"That definitely doesn't look great ." The Reporters' Roundtable. November 14, 2025.
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🗓️ 14 November 2025
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Epstein and More Epstein. Shutdown Winners. War on Venezuela? Trump’s Foreign Focus. Trump: Prices Down. Not. Filibuster Safe. With Jeff Dufour, Editor in chief at The National Journal, Mia McCarthy, Congress Reporter at Politico and Hunter Walker, Investigative Reporter for Talking Points Memo.
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| 0:00.0 | Your first great love story is free when you sign up for a free 30-day trial at audible.co. |
| 0:05.5 | com.uk-Uk.woundary. That's audible.com.uk slash wondering. |
| 0:16.0 | Hello, friends and neighbors on this Friday, November 14. |
| 0:21.7 | Welcome back to the Bill Press pod and welcome to this reporter's roundtable |
| 0:25.6 | where three top political reporters shed some light and insights on the big news of the week, |
| 0:31.7 | or at least try to. |
| 0:33.2 | And what a week it's been, three blockbuster stories in a row. |
| 0:39.8 | Just 10 days ago, Democrats scored knockout wins in Virginia, New Jersey, New York City, and California. But we were still trying |
| 0:45.2 | to figure out what all that meant going forward when, just a few days ago, the shutdown ended |
| 0:51.1 | as seven Democrats and one independent broke with the Democratic caucus and voted with Republicans to reopen the government. |
| 0:59.3 | And we were still trying to figure out what all that meant going forward when, just yesterday, Jeffrey Epstein rose from the dead again to haunt Donald Trump in the form of emails from Epstein, |
| 1:13.6 | Epstein showing Trump knew more than he'd admitted about the operations of Epstein and sending the White House into a tailspin. |
| 1:24.0 | Okay, so today let's just settle back, take a deep breath, and try to sort it all out before the next cyclone hits. |
| 1:31.3 | Joining us on today's panel, Jeff Dufor, editor-in-chief of the National Journal. |
| 1:36.0 | Hi, Jeff. |
| 1:37.0 | Hi, Bill. |
| 1:38.2 | Mia McCarthy, Congress Reporter for Politico. |
| 1:41.0 | Hello, Mia. |
| 1:42.0 | Hi, thanks for having me. |
| 1:43.4 | Thank you. |
| 1:44.0 | And Hunter Walker, investigative reporter for Talking Points, Hello, Mia. Hi, thanks for having me. Thank you. And Hunter Walker, |
| 1:45.1 | investigative reporter for Talking Points Memo or TPM. Hello, Hunter. Hey, Bill. Thanks for having me. |
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