
CNN NewsNight with Abby Phillip
CNN Podcasts·Hosted by Abby Phillip·511 episodes
Abby Phillip delivers a smart, sharp approach to the day's biggest stories.
Why listen
CNN NewsNight with Abby Phillip turns the day’s biggest political stories into a fast-moving panel conversation, with Abby Phillip pressing guests through sharp debate rather than just reading headlines. It is a strong fit for listeners who want nightly U.S. politics, legal drama, election fights, and global crises explained with cable-news urgency and multiple viewpoints in the room.
Episodes
Results are now coming in from election primaries across the nation. CNN is following races in California, Montana, South Dakota, Iowa, New Jersey, and New Mexico. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Donald Trump drops his fund to compensate allies after Republican and legal backlash. But, can the IRS still investigate him? Also, as Iran suspends talks, the president throws his hands up and says he doesn’t care. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
If Congress or public opinion isn’t stopping Donald Trump, gavels certainly are. Judges block his name on the Kennedy Center and his fund to pay allies. Plus, new allegations of corruption, the President keeps buying stock in companies then promoting, touting, or awarding them government contracts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
A deal for a plan for an agreement for a memorandum to keep talking all while Iran unearths its missile stockpile. Plus, as a giant UFC cage goes up at America’s most famous house, and so does the volume of critics against the spectacle. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
The feds launch a criminal investigation into one of Donald Trump’s accusers tied to the lawsuits against him. Plus, after telling Americans that Joe Biden did a great job at the infamous debate, a new version from the former First Lady. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
The results are in and the longtime senator snubbed by Donald Trump learns his fate. Plus, even MAGA fans are shocked by the brazen presidency. Also, Republican hawks blast the rumored deal with Iran, calling it worse than Obama’s. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Trump defends his slush fund to pay his allies and wants praise for not taking money himself. Plus, as Americans hit the road, consumer sentiment hits an all time low and the president’s economic approval crashes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Questions rise on Trump losing control over the Senate. Plus, Iran is rebuilding faster than expected as Trump and Israel diverge on the war’s future. Also, CNN gets ahold of the Democrat’s infamous 2024 presidential election autopsy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
January 6 officers are suing Donald Trump over his slush fund to pay rioters as the party sounds the alarm. Plus, Republicans are moving closer to blocking public money for Trump’s big ballroom. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
The results are in from the revenge primaries. Plus, why the president rattles the Republican Senate by endorsing a challenger. Also, as the DOJ slush fund deal bans the IRS from investigating Trump and his family, the administration doesn’t rule out paying rioters who assaulted cops. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
The president sets up a slush fund with taxpayer money to compensate his allies including the Capitol rioters. Plus, the separation of church and state disappears in the modern era. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
As the pressure mounts so do the president’s outbursts. How another week of war is weighing on Donald Trump. Plus, the administration is considering a slush fund paid for by Americans to compensate MAGA allies who were investigated by Biden’s DOJ. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
The president gets a red line warning from China as Donald Trump’s predecessor defends the deal made to avoid a war with Iran. Plus, many of the talking heads who entertain conspiracies are shocked when Americans believe them. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
The US-Israeli war with Iran and ensuing global energy crisis loom over Trump's visit to China. Trump is expected to encourage Xi Jinping to push Tehran, a Chinese ally, to agree to a peace deal and reopen the Strait of Hormuz — a chokepoint vital to oil trade. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Americans are broke and fed up as a damning new look shows an overwhelming majority are feeling financial pain and are blaming Donald Trump. Plus, an explosive new report undercuts Trump’s war claims. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Is Iran playing Donald Trump? The frustration builds as negotiations draw out. Plus, the Supreme Court allows Alabama to eliminate a district held by a Black Democrat as the map wars spread across America. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Virginia deals a blow to Democrats retaliating against Donald Trump’s redistricting moves in a consequential twist. Plus, is JD Vance losing his advantage to potentially become the next Republican presidential nominee to America’s top diplomat? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
The United States attacks Iran in what’s being called retaliation. Is this a restart of the war? Plus, chaos erupts as Tennessee is the next state to gerrymander. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Is the potential deal to end the war with Iran the same or worse than Obama’s? Plus, the White House touts a statistic that is usually a warning sign for the fate of the economy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
The generation raised during the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are getting louder against America’s war in Iran. Plus, the president demands Republicans cancel elections to redraw their maps. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Dive into the complexities of Trump's Iran War, rising CEO pays, and the economics behind it all. From troop withdrawals to CEO bonuses, we're covering it all with our dynamic panel! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
As gas prices hit a new high in the third month of the war and polls hit new lows, the administration says the war is a popular one. Plus, while the FCC targets ABC after Jimmy Kimmel’s joke, the president suggests to fire him or else. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
A war reckoning and a defense secretary turning partisan when confronted for answers on Capitol Hill. Plus, a Trump foe turns himself in. Do Americans approve of the latest stop on the president’s retribution tour? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
The DOJ secures another indictment against Trump foe James Comey over his post that made waves. Plus, the FCC targets ABC with an extraordinary move after Jimmy Kimmel’s joke infuriates the White House. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
