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Bloomberg Washington Correspondents Joe Mathieu and Kailey Leinz deliver insight and analysis on the latest headlines from the White House and Capitol Hill. Watch us LIVE on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF.

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Warsh Says Inflation Isn’t Slowing, Vows to Reach 2% Target

Insight & analysis on the White House and Capitol Hill. Watch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF. Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh warned inflation isn’t meaningfully slowing and said policymakers must be confident that it is, otherwise the central bank has “work to do.” In a sweeping speech, his first since becoming chairman of the central bank in May, Warsh reiterated that policymakers will return inflation to their 2% goal, which he said is a firm and fixed target. “Here is my standard: We must be confident that underlying inflation is moving to our objective, clearly and at sufficient speed. Otherwise, we have work to do. That’s our job,” Warsh said at the Fed’s annual conference in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, on Friday. Bloomberg Washington Correspondents Joe Mathieu and Kailey Leinz deliver insight and analysis on the latest headlines from the White House and Capitol Hill, including conversations with influential lawmakers and key figures in politics and policy. On this edition, Bloomberg's Tyler Kendall is in for Kailey. Joe and Tyler speak with: Bloomberg International Economics and Policy Correspondent Michael McKee. Retired Army Brigadier General Leela Gray, Democratic Candidate for Florida's 13th Congressional District. Stonecourt Capital Partner Rick Davis and Harvard Kennedy School Ash Center Visiting Democracy Fellow Jeanne Sheehan Zaino. White Oak Pastures Owner Will Harris. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Trump Renames Lake Ontario

Insight & analysis on the White House and Capitol Hill. Watch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF. President Donald Trump announced he was moving to rename Lake Ontario as Lake America, escalating his clash with Canada after trade negotiations between the two nations collapsed.Trump on Thursday signed a directive changing the name of the lake and said the move would take place “effective immediately.” The president previewed the move in a social media post earlier this week. The order signed by Trump said the Interior Department had 30 days to change the name in federal databases and materials. “Canada has been ripping us off for a long time on trade,” Trump told reporters when asked what message he was sending to the US’s northern neighbor. “They want to be treated like they’re a state, and so we just can’t do that anymore.” Bloomberg Washington Correspondents Joe Mathieu and Kailey Leinz deliver insight and analysis on the latest headlines from the White House and Capitol Hill, including conversations with influential lawmakers and key figures in politics and policy. On this edition, Bloomberg's Tyler Kendall is in for Kailey. Joe and Tyler speak with: Bloomberg White House Correspondent Kate Sullivan. Former US Ambassador to Ukraine John Herbst. Jersey 1st President Rosemary Becchi and Maywood Strategies Principal Douglas Farrar. Bloomberg International Economics and Policy Correspondent Michael McKee. Bloomberg Opinion Columnist Kathryn Edwards. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Utah Governor Spencer Cox Talks Meta Settlement

Utah Governor Spencer Cox discusses Meta’s settlement, arguing the amount should have been much higher, yet argues the more consequential result is the equitable relief requiring child accounts, age-gating, parental controls, algorithm changes, overnight restrictions and healthy pauses. Cox thinks Meta buried research showing significant harms to young users and says Utah will use the money to mitigate those harms, help struggling children, and create more opportunities for them in the real world. Cox spoke with Bloomberg's Joe Mathieu and Tyler Kendall. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
2 days ago

Trump Trade Moves Worry GOP

Insight & analysis on the White House and Capitol Hill. Watch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF. President Donald Trump’s latest trade upheaval is threatening to deepen Republicans’ peril in November’s midterm elections, saddling Senate GOP candidates with another economic headache as the party fights to hold onto its majority. In recent days, Trump has announced plans for tariff relief on some ground beef imports, enraging cattle producers in states such as Iowa and Nebraska, and launched a new trade war with Canada, rattling manufacturers and businesses in border states including Maine, Michigan, Alaska and Ohio. Those states are all Senate battlegrounds crucial to Democrats’ strategy to retake the chamber. Bloomberg Washington Correspondents Joe Mathieu and Kailey Leinz deliver insight and analysis on the latest headlines from the White House and Capitol Hill, including conversations with influential lawmakers and key figures in politics and policy. On this edition, Bloomberg's Tyler Kendall is in for Kailey. Joe and Tyler speak with: Groundwork Collaborative Vice President Liz Pancotti. Stonecourt Capital Partner Rick Davis and Harvard Kennedy School Ash Center Visiting Democracy Fellow Jeanne Sheehan Zaino. Foreign Policy Adviser to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Ophir Falk. Former Republican Congressman Patrick McHenry, Bloomberg Contributor. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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BONUS: Ontario Premier Doug Ford Talks US-Canada Trade Tensions

