Democratic Congressman John Garamendi tells SE how his party plans to block Trump from accessing emergency funds; The GOP starts up the spin cycle to explain away executive overreach, as Trump blames a certain former House Speaker for the border wall pred

Sen. Elizabeth Warren officially launched her 2020 campaign, but as the 2020 Democratic field grows by the week, which candidate can actually beat Trump?; Virginia's three top state officials mired in scandal and showing no signs of stepping down; El Paso

Democratic Virginia Governor Ralph Northam refuses to resign, while Democrats, Republicans etc. across the country call for him to step down after a racist photo surfaced from his 1984 yearbook page; Senator Cory Booker joins a diverse and crowded 2020 De

T-minus 20 days until America faces a national emergency or another shutdown over border security-unless Trump learned how to govern and close the deal; Roger Stone is charged with seven felonies in the Mueller probe, but shows no sign of flipping; Sortin

Trump unveils a new border security offer in a bid to restart the government, but Democrats have already shut it down; South Dakota Republican Governor Kristi Noem on the shutdown's effect on Trump states; Viral video captures teens wearing MAGA hats mock

SE speaks to Sen. Ben Cardin and Rep. Adam Kinzinger to hear from both sides of the aisle in Congress as they look for ways to end the shutdown standoff; SE argues the immigration debate is, by design, "punted" by both parties; Rep. Marc Veasey talks abou

Sen. Elizabeth Warren kicked off her 2020 not-officially-a-campaign in Iowa, but SE thinks her candidacy is DOA; The government shutdown enters Week 3; Speaker Pelosi faces new challenges with her raucous caucus; Mitt Romney is coming in hot with a Trump

2019 political forecast; SE and Sen. Ben Sasse discuss why our nation is so divided and what we can do about it; The Washington Post's Paul Kane argues that if Congress wants to look more like the people it serves, it needs to pay staffers more and provid

The government shutdown is likely to extend past Christmas, but Trump blames the Democrats; GOP Rep. Adam Kinzinger on Trump's rough stretch since the midterms; Trump blindsided America's allies and his own staff when he announced a Syria withdrawal, and

More White House staff shuffles amid ethics and legal probes; SE connects the dots and breaks down each investigation threatening Trump and his associates; Joe Biden's 2012 Campaign Deputy Chief of Staff weighs in on a Biden-Beto 2020 ticket; Explaining t