"More Fire than Cease." The Reporters' Roundtable. April 10, 2026
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🗓️ 10 April 2026
⏱️ 42 minutes
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Summary
Iran: Real Cease Fire? Strait of Hormuz Still Closed.
NATO Under Attack. Europe Not Happy with USA.
War Powers Resolution Blocked. Impeachment/25th Folly.
Democrats Focus on Economy. High Costs Continue.
Dems Overperform in Special Elections.
Melania Speaks About Epstein. WTF?
Will Pam Bondi Testify? Trump vs Football.
With Jeff Dufour, Editor in Chief at National Journal Olivier Knox, Senior National Correspondent at U.S. News & World Report, Allan Smith, Political Reporter at NBC News and Zach Cohen, Senior Congressional Reporter for Bloomberg.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to the Bill Press Pod Reporter's Roundtable. |
| 0:10.3 | I'm Jeff Dufour, editor-in-chief of National Journal, sitting in for Bill, who is in Italy, |
| 0:15.8 | while we are sitting here being jealous of Bill. |
| 0:18.5 | We are in Washington, D.C., where it's about 8.30 in the morning on April |
| 0:22.5 | 10th. The week, of course, has been dominated by the president's ghastly sounding threats to |
| 0:28.4 | Iran on Easter Sunday, then again on Monday and Tuesday, heading into his self-imposed deadline |
| 0:34.4 | for Iran to open the Strait of Hormuz on Tuesday night. Cooler heads ultimately |
| 0:39.2 | prevailed, but the strait remains effectively closed to most shipping, and the shooting hasn't stopped. |
| 0:46.1 | This is all raising more talk of impeachment and the 25th Amendment among Democrats in Congress. |
| 0:53.8 | Economic indicators continue to sour, |
| 0:56.8 | and the administration can't shake Jeffrey Epstein, |
| 0:59.8 | as Democrats try to make the now-departed AG Pam Bondi |
| 1:03.9 | testify before Congress, |
| 1:06.0 | and Melania Trump makes a bizarre statement |
| 1:08.6 | about her relationship or lack thereof with Epstein. |
| 1:12.8 | Here to discuss these topics and more are three top journalists. |
| 1:17.6 | Olivier Knox, senior national correspondent, an anchor of the decision points newsletter |
| 1:23.5 | at U.S. News and World Report. |
| 1:25.8 | Hello, Olivia. |
| 1:26.4 | Good morning. |
| 1:27.1 | Alan Smith, political reporter at NBC News. Hello, Olivia. Good morning. Alan Smith, political reporter |
| 1:28.6 | at NBC News. Hello, Alan. Great to be with you, Jeff. And Zach Cohen, senior congressional |
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