Weekly Roundup: Thursday, August 24

The NPR Politics Podcast

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🗓️ 24 August 2017

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

The President's attacks on Republican Senators and Representatives this week may sabotage his plans for the fall. This episode: host/reporter Scott Detrow, White house correspondent Tamara Keith, Congressional reporter Susan Davis, and editor/correspondent Ron Elving. More coverage at nprpolitics.org. Email the show at nprpolitics@npr.org. Find and support your local public radio station at npr.org/stations.

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0:00.0	Quick reminder before the show, you can hear more of our political coverage on another
0:04.1	NPR podcast up first, the Morning News podcast from NPR.
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0:13.2	Make it a part of your morning routine you can listen on the NPR1 app or wherever you
0:17.9	get your podcasts.
0:18.9	Hey there, this is Max.
0:20.8	This is Patrick.
0:21.8	This is Hannah.
0:22.8	And we are calling from a gas station in southern Iowa.
0:26.6	We are en route to see the total solar eclipse somewhere in Missouri.
0:30.6	This podcast was recorded at 2.14 Eastern on Thursday, August 26th.
0:36.4	Things may have changed by the time you listen to this.
0:38.6	To keep up with the latest NPR news, check out npr.org or download the NPR1 app or just
0:43.8	listen to your local NPR radio station.
0:45.8	Alright, here's the podcast.
0:47.8	Hey there, it's the NPR Politics podcast here with our weekly round up of political news.
0:56.5	President Trump wasn't too consistent in his public appearances this week, a scripted
1:00.9	Monday address, an off the cup grievance filled campaign rally.
1:05.4	But if there's one consistency in his political career, it's big public confrontations.
1:10.1	Well, now Trump's picking a fight with his own party calling out congressional Republicans.
1:15.0	What does that mean for next month's big funding and debt deadlines?
1:18.6	We'll talk about it.
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