"The lights are flashing red ." The Reporters' Roundtable. May 1, 2026
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🗓️ 1 May 2026
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Summary
SCOTUS Cancels Minority Districts.
Attack at White House Correspondents Dinner.
Iran War Goes On. Gas Prices Still Going Up.
Gaslighting Voters on the Economy Not Working..
Gov. Mills Out of Maine Senate Race.
With Guest Host Joe Cirincione, Jeff Dufour, Editor-in-chief at National Journal, John Bennett, White House Correspondent for CQ-Roll Call, and Amanda Becker, National Reporter for 19th News.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to the Bill Press Reporter's Roundtable. |
| 0:10.4 | I'm Joe Cirrenzioni, the former president of Plowshares Fund, and the publisher of the |
| 0:14.8 | Strategy and History Substack, sitting in for Bill Press. |
| 0:19.3 | He's on sabbatical in Italy, and we'll just leave that right there. |
| 0:23.6 | Here in Washington, D.C., it's about 8.30 a.m. on May 1st. |
| 0:28.6 | What a week again. |
| 0:32.6 | We've got an historic decision by the Supreme Court that seems to gut the Voters' Rights |
| 0:38.5 | Act, a shooting at the White House Correspondents' Dinner that has spawned a dozen conspiracy |
| 0:43.6 | theories in which Donald Trump is trying to use to justify the thing he seems to care |
| 0:48.2 | most about these days, his massive golden ballroom. |
| 0:52.5 | Plus, the latest on the war with Iran that's looking more and more |
| 0:55.8 | like a quagmire, Secretary of Defense Pete Higgsett's best Pam Bondi impersonation in his |
| 1:02.2 | fiery hearing on Capitol Hill, and some good news. It looks like Congress has ended the Department |
| 1:07.8 | of Homeland Security shutdown, and maybe we can say goodbye to those long |
| 1:11.7 | lines at the airport. Plus, some bad news on the economy that is dragging down Trump's ratings |
| 1:17.9 | and the rest of the Republican Party with him. Finally, we'll get to the developing outlook for |
| 1:23.7 | the 2026 midterm elections, including the stunning failure of Maine Governor Janet |
| 1:29.5 | Mills' bid to be the Democratic nominee who could finally topple Susan Collins. |
| 1:36.2 | That's a lot to take in, but we've assembled three top journalists to get at what's important |
| 1:41.0 | and why. Jeff Dufour, editor-in-chief at National Journal. Hello, Jeff. Hi, Joe, thanks. |
| 1:48.2 | John Bennett, the White House correspondent for CQ roll call. Good morning, John. Good morning, Joe. |
| 1:54.9 | And Amanda Becker, national reporter for 19th News. Good morning, Amanda. Great to be here. |
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