The European Union blocks Russian oil. The United States pledges to support Taiwan. And elections from Australia to Colombia could shift the balance of power in key countries.

Chuck talks with Ian Bremmer, president of the Eurasia Group and the author of a new book, “The Power of Crisis: How Three Threats – and Our Response – Will Change the World”

From inflation to the baby formula shortage, the Biden White House can’t seem to catch a break. And it’s all helping to drive down the poll numbers for the president and his party ahead of the midterms.

Instead of constantly playing defense on crises after crises, why isn’t the White House going on offense?

Chuck talks with Cornell Belcher, president of Brilliant Corners Research and Strategies, and Faiz Shakir, Bernie Sanders's 2020 campaign manager and he runs “More Perfect Union” — a progressive media startup.

Pat McCrory (R), former Governor of North Carolina, talks to Chuck about the Republican Senate primary that he recently lost and changes within the Republican party.

A bombshell investigation of sexual abuse in the Southern Baptist Convention has revealed that SBC leaders kept a secret list of more than 700 abuse cases,  stonewalled investigations, and covered up allegations of sexual abuse and sexual violence. Russell Moore, public theologian for “Christianity Today,” joins Chuck to discuss the fallout.

Greg Bluestein, political reporter for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, and Mark Murray, NBC News Political Unit senior editor and co-author of First Read, join Chuck to talk about the results from Tuesday night’s primaries and the killing of schoolchildren in Texas.

Sen. Pat Toomey’s (R-Pa.) announcement that he was retiring from the Senate after two terms created an opening for one of the most hotly contested seats in the 2022 primaries. But his choice to leave comes down to a mix of personal decisions.

Sen. Toomey joins Chuck for an exit interview to talk about how the Senate functions today, his defunct push for background checks for guns and what he sees as the next big challenge for legislators in Washington. 

This interview was recorded before Tuesday's primary contest in Pennsylvania.

When 75 percent of Americans think the country is headed in the wrong direction, as our recent NBC News poll found, strange things happen on election night.

Nathan Gonzales, Editor and Publisher of Inside Elections, and Jessica Taylor, the Senate and Governors Editor for The Cook Political Report with Amy Walter, join Chuck to talk through Tuesday's primary results.

The year is 2027 and China has decided to attack Taiwan and bring the island nation under direct control. Now the U-S has to answer: do we fight for Taiwan’s freedom? How far are we willing to go? And will allies support us?

Those are the questions we ask in this week’s season finale of “Meet the Press Reports.” We staged a full-day war game to help envision what a battle for Taiwan might look like … and what it would mean for both sides to win or lose.

Ed McGrady and Becca Wasser from the Center for New American Security join Chuck to talk about our war game, pitting China and the U.S. in a war over Taiwan. Ed is an Adjunct Senior Fellow at the CNAS Defense Program and Becca is a fellow in the defense program and co-lead of the Gaming Lab at CNAS.

Chuck speaks with Mikhail Khodorkovsky, an exiled Russian oil tycoon who was once the richest man in Russia. In the early 2000’s — during Vladimir Putin’s first years as president — Kodorkovsky supported one of Putin’s political rivals and was punished for it.

He was arrested on charges of tax fraud and later also charged with embezzlement and money laundering. He spent more than a decade behind bars before being released in 2013 and then expelled from the country.