Trump Under Pressure

About this episode

The episode discusses Trump's pressures regarding Iran and the political dynamics surrounding war powers in Congress.

May 26, 2026 Tulsi Gabbard steps down, possibly having been forced out of her position as Director of National Intelligence, Trump is under pressure to find a way out of Iran, The timeline for Congressional approval of the war has run out, Members of Congress were poised to pass a war powers resolution, but Mike Johnson sent representatives home to avoid that vote, Trump claims that an agreement with Iran is imminent, but details are scarce, Republicans have condemned the deal described by Al-Jazeera, Thomas Massie, who lost the primary for re-election to his House seat, is demanding that the DOJ release the Epstein files. Watch today's recording here: https://www.youtube.com/live/g9TUa1Rwd6U?si=T8_KKcHQZElhpnZ- Get full, free access to Letters from an American here: https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/subscribe You can also find me: Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/hcrichardson.bsky.social Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/heathercoxrichardson/?hl=en Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/heathercoxrichardson/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@heathercoxrichardson This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus…

People in this episode

Host: Heather Cox Richardson

Topics covered

• politics
• war powers
• Iran
• Congress
• Trump
• national intelligence

Keywords

• Trump
• Iran
• Congress
• war powers
• Tulsi Gabbard
• Thomas Massie
• DOJ
• Al-Jazeera

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Department of Justice, Al-Jazeera

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