We are living through history, but keeping up with the unending stream of revelations, statements, tweets, and disputes is already difficult enough. If we’re going to understand this inquiry–and this presidency–we need to slow down the news cycle long enough to separate the signal from the noise. Every Saturday, Ezra Klein will do just that – through deep conversations with Vox reporters and leading policy voices about what’s going on, why it matters, and where it leaves us now.
Subscribe to follow The Washington Post’s coverage of impeachment proceedings with this collection of episodes from across The Post’s audio programming, including "Post Reports," "Can He Do That?" and "The Daily 202's Big Idea."
Democrats made a strong case against Donald Trump. Republicans are being punished for supporting it. Vox’s Zack Beauchamp explains. Transcript at vox.com/todayexplained. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesעל ידי Vox
Vox’s Andrew Prokop previews the historic second impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump. Law professor Alan Rozenshtein explains what the Justice Department can and cannot do to prosecute insurrectionists. Transcript at vox.com/todayexplained. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
Impeachment won’t stop the United States’ slide towards authoritarianism. Voter reform might. Transcript at vox.com/todayexplained. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesעל ידי Vox
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Weeds 2020: The Bernie electability debate
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Welcome to Weeds 2020! Every other Saturday Ezra and Matt will be exploring a wide range of topics related to the 2020 race. Since the Nevada caucuses, Bernie Sanders has become the clear frontrunner in the 2020 Democratic primary, spurring lots of debate over whether he could win in the general election. We discuss where the electability conversat…
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Jill Lepore on what I get wrong
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Jill Lepore is a Harvard historian, a New Yorker contributor, the author of These Truths, and one of my favorite past guests on this show. But in this episode, the tables are turned: I’m in the hot seat, and Lepore has some questions. Hard ones. This is, easily, the toughest interview on my book so far. Lepore isn’t quibbling over my solutions or p…
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‘Unshackled and unleashed’: Trump, post-acquittal
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On Friday's "Post Reports," White House bureau chief Phil Rucker speaks with guest host Caroline Kitchener about how Trump's acquittal has emboldened him and what it means for the presidency at large.על ידי The Washington Post
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President Trump is determined to make an example out of Alexander Vindman
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From "The Daily 202" podcast: Alexander Vindman, the National Security Council aide who testified during the House impeachment hearings, will be informed by a political appointee at the White House in the coming days that he is being pushed out.על ידי The Washington Post
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How Mitt Romney decided to vote for convicting Trump for abuse of power
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From "The Daily 202" podcast: Mitt Romney sealed a place in history yesterday by voting to convict President Trump of abuse of power, becoming a lone voice of dissent in the Republican Party.על ידי The Washington Post
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A president acquitted. The balance of power tested.
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The Senate has said yes, the president can do that, regarding his conduct in Ukraine. So what does Trump’s acquittal mean for the powers of the presidency? On “Can He Do That?” editor Marc Fisher talks about the future of our country’s balance of power.על ידי The Washington Post
President Trump will remain in office after the Senate votes to acquit. On Post Reports, Congressional reporter Mike DeBonis walks us through Sen. Mitt Romney's surprise vote, and why it didn't make a difference in the end.על ידי The Washington Post
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Joe Manchin's proposal to censure President Trump meets resistance on both sides
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In a floor speech, Sen. Joe Manchin declined to announce his decision, but asked his colleagues to consider censuring Trump, a less severe rebuke than removal from office that few senators were willing to pursue.על ידי The Washington Post
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Can a president be impeached twice?
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On Post Reports, Dan Balz explains whether a president can be impeached more than once.על ידי The Washington Post
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Susan Collins finds herself lonely in the middle, as a vote on impeachment looms
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From "The Daily 202" podcast: Sen. Susan Collins was the first of two Republicans to break with the president on any aspect of the impeachment trial by voting for witnesses, and she’s getting attacked for it from her right back home in Maine.על ידי The Washington Post
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The impeachment trial convicted American politics
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This episode, likely the final episode of this podcast, is a bit different: It’s a look not just at what happened this week, but at the deep lessons of impeachment, and the unresolved conflicts and contradictions we’re left with. Put simply, the Senate will acquit Donald Trump. But in refusing to even hear witnesses, they have convicted American po…
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Witnesses voted down in Senate impeachment trial
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On tonight's Post Reports, Aaron Blake explains how Republicans kept witnesses out of the impeachment trial.על ידי The Washington Post
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Senate appears ready to reject witnesses in Trump impeachment trial
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From “The Daily 202” podcast: The impeachment trial of President Trump is headed for a critical vote Friday that will determine whether the Senate hears from witnesses.על ידי The Washington Post
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A joke from Adam Schiff, and that moment with Rand Paul
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On tonight's Post Reports, Amber Phillips tells us what happened on the last day for questions during the Senate impeachment trial.על ידי The Washington Post
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Trump’s defense says a president cannot be impeached for anything that benefits his reelection
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From "The Daily 202" podcast: President Trump’s legal team argued in the impeachment trial that presidents could do nearly anything so