"What we're seeing is panic ." The Reporters' Roundtable. April 24, 2026
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🗓️ 24 April 2026
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Summary
Iran Blockade Stalemate. Severe Political Fallout.
Top Trump Officials Ousted. Do Voters Care?
Midterms: Dems Look Strong for House. Senate?
VA Redistricting Win for Dems. Florida Next for GOP?
Michigan Senate Democratic Primary Mess.
California Governor Jungle Primary Shake Up.
Kash Patel Drinking Story. Who’s Next Out the Door?
DC WH Correspondents Dinner Controversy.
With Ginger Gibson, former Senior Washington Editor at NBC News, Jennifer Bendery, Senior Politics Reporter for HuffPost, Jessica Taylor, Senate & Governors Editor at the Cook Political Report and Kirk Bado, Editor of the National Journal Hotline.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to the Bill Press Pod Reporter's Roundtable. |
| 0:10.5 | I'm Ginger Gibson, former Washington editor for NBC News, sitting in for Bill. |
| 0:15.6 | Here in Washington, D.C., it's about 8.30 in the morning on April 24th. |
| 0:20.2 | As usual, in Donald Trump's Washington, there's a lot of news. |
| 0:23.6 | The war in Iran is in an open-ended ceasefire, but tensions remain as the U.S. is blockading Iranian ports, and Iran has again closed the Strait of Hormuz, all of it inflicting economic and political pain here and all over the world. |
| 0:39.0 | In the middle of all of this, Pete Hexeth fires the Secretary of Navy. The gerrymandering |
| 0:44.1 | war rages on with a big win for Democrats in Virginia, but Florida could be next. |
| 0:50.1 | Primaries for Michigan Senator and California Governor are heating up as the midterm outlet gets, |
| 0:55.6 | outlook gets worse for Republicans. Trump's abysmal poll numbers aren't helping. Congress continues |
| 1:02.5 | to be dysfunctional, although the Republicans look to be successful in finally finding a way to |
| 1:08.4 | end the DHS shutdown and fund ICE and Border Patrol. |
| 1:12.2 | Over at the FBI, Cash Patel sues the Atlantic magazine for a scathing piece on his drinking. |
| 1:19.0 | If there's a group of journalists who can make sense of this, it's the three who are joining us today. |
| 1:24.4 | Jennifer Bendery, senior politics reporter for Huffuff Post. Good morning. Hi. Jessica Taylor, |
| 1:30.2 | Senate and Governor's editor at the Cook Political Report. Thanks for joining us. Thanks, Ginger. |
| 1:35.1 | And Kirk Beto, editor of the National Journal Hotline. Good morning, Jr. Morning, |
| 1:39.0 | everybody. Let's jump right in. And let's start with the headline that is really around the world, and that's Iran. |
| 1:48.0 | We have already heard President Trump tell us when it's going to end. |
| 1:52.8 | Let's listen to him give the answer about if the war is going to be over soon. |
| 1:57.0 | It's going to be finished pretty quickly. |
| 1:58.6 | I do see a deal in Irania. |
| 2:00.8 | Could be soon. We are going to finish the job and we're going to be finished pretty quickly. I do see a deal in Irania. Could be soon. |
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