About this episode

The episode discusses President Trump's letter to Congress regarding the war with Iran and features a conversation with Senators Peter Welch and Roger Marshall about rural community issues.

President Trump pens a letter to Congress arguing he does not have to go through Congress to continue the war with Iran. Trump speaks at his first public event since the assassination attempt at the White House Correspondents' Association dinner as new details emerge about the incident. Sens. Peter Welch (D-Vt.) and Roger Marshall (R-Kansas) discuss the problems facing rural communities and how they are working to find bipartisan solutions in a Common Ground conversation.

Topics covered

• politics
• bipartisanship
• rural communities
• Iran war
• public events
• assassination attempt

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