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Hey there, it's the NPR Politics Podcast and we are here with our weekly roundup of political news.

Today in the show, diplomacy in the era of President Trump, plus the public spat between

UN Ambassador Nikki Haley and the White House. Then the latest with Michael Cohen,

a president's personal lawyer who's making headlines of his own. And we will, of course,

and the show as we always do with Camp Let It Go. I'm Ms. Mahalad, political reporter. I'm Tamar Key,

thank you for the White House. And I'm Dominican Monty Narrow Political Editor. So before we jump

into any news, we just want to say hello to the newest member of the NPR Politics Pod Squad, Iusha Roscoe.

Thank you, thanks. Glad to be here and glad to be joining the team. So Aisha, you should just tell

folks listening a little bit about yourself where you came from before you just came to NPR.

I am from North Carolina. I was born and raised there, but I went to Howard University. And then from

there, I worked at Reuters, which is a news wire for a long time. And now I am at NPR and I am covering

the White House. And we are so glad to have you on our team. That is the big news. Yes, that is the

big news that I'm here, I guess. Well, welcome. And we're going to look forward to having you a lot more

here. Thank you. So since we have two White House reporters here, I think it seems fitting to begin

the conversation with President Trump. The president, oh, come on, we always do that. I was like, I have two

of them two experts today. Well, the president, you're right, Tamara, but the president has been

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