The Daily 202's Big Idea

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The Daily 202's Big Idea episodes:

January 24, 2018 Updates on the Russia investigation
There's new evidence that Robert Mueller’s team is focused as much or more on potential obstruction of justice as possible collusion with Russia.
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8min
January 23, 2018 This is the way the shutdown ends
It took Republicans two weeks to come around during the 2013 shutdown. Democrats could only hold out for two full days.
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7min
January 22, 2018 This shutdown foreshadows a 2018 of inaction and gridlock
The failed efforts this weekend by moderates to end the government shutdown underscored how poisoned the well has become.
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7min
January 19, 2018 A blame game begins as a government shutdown looms
Public and private polling is giving both sides something to hang their hat on if the federal government partially shuts down.
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7min
January 18, 2018 ‘Truth decay’ infected politics before Trump
The president announces 11 ‘Fake News awards,’ as a new RAND Corporation study explores the growing disagreement about basic facts.
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8min
January 17, 2018 An unexpected defeat in a rural Wisconsin special election sets off alarm bells for Republicans
The lesson here for national Democrats: Patty Schachtner is the sort of candidate who can actually defeat a GOP incumbent in red congressional districts this fall.
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7min
January 16, 2018 Denials of a profane Trump comment encapsulate why people distrust politicians so much
Republican Senators Tom Cotton (Ga.) and David Perdue (Ark.) have put all the Republicans who were in the room into a tough spot.
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7min
January 15, 2018 James will be back on Tuesday
James and The Washington Post are off for Martin Luther King Jr. Day.
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1min
January 12, 2018 Trump has failed to nominate anyone for hundreds of important jobs in the executive branch
The president badly lags his predecessors in filling mid-level posts that make government work.
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8min
January 11, 2018 Meet the Trump nominees who couldn’t get confirmed by the GOP Senate, but are still in government
The list includes Sam Clovis and Brett Talley.
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8min

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How many episodes does The Daily 202's Big Idea have?

The podcast currently has 963 episodes available.