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Jen Psaki tackles the biggest issues of the week and features one-on-one interviews with newsmakers.... more
FAQs about The Briefing with Jen Psaki:How many episodes does The Briefing with Jen Psaki have?The podcast currently has 217 episodes available.
May 22, 2025Failed idea features prominently in Republican bill despite red state regretGeorgia and Arkansas have both tried to implement work requirements for Medicaid, with both producing disastrous results. Now Republicans in Congress want to impose those work requirements on a national level and seem oblivious to the idea's previous failure and the regret expressed by fellow Republicans for their role in it....more46minPlay
May 21, 2025'I did not waver': Rep. McIver speaks out on federal charges after ICE center confrontationRep. LaMonica McIver talks with Jen Psaki about what really happened at the ICE detention center in Newark, New Jersey, where she and other members of Congress arrived for an inspection and were met with a confrontation that resulted in federal charges against McIver and a corresponding false narrative being spun up by the Trump administration....more46minPlay
May 17, 2025'Big, brutal setback': How GOP infighting sent Donald Trump's 'big, beautiful bill' off the railsThe budget bill Donald Trump was hoping to come home to following his trip to the Middle East has not come to fruition and the longer it takes the work out, the more skittish Republicans will be about attaching their name to a bill that is so full of unpopular policies with an election on the horizon....more38minPlay
May 16, 2025Trump's power grab scheme exposed; Supreme Court birthright citizenship case focuses on court powersThe focus on nationwide injunctions in the birthright citizenship case before the Supreme Court shows that what is at stake is less about whether people born in the U.S. are citizens and more about whether a circuit court can put a hold on a new rule for the entire country, or whether Donald Trump can assert his will in different regions of the U.S. if he finds friendly judges willing to indulge him, even if he is blocked in other parts of the country. Jen Psaki reports....more46minPlay
May 15, 2025Polls show Americans aren't buying Trump team's ignorance ployJen Psaki shares examples of Republicans, from Donald Trump to House Speaker Mike Johnson to members of Trump's Cabinet avoiding questions and claiming not to be familiar with major national news stories and other data directly related to their areas of responsibility. And while the ignorance tactic may help them avoid answering questions, new polls show Americans already understand what's really going on....more47minPlay
May 14, 2025Real purpose of Trump's Mideast trip comes into focus as his explanations fall apart under scrutinyJen Psaki takes a closer look at Donald Trump's specious explanations and dubious promises as he heads on a trip through the Middle East where his personal business interests seem more relevant than the business of the United States....more42minPlay
May 10, 2025'They obviously targeted me': Newark mayor describes chaotic arrest in confrontation at ICE facilityNewark, New Jersey Mayor Ras Baraka talks with Jen Psaki following his release from being held in a Homeland Security cell after being arrested and charged with federal trespassing in a chaotic confrontation that included members of Congress outside an ICE facility. "This is disturbing what they think they have the ability to do."...more51minPlay
May 09, 2025As Trump's parade of failure marches on, his distraction trick loses potencyJen Psaki reports on the failure of yet another Donald Trump nominee, Ed Martin, Trump's nominee to be D.C. U.S. attorney, and looks at the broader pattern of Trump trying to make publicity stunt distractions when he's on a losing streak....more42minPlay
May 08, 2025Trump scoffs at rising prices for families while his inner circle cashes in on foreign dealsJen Psaki takes a closer look at how Elon Musk is benefitting from the understanding that doing business with Musk's companies is a way to curry favor with the United States government. And while Trump's trade war makes basic necessities more expensive for new American families, Trump's own family (and business associates) are cashing in on their proximity to the president of the United States as they make deals abroad....more47minPlay
May 07, 2025Psaki: The Trump administration fails the 3 a.m. phone call testJen Psaki looks at how concerns about inexperienced and unqualified members of Donald Trump's cabinet are coming to fruition as crises develop in national air traffic as well as national security and Trump's secretary of transportation, Sean Duffy, and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, are struggling to meet the demands of their positions....more47minPlay
FAQs about The Briefing with Jen Psaki:How many episodes does The Briefing with Jen Psaki have?The podcast currently has 217 episodes available.