The Powers That Be: Daily

Dylan Byers joins Peter Hamby for an animated discussion about how the assassination attempt against Trump is reverberating across TV news—and reigniting age-old questions about the former president’s rhetoric. Then they dig into a strange mystery surrounding MSNBC’s Morning Joe.

Jon Kelly joins Peter to discuss the politics surrounding the horrific assassination attempt over the weekend in Pennsylvania. Does Trump's survival and subsequent political instincts make him unbeatable? Will the act of violence temporarily quell Biden's dissenters? Then the duo chew over some changes at The Washington Post.

Bill Cohan joins Peter to discuss his observations on the Redstone's agreement to fork over control of Paramount Global to the Ellison family and RedBird Capital. Bill and Peter get into the David Ellison coronation, incoming president Jeff Shell's plans, the possibility that Jeff Zucker enters the fray, and other surprises from the deal denouement. 

Dylan Byers calls in from Sun Valley to chat with Peter about how the dam broke for Biden, the growing tensions between the press corps and the White House, and the George Stephanopoulos of it all.

Tara Palmeri joins Peter Hamby to reveal the hushed, anguished chatter circulating among Democrats on Capitol Hill as Joe Biden defiantly vows to stay in the race. Then they foreshadow next week’s Republican convention in Milwaukee.

Jon Kelly returns to chat with Peter about Joe Biden's surprising and all-consuming attempt to hold on to the presidency by taking on the elites, the media, the donor class, and his own party. It's an increasingly high-stakes gambit, often seemingly freelanced. Will it work?

Jon Kelly joins Peter to weigh into the latest beats in the roiling Biden scandal—the ABC interview, the Senate revolt, and the inner circle turmoil. Then the two discuss David Ellison’s renewed attempt to acquire Paramount.

Julia Ioffe joins Peter to share how the Biden debate played in Europe and Asia, why G7 leaders are rattled, and what foreign adversaries and allies, alike, are really saying about America’s deepening political crisis. 

Puck’s legal expert Eriq Gardner, the one and only, joins Peter to comb through the depths of the recent Supreme Court ruling on presidential immunity. Then the two delve into Hollywood’s surprising treatment of TikTok’s existential crisis.

Dylan Byers joins Peter to dig into into the Washington media reaction to debate-gate—the self-righteousness, anger, frustration, and general sense that the age issue, once deemed too sensitive, is all that matters