Brian Lehrer: A Daily Politics Podcast WNYC Studios

Nicholas Wu, Politico congressional reporter, talks about the latest news coming out of Congress, including the bipartisan vote that kept Mike Johnson as Speaker of the House.

President Biden is staking his legacy, and his reelection campaign, on massive amounts of domestic spending, spurred by the passage of four major laws. But a Politico analysis found billions of dollars Congress approved by passing these bills has not yet been spent.

What does it mean that global forces like China and Russia and the domestic MAGA movement are working to discredit democracy?

Annie Karni, congressional correspondent at The New York Times, talks about the latest legislation that recently passed the House on antisemitism, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene's latest attempt to oust Speaker Mike Johnson and more.

Politico's Natalie Fertig on the news that the DOJ plans to change the way the federal government classifies cannabis, which will loosen restrictions on weed.

Aaron David Miller on the ceasefire negotiations between Israel and Hamas and the U.S. role in the process.