President-elect Donald Trump has nominated of WWE founder Linda McMahon for education secretary.

Erica Meltzer, national editor at Chalkbeat who covers education policy and politics, talks about President-elect Trump's priorities in education, including his campaign promise to dismantle the federal Department of Education, plus his nomination of WWE founder Linda McMahon for education secretary.

Campaign finance sources indicate that  running for president requires more and more  money each year. 

On Today's Show:
Daniel Klaidman, investigative reporter based for CBS News, former editor-in-chief of Yahoo News and author of Kill Or Capture: The War on Terror and the Soul of the Obama Presidency, and co-author of Find Me the Votes: A Hard-Charging Georgia Prosecutor, a Rogue President, and the Plot to Steal an American Election, breaks down the megadonors who fueled Donald Trump's campaign for president and what they may want in the next 4 years.

COP29, the annual climate conference with world leaders, is underway in Azerbaijan, just after the election of President Trump, who promised to start "drilling, drilling, drilling."

On Today's Show:
Zack Colman, reporter covering climate and energy at Politico, shares the takeaways so far from the first week of COP29, including the roles of the U.S. and China, and Trump's pick of oil executive Chris Wright to be the secretary of energy.

With Republicans about to take control of the White House and both houses of Congress, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries  weighs in on the Democrats' path forward.

On Today's Show:
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D NY-8th, Brooklyn) talks about next steps, and how that relates to his new book, The ABCs of Democracy (Grand Central Publishing, 2024), based on a floor speech he gave last year.

With Trump's transition underway, the key national political news has been how he is staffing up his upcoming administration.

On Today's Show:
Annie Karni, congressional correspondent for The New York Times, talks about the various people President-elect Donald Trump has chosen for top positions and how Republican leadership is responding to his picks.

As Democrats search for the reasons Americans rejected the party in this past election, some have pointed to a culture of racism and misogyny.

On Today's Show:
Debbie Walsh, director of the Center for American Women and Politics (CAWP), talks about Harris's loss from her perspective as a scholar of women in politics while Nadira Goffe, associate culture writer at Slate, discusses the reason she sees as the elephant in the room -- Americans were not in favor of having a Black woman as president. 

As the president elect begins to staff his upcoming administration, a opposition member of Congress weighs in on the Democrats' agenda, and the White House's.

On Today's Show:
U.S. Representative Adriano Espaillat (D, NY-13) talks about how he plans to resist Trump's plans for "mass deportation," and shares other priorities of Democrats in Congress, especially as they are facing the next Trump term, and the potential that Republicans will hold on to the House majority.