Ontario Premier Doug Ford said his war of words with President Donald Trump got a little heated, but he had to "hit back." Ford says the US and Canada need a fair trade deal, but he says no deal is better than a bad deal. Ford speaks to Joe Mathieu on "Balance of Power." See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
3 days ago

Carney Matches Trump Tariffs

Insight & analysis on the White House and Capitol Hill. Watch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF. Prime Minister Mark Carney matched the new tariffs imposed by President Donald Trump and announced new support programs for Canadian businesses hurt by the escalating trade war with the country’s largest trading partner.Canada will double its existing counter-tariffs on US steel and aluminum products to 50%. American-made milk, furniture, clothing and apparel will also have new 50% duties applied, as will video-game consoles, smartphones and other electronics. Overall, the retaliatory levies will affect $20 billion worth of annual US exports to Canada, roughly matching the dollar-value impact of the tariffs the White House put on Canadian products on Saturday. It’s equal to about 6% of US exports to Canada last year. Bloomberg Washington Correspondents Joe Mathieu and Kailey Leinz deliver insight and analysis on the latest headlines from the White House and Capitol Hill, including conversations with influential lawmakers and key figures in politics and policy. On this edition, Kailey speaks with: Bloomberg Washington Correspondent Tyler Kendall. Democratic Congressman Gabe Amo of Rhode Island. Stonecourt Capital Partner Rick Davis and Harvard Kennedy School Ash Center Visiting Democracy Fellow Jeanne Sheehan Zaino. Former Republican Congressman Kevin Brady. Bloomberg Opinion Columnist Gautam Mukunda. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
4 days ago

Canada Tariffs, Bessent's Remarks: BI Washington Policy Pulse (August 24th, 2026)

With Congress still out and the week of Aug. 24 likely light on policy developments, the Bloomberg Intelligence's Aug. 24 Washington Policy Pulse call focused the US 50% additional tariff on roughly $20 billion of Canadian imports that took effect on Aug. 22 as well as Trump's Aug. 24 remarks that forthcoming tariffs were coming for the Canadian automotive industry. Canadian Prime Minster Mark Carney has vowed to respond with dollar-for-dollar retaliatory tariffs beginning Sept. 8, which could influence Senate races in Ohio, Maine and Alaska.Finally, we reviewed a White House meeting last week with executives from Coinbase, Intercontinental Exchange and Nasdaq and how it didn't do much to move the crypto bill known as the CLARTY Act forward. We continue to ascertain a 40% chance of passage in 2026.The Bloomberg Intelligence Financial Policy weekly call is designed to provide investors an opportunity to learn about the most recent relevant policy research, information regarding forthcoming political catalysts and other on-goings within Washington DC. The call is open to all and is held every Monday at 10:00 a.m. EST. You can register for the call here: https://bloomberg.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN__PqCkwY-S2m3hbQqvVC1_Q#/registration See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Bessent Warns Iran's Trade Partners to Cut Ties Ahead of New Sanctions

Insight & analysis on the White House and Capitol Hill. Watch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF. Bloomberg Washington Correspondents Joe Mathieu and Kailey Leinz deliver insight and analysis on the latest headlines from the White House and Capitol Hill, including conversations with influential lawmakers and key figures in politics and policy. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent threatened economic punishment against any country doing business with Iran as part of what he called an “economic D-Day” campaign to isolate the country and end nearly six months of war.President Donald Trump is calling world leaders with “specific requests to cease their interactions with the regime” and countries will face a specific timeline to shut down links with Iran or face unilateral US punishment, Bessent told a press conference. On this edition, Joe and Kailey speak with: Tyler Kendall, Bloomberg Washington Correspondent Joe Lavorgna, Chief Economist of SMBC Americas/Former-Counselor to Secretary Scott Bessent at the US Treasury Department Jeanne Sheehan Zaino, Democracy Visiting Fellow at Harvard Kennedy School's Ash Center and Bloomberg Politics Contributor & Leslie Shedd, President of Rising Communications and Republican Strategist Vali Nasr, Professor of Middle East Studies and International Affairs at Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Bloomberg Washington Correspondents Joe Mathieu and Kailey Leinz deliver insight and analysis on the latest headlines from the White House and Capitol Hill. Watch us LIVE on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF.

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