"People could get really pissed. " The Reporters' Roundtable. February 20, 2026
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🗓️ 20 February 2026
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***SCOTUS Tariff decision came after this was recorded. ***
(Prince)Andrew Arrested. Epstein Fallout Continues. DHS Shutdown. SOTU Preview. Democratic Response? Racist Randy Fine. Talarico and Colbert. Trump’s Naming Spree. With Jennifer Bendery, Senior Politics Reporter for HuffPost, Geoff Earle, Washington Correspondent for The New York Post and Evan McMorris Santoro, Reporter for NOTUS.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, good friends on this Friday, February 20, welcome back to the Bill Press pod |
| 0:11.8 | and welcome to this week's reporter's roundtable. |
| 0:15.7 | While with Congress out of town, there was a little less drama than usual this week, |
| 0:20.0 | but it was still a newsy week, |
| 0:22.7 | topped by astounding news yesterday, that Prince Andrew was arrested because we can't call him |
| 0:28.6 | Prince anymore. I mean, you know who I'm talking about. That guy, arrested for his dealings |
| 0:32.9 | with sex predator Jeffrey Epstein, proof that the Epstein scandal will not go away and will keep bringing |
| 0:40.1 | big names down, except it seems, here in the United States. Back here at home, President Trump met |
| 0:47.8 | with his self-created board of peace yesterday and then threatened to bomb Iran, a White House review |
| 0:54.0 | board all appointed by him, rubber |
| 0:56.1 | stamped plans for his new ballroom, and Florida politicians all loyal to Trump voted to rename |
| 1:02.9 | the Palm Beach Airport, the Donald J. Trump Airport. Meanwhile, the president spending the weekend |
| 1:09.3 | prepping for Tuesday's state of the union address |
| 1:12.3 | and Democrats are trying to decide whether or not to show up. |
| 1:16.8 | That and a lot more to sort out today. |
| 1:18.9 | So let's jump right in with today's panel of political reporters. |
| 1:23.6 | Jennifer Bendery, senior politics reporter at HuffPost. |
| 1:26.8 | Hi, Jen. |
| 1:27.2 | Welcome back. Hi. Evan McMorris-Antoro, lead reporter for Notice. Hello, Evan. |
| 1:34.6 | Hey, Bill. How are you? All right. We're good. Thank you. And Jeffrey Earl, Washington, correspondent for the New York Post. Hi, Jeff. Hello, everybody. |
| 1:42.6 | So, Jeff, I want you to put your old hat on for just a minute, right? |
| 1:46.8 | The hat you used to wear when he reported for the Daily Mail. |
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