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Senator Mark Warner (D-VA) in his office with the GZERO World Podcast logo superimposed on top.
GZERO World with Ian Bremmer Podcast

Spy games and loyalty tests with Senator Mark Warner

Ian Bremmer sits down with Virginia Senator and Senate Intelligence Chair Mark Warner to break down a successful summer for President Trump—and the urgent Democratic pushback building inside Washington.

President-elect Donald Trump’s silhouette is seen against a United States flag at a campaign rally in October 2024.
What We're Watching

Inauguration Day: Donald Trump Returns

At noon on Monday, Donald Trump will be inaugurated as the 47th president of the United States, capping his astounding political comeback.

Democrats need to be united to pass $3.5 trillion budget plan
US Politics In 60 Seconds

Democrats need to be united to pass $3.5 trillion budget plan

What are the details of the Democrats' proposed $3.5 trillion budget blueprint? Get insights on the latest news in US politics from Jon Lieber, head of Eurasia Group's coverage of political and policy developments in Washington.

Why election reform laws are deadlocked on Capitol Hill
US Politics In 60 Seconds

Why election reform laws are deadlocked on Capitol Hill

With the For the People Act not passed in the Senate, what's the outlook on Democrats' election reform? Amid criticism, Vice President Harris is traveling to the Southern border, what is the Biden administration's border security strategy? Get insights on the latest news in US politics from Jon Lieber, head of Eurasia Group's coverage of political and policy developments in Washington.

Marjorie Taylor Greene support in House shows Republican Party tilt
US Politics In 60 Seconds

Marjorie Taylor Greene support in House shows Republican Party tilt

Get insights on the latest news in US politics from Jon Lieber: Lots of drama to start the year on Capitol Hill. There's a lot of bad partisan will between the two parties, right now. And that is culminating this week with a vote to potentially expel freshman member Marjorie Taylor Greene from her committee assignments in the House of Representatives.

Senator Murphy on abolishing the filibuster, a Senate tool he has famously employed
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Senator Murphy on abolishing the filibuster, a Senate tool he has famously employed

Should Democrats push to eliminate the Senate filibuster in order to overcome Republican opposition to their legislative agenda? Bremmer posed this question to Democratic Senator Chris Murphy, a man who famously launched a 15-hour long filibuster of his own on gun control in 2016. The hedged reply by Senator Murphy indicates that eliminating the procedural rule may be harder than many progressives may have hoped.

Ending the filibuster: Senator Chris Coons' changed views & a Biden administration
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Ending the filibuster: Senator Chris Coons' changed views & a Biden administration

In a new interview with Ian Bremmer for GZERO World, Delaware Senator Chris Coons, once an ardent defender of the filibuster, explains why he's had a change of heart on the procedural policy. The filibuster prevents a simple majority from passing legislation in the Senate, and has been a tool that Coons says allowed Sen. Mitch McConnell, then Minority Leader, to "use the power of the minority to thwart the Obama Administration's agenda." Coons says, should VP Biden win the 2020 election, "I'm not willing to sit by for four years and watch an entire administration lose the opportunity to make real change."