The Reporters' Roundtable. May 15th, 2026
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🗓️ 15 May 2026
⏱️ 39 minutes
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Bill talks with three top political journalists about the week's news.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, good friends. Happy Friday. Good to see you again and welcome to this week's |
| 0:11.8 | reporter's roundtable here on the Bill Press Club. Looking back at the news of the week |
| 0:16.6 | with three of Washington's top political reporters and trying to make some sense of it all. Well, the focus |
| 0:22.7 | shifted this week from Washington to Beijing, where President Trump arrived for a state visit. There |
| 0:28.5 | was lots of pomp and ceremony, but after two days, the big question remains where any important |
| 0:35.5 | foreign policy goal is achieved. Meanwhile, there's still lots |
| 0:39.7 | happening back here at home. The Supreme Court's recent decision on the Voting Rights Act |
| 0:44.3 | has unleashed a torrent of 11th hour redistricting attempts in red states and blue. Republicans again |
| 0:52.0 | gave Trump a green light on the war in Iran by voting down the |
| 0:55.4 | War Powers Act, and senators also face a big decision on whether or not to stick taxpayers |
| 1:01.1 | with a $1 billion bill for Donald Trump's new ballroom. All of that and a lot more. Provides |
| 1:09.2 | fodder for today's panel of reporters. |
| 1:11.4 | So let's say hello to Jason Dick, editor-in-chief of CQ roll call. |
| 1:16.6 | Hi, Jason. |
| 1:17.6 | Good morning, Bill. |
| 1:18.7 | Welcome back, and a big welcome back also to Arthur Delaney, senior political reporter for HuffPost. |
| 1:24.5 | Hi, Arthur. |
| 1:25.3 | Good morning. |
| 1:26.2 | And let's welcome to the Reporters Roundtable for |
| 1:29.7 | her first visit, Lillianna Byington, who is Senate reporter for Bloomberg government. And I might also |
| 1:37.2 | add, she's a major contributor to Susan Page's great new book called The Queen and Her Presidents. |
| 1:44.7 | Lillianna, welcome. |
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