"The real risk here for Trump politically." The Reporters' Roundtable. March 20, 2026.
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🗓️ 20 March 2026
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Bibi vs. Donald. A Very Unpopular War. MAGA Fraying? Consumers: Who Cares. 200 Billion for War. Will Congress Pay? Trump Insults Japan’s PM. TSA Shutdown Pain. Save America Act Votes. Pritzker’s Senate Flex. Cesar Chavez Shock. With Kirk Bado, Editor of The National Journal Hotline, Amanda Becker, National Reporter for 19th News and Cameron Joseph, Politics Editor at Politico.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, good friends, good to see you again and welcome to this week's |
| 0:10.6 | Reporter's Roundtable here on the Bill Press Pod. |
| 0:13.8 | And what a week it's been. |
| 0:15.9 | According to President Trump, the war with Iran was over, we won the war on day one. And yet here we are day 21. |
| 0:24.2 | It's now dragged on for three weeks and nobody knows when or how it will end. But with the |
| 0:30.1 | administration asking Congress about to ask Congress for $200 billion more for the war in Iran, |
| 0:37.3 | it doesn't look like it's going to end anytime soon. |
| 0:41.1 | Meanwhile, with long lines at TSA clogging America's airports, Congress is under increasing |
| 0:46.2 | pressure to end the partial government shutdown. Republican senators are also under pressure |
| 0:51.8 | from Trump to pass the so-called Save America Act, which |
| 0:55.9 | among other things would basically end vote by mail. And then in a shock to Americans all, |
| 1:02.8 | the New York Times revealed that iconic labor leader and civil rights legend Cesar Chavez |
| 1:07.6 | was guilty of sexual abuse of teenage girls. |
| 1:11.6 | How to make sense of any of it? |
| 1:14.2 | Well, that's the challenge for today's panel. |
| 1:16.2 | So let's say hello to Kirk Beto, editor of the National Journal Hotline. |
| 1:20.3 | Kirk, welcome back. |
| 1:21.6 | More, Bill. |
| 1:21.9 | Happy to be here. |
| 1:23.1 | Thank you. |
| 1:23.7 | Amanda Becker, national reporter for 19th News, also with us back with us today. Hi, Amanda. |
| 1:29.6 | Hello, hello. And Cameron Joseph, in his new job as politics editor of Politico, joining us again. Hi, Cam. |
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