A uniquely American scene devolves into a uniquely American aftermath with finger pointing intensifying after the White House Correspondents' Dinner shooting. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
More Americans are questioning the president’s mental acuity as his late night rants get more unhinged and his war gets more indefinite. Plus, the Trump administration is bringing back firing squads for federal executions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
They accused Hunter Biden of profiting off the presidency and now Trump’s son is doing a victory lap from it. Plus, instead of setting more deadlines or promising it will be over soon, Trump is suggesting the end of the Iran war is indefinite. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Pete Hegseth keeps replacing his military leadership in the middle of the war. Plus, the president baselessly declares Virginia’s elections rigged as some Republicans are furious that he started the map battle in the first place. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Donald Trump drops his deadline and extends the ceasefire without any apparent concessions from Iran. Plus, Virginia votes to potentially give Democrats four new seats in a fight the president began. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
From his rhetoric to new reporting that he was kept out of the room, is Donald Trump a hindrance to ending this war? Plus, when will Americans see $3 gas again? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
The president declares victory but is a potential deal with Iran costlier than the Obama deal? Plus, is the future of AI terrifying or lucrative? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Why the cost of America’s war against Iran is taking its toll. Plus, the defense secretary compares Donald Trump to Jesus to attack scrutiny of the war. Also, more Democrats than ever vote against military funding for Israel. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
A come to Jesus moment in American politics as Republicans lecture the pope while the microscope turns to MAGA’s religion. Plus, Donald Trump is reportedly sending more troops to the Middle East. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Donald Trump picks more fights including against a global ally as pressure mounts in the war. Plus, as the President’s behavior gets more erratic more of MAGA turns on him. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Donald Trump’s war takes a dangerous new turn. Plus, from blasphemous to the antichrist, backlash forces the President to delete a post likening himself to Jesus. Also, is the far-right nationalist movement dying around the world? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
The president is on a warpath against his own base and anyone asking questions about the war as he tries to engineer a win and an exit from Iran. Plus, a look at whether Israel is helping or hurting America’s efforts in the region. This as a majority of Americans now have a negative view of Israel. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
After the ceasefire, do the administration’s claims match reality? Plus, Donald Trump sits down with NATO as he threatens to leave the alliance over the war. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Donald Trump announces a two-week ceasefire ahead of his deadline to strike Iran’s most vulnerable targets. Plus, the President threatens an entire civilization, rhetoric that sends a shock through the world about America’s values. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
The madman theory or a misunderstanding of the conflict? Less than 24 hours before Trump’s deadline, the threats against Iran escalate. Plus, the President threatens to put a journalist behind bars. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
The war in Iran is now even more of a challenge after a U.S. fighter jet is shot down. A look at what this says about Iran’s capabilities and President Trump’s timeline to get out. Plus, Pete Hegseth’s big purge at the Pentagon. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
What does Attorney General Pam Bondi being ousted mean for pending DOJ cases and Trump’s retribution tour? Plus, a key bridge in Iran is targeted by the United States and Israeli militaries. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
President Trump used familiar talking points in his first address to the nation on the Iran war, telling Americans the war is “nearing completion” and projected another two or three weeks of involvement. However, Trump signaled that the US is prepared to intensity its military response in the remaining time period. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
After stocks surge on Wall Street the President says he’s achieved the goal in Iran. Is this winning and what about the Strait of Hormuz? Also, a judge rules the White House ballroom construction has to stop. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
The war with Iran is a war of contradicting messages. Who is the United States negotiating with? Plus, it’s week five in Iran and as troop deployments ramp up some on the right say it’s time to wind things down. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
No vote in the House for the deal the Senate reached and travelers have had it. Plus, with a fierce debate about sending ground troops to Iran, why did Secretary Rubio say that objectives can be achieved without ground troops? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Conflicting messages from the White House as a deadline gets extended and the president downplays the war’s economic toll. Plus, Trump declares an emergency and says he’ll pay TSA agents. Should he have done it sooner in this shutdown standoff? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
New polls show most Americans are largely against Donald Trump’s war as the clocks tick on his deadline. Plus, the President once blasted Barack Obama for cash payments to Iran, now his administration is defending a $14 billion windfall to Iran. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Donald Trump considers sending even more troops to the Middle East for a victory he’s already declared. Plus, the president’s approval drops to the lowest of this term as Democrats in Mar-a-Lago’s district look to flip a seat. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
A war on pause. Iran denies both calls and deals as Trump’s sudden about face comes ahead of a bombing deadline. Plus, ICE enters the chaos inside America’s airports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
The president deploys thousands more to the Middle East as the US prepares for worst case scenarios with Iran. Plus, Bill Maher gets selected for the Mark Twain award but the White House says he’s not getting it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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