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Hotline editor Kirk Bado, associate editor Hannah Thacker, and House-races reporter James Downs discuss top strategies in political advertising, overarching themes in this year's ads, and more. Episodes of National Journal Radio are also avail­able on Apple Podcasts and Spotify.

On the two year anniversary of the Dobbs case, Hotline editor Kirk Bado, health reporter Erin Durkin, and gubernatorial reporter Mary Frances McGowan discuss the possibility of a federal abortion ban, forthcoming ballot initiatives in the states, and more. Episodes of National Journal Radio are also avail­able on Apple Podcasts and Spotify.

On Wednesday, the annual Congressional Baseball game will take place at Nationals Park where Democrats and Republicans will face off for a bicameral game for charity. Hotline Editor Kirk A. Bado brings on FiveThirtyEight's Nathaniel Rakich to give the history behind the game and break down player statistics and team insights. Read Rakich's Congressional Baseball Game statistics here.

Foreign policy and defense correspondent Cristina Maza returns from a conference in Estonia that centered on NATO’s role in the security of Europe as war rages well into its third year in Ukraine. NJ Daily Managing Editor Ledyard King brings her on to discuss NATO's role in Ukraine, how European leaders are watching the U.S. presidential election, and how Europe's Middle East policy differs from President Biden's policy.

In this bonus episode adapted from National Journal’s webinar series “Cook Catch Up,” editor in chief Jeff Dufour and Cook Political Report with Amy Walter founder Charlie Cook discuss the latest New York Times/Siena polling in swing states, whether the Biden campaign sees its upcoming debate with former President Trump as a Hail Mary moment, the Maryland Senate race and more. Episodes of National Journal Radio are also avail­able on Apple Podcasts and Spotify.

Speaker Mike Johnson survived a motion to vacate in the latest chapter in the tumultuous nearly two-year reign of the GOP. NJ Daily Managing Editor Ledyard King brings on senior congressional correspondent Casey Wooten to break down the drama inside the lower chamber. Episodes of National Journal Radio are also avail­able on Apple Podcasts and Spotify.