"Flashing Red Lights for Republicans." The Reporters' Roundtable. January 23, 2026.
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🗓️ 23 January 2026
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Trump 2.0 Year One. Greenland TACO. Focus on Minnesota. The Politics of ICE. Shutdown Unlikely. Trump’s Very Bad Polls. Current Midterm Vibes. Jack Smith Testifies. Clintons Will Not. With Jason Dick, Editor-in-chief at CQ-Roll Call, Katherine Tully-McManus, Congressional Reporter at Politico, Ledge King, Managing Editor of National Journal Daily and Kirk Bado, Editor of The National Journal Hotline.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to the Bill Press Pod Reporter's Roundtable. I'm Jason Dick, editor-in-chief of CQ roll call, sitting in for Bill. |
| 0:13.7 | Here in Washington, D.C., it's about 8.30 in the morning on January 23rd. This week marked one year |
| 0:19.5 | since Donald Trump was sworn into a second term as president. |
| 0:22.8 | He touted that year at a memorable White House press briefing, then jetted off to the Davos World Economic Forum to talk about mostly Greenland. |
| 0:31.1 | The vice president, J.D. Vance, stayed behind to attend the home fires, announcing that he and his wife, Ushah, were expecting their fourth child. |
| 0:37.1 | Then he headed to Minneapolis to, quote unquote, turn down the chaos, as he put it, |
| 0:41.2 | that has erupted there because of aggressive ice operations. |
| 0:45.7 | Disapproval of the president and his agenda is showing up in public polls, |
| 0:49.2 | including one from the New York Times and Santa College that showed views of him and the economy as underwater. |
| 0:55.2 | With the midterm election season underway, the views reflected in those polls could shape |
| 1:00.1 | electoral dynamics. Here to discuss these topics and more are three top journalists, Catherine |
| 1:05.1 | Tully McManus, congressional reporter at Politico. Good morning, Catherine. Good morning. |
| 1:09.9 | And two folks, from my alma mater national |
| 1:12.8 | journal, National Journal, Ledge King, managing editor of National Journal Daily. Good morning, |
| 1:16.7 | Legge. I don't know about the top journalist's part, but good morning. |
| 1:21.8 | Ed Kirk Beto, editor of National Journal's hotline. Good morning, Kirk. |
| 1:25.6 | Morning, everyone. Happy to be here. It's great to have you. Let's talk about the one-year anniversary and segue into what went on in Davos. |
| 1:36.2 | The, you know, it's usually a big deal, you know, when the president, you know, kind of comes to a |
| 1:42.8 | press briefing, these White House briefings can be, you know, kind of snooze fest, you know, when the president, you know, kind of comes to a press briefing, these White House briefings |
| 1:44.4 | can be, you know, kind of snooze fest, you know, if you just hear the same talking points all |
| 1:51.1 | again, whether it's a, you know, no matter who's in office. But when the president shows up, |
| 1:54.2 | it's a big deal. This is becoming less of a big deal because Trump talks a lot to reporters. |
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