The House Slips Up on FISA

About this episode

The episode discusses the House GOP's failure to pass the FISA extension and various political topics including Trump's comments and recent sports events.

Tom Bevan, Richard Porter and RCP White House Correspondent Carolina Lumetta discuss the House GOP's failure to pass the FISA extension, Trump's comment that he "loves the inflation," and the press's preview of the UFC "Claw" on the South Lawn of the White House. Then, Tom, Richard and Emily Jashinsky discuss the CEO of ActBlue taking the 5th Amendment 21 times in yesterday's House testimony. They also chat about the new excerpt from Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan's new book on the Trump administration featuring the crisis over its handling of the Epstein Files. Then finally, they talk about the start of the World Cup, the GOP's 6th straight win in the Congressional baseball game, and the Knicks' historic comeback in Game 4 of the NBA Finals. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

People in this episode

Host: Tom Bevan

Guests: Richard Porter, Carolina Lumetta, Emily Jashinsky

Topics covered

• FISA extension
• Trump comments
• UFC preview
• ActBlue testimony
• Epstein Files
• World Cup
• NBA Finals

Keywords

• FISA
• Trump
• ActBlue
• Epstein
• World Cup
• NBA Finals
• Congressional baseball game

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: ActBlue, Trump administration

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