Brooks and Capehart on the partisan redistricting battle

About this episode

David Brooks and Jonathan Capehart discuss recent political events including redistricting in Virginia and the Justice Department's probe into Jerome Powell.

David Brooks of The Atlantic and Jonathan Capehart of MS NOW join Geoff Bennett to discuss the week in politics, including the Justice Department dropping its probe into Fed Chair Jerome Powell after admitting it lacked evidence, voters in Virginia approving a redistricting effort benefiting Democrats and President Trump saying he's in no rush to end the Iran war. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy

People in this episode

Host: Geoff Bennett

Guests: David Brooks, Jonathan Capehart

Topics covered

• partisan redistricting
• politics
• Virginia voters
• Justice Department
• Iran war

Keywords

• redistricting
• Virginia
• politics
• Justice Department
• Jerome Powell
• David Brooks
• Jonathan Capehart
• President Trump
• Iran war

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: The Atlantic, MS NOW, Justice Department

Places: Virginia

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