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It's clear he's trying to militarize our cities.

He's doing that with ICE now.

He's also trying to just show off that he is, in fact, an authoritarian

and can do whatever it is that he wants. And we're pushing back and we're winning.

Hello, hello, and welcome to The Conversation. I'm Dasha Burns, Politico's White House

Bureau Chief. And every week on this show, I invite one of the most compelling power players in Washington and beyond in for a chat to find out how they're navigating and shaping this incredible era of American politics.

And we started this week, same as we started last week, in the middle of a government shutdown that shows no signs of an end anytime soon.

Democrats, Republicans, not really talking to each other, both dug in.

There has been movement, though, overseas.

I traveled with the president as part of the White House press pool on his trip to the Middle

East to tout a peace deal between Israel and Hamas. That piece, though, is already proving fragile.

Both sides have already accused the other of violating the agreement. So we're going to be watching

all of that very, very closely. And the president is hoping to strike another peace deal. He is hosting Ukrainian president

Vladimir Zelensky in the White House as the U.S. is attempting to push Russia towards peace.

And there's a bit of a standoff between Secretary Pete Hegseth and reporters as the Pentagon

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