Fred Barnes tells Eric Felten about the rules Trump lives by. And Michael Warren talks about how living by those rules helped get the president in his Comey mess.

Fred Barnes joins host Eric Felten to talk about GOP hopes to get things done even with President Trump pulling down the party like a boat anchor. Thomas Joscelyn tells us how not to lose the 9/11 wars. And John McCormack unravels the conspiratorial nonsense around Seth Rich's murder.

Michael Warren joins host Eric Felten to talk about another week dominated by the Trumpiest of tempests. Will the appointment of a Special Counsel calm the waters? Then Philip Terzian comes by to tell us about outrage over Turkish security men beating and bloodying protestors on the streets of Washington, DC.

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Michael Warren joins host Eric Felten to talk about another week dominated by the Trumpiest of tempests. Will the appointment of a Special Counsel calm the waters? Then Philip Terzian comes by to tell us about outrage over Turkish security men beating and bloodying protesters on the streets of Washington, DC.

Michael Warren tells us about the president's most listened-to advisor; Fred Barnes comes by to talk with host Eric Felten about the House vote to repeal and replace (or perhaps just revise) Obamacare. And Garrett Graff, author of the new book Raven Rock comes to the hardened Confab bunker to reveal secrets of Washington's cheerful plans for surviving nuclear war.

Fred Barnes talks with host Eric Felten about President Trump's big new tax reform plan, and then Weekly Standard White House correspondent Michael Warren comes by to assess the style and strategy of the Trump presidency, 100 days in.