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If the GOP loses Congress in the midterms, what does it mean for President Donald Trump and the party?
"I think what we will see is several investigations, potential impeachment inquiries into both Cabinet members and the president," @AdamHSays says.
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What is the White House saying about President Donald Trump's attention to the midterm elections?
"He knows that he is the best person at turning out this MAGA coalition, and the Republicans are right about that," @AnnieLinskey told @JeffreyGoldberg.
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Carrie Dann talks about why Kansas' Senate race is a toss-up.
"Almost every cycle, there is an incumbent senator who kind of gets caught napping a little bit and wakes up to the reality that, 'Oh, I actually have a competitive race,'" she told @JeffreyGoldberg.
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"There's a reason that it is now quite possible that the Democrats have a better chance of winning in Kansas than they do in Maine," @jonkarl says.
TONIGHT: Carrie Dann, @AdamHSays, @jonkarl and @AnnieLinskey join moderator @JeffreyGoldberg to analyze the expanding battleground map and what President Trump is doing to prevent a blue wave.
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"There are a lot of people who have a personal reason to be energized in this election," @NPRinskeep said.
How has President Donald Trump's barring of Associated Press reporters from the Oval Office, Air Force One and other events affected their work?
"We still do our jobs. We will always still do our jobs," the AP's @michellelprice said.
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What are the chances that the massive arch President Donald Trump wants to build actually happens?
Here's how @janaykingsberry answered Jeffrey Goldberg's question.
Is the conventional wisdom right that we could possibly see a blue wave during the midterm elections?
"History says that the incumbent party is going to face challenges, but we've got some added layers on that history," @KannoYoungs tells @JeffreyGoldberg.
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TONIGHT: @NPRinskeep, @KannoYoungs, @michellelprice and @janaykingsberry join moderator @JeffreyGoldberg to discuss why President Trump's call for voting like he's on the ballot this midterm election year could backfire.
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"Donald Trump is now viewing the sort of AI doom warnings coming, again, from inside Silicon Valley itself, he's now saying that's some kind of a Democratic hoax ... and it shows the extreme personalization of power," @sbg1 says.
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Trying to control the press is President Trump's "M.O.," says @AdamHSays.
"What we are seeing is a president who feels increasingly cornered," he said. "You think about the economy. You think about the sort of losing battles across the board ... he has defined a sort of enemy."
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"Trump has never really been explicit about his views on Taiwan, and he's sort of taking a wait-and-see approach on what kind of positions him best with Xi," @vmsalama says. "There's been major concerns that he will kind of throw in ... Taiwan, if he's to get a China deal."
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President Donald Trump said Friday that he is banning CNN, MS NOW and Politico from covering the White House.
Why did he do this?
Here's what @alaynatreene, White House correspondent for CNN, told @ElizLanders.
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Why is President Donald Trump taking an unpopular stance on data centers?
"I think it has to do with how he views AI technologically as being a race with China," @asmamk tells @ElizLanders.
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The House of Representatives left Washington on Wednesday, and members don't plan to return until after the midterm elections.
So where does that leave the debate over AI regulation? Here's what @LACaldwellDC is hearing on Capitol Hill.
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"The stock market is absolutely hitched to this AI boom right now," says @EamonJavers. "If the AI bubble bursts, you're going to see huge collateral damage throughout the financial markets, and a lot of Americans are going to feel that."
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TONIGHT: @LACaldwellDC, @EamonJavers, @asmamk and @alaynatreene join guest moderator @ElizLanders to discuss President Trump’s summit next week with Chinese President Xi Jinping, as tech executives warn of the threat posed by AI.
Watch at 8/7c on @PBS.
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"Almost 3,000 innocent people were murdered that day, and as far as I'm concerned, we can never talk about them enough," @JeffreyGoldberg says of the 9/11 attacks. "Their memory should be a blessing for all of us."
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Sally Jenkins shares the story of Kevin Dowdell, a lieutenant in an elite FDNY rescue unit, who led his men into the World Trade Center on 9/11.
His body was never recovered.
Dowdell's son, James, now serves in the FDNY.
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