Brooks and Marcus on voters fed up with gridlock in Congress

About this episode

David Brooks and Ruth Marcus discuss political gridlock and recent events in Congress.

David Brooks of The Atlantic and Ruth Marcus of The New Yorker join John Yang to discuss the week in politics, including the collapse of a deal to end the partial government shutdown and more fallout from the war in Iran. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy

People in this episode

Host: John Yang

Guests: David Brooks, Ruth Marcus

Topics covered

• politics
• government shutdown
• Iran war
• voter frustration
• Congress gridlock

Keywords

• politics
• government shutdown
• Iran
• voters
• Congress
• gridlock

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Organizations: The Atlantic, The New Yorker, PBS News, Acast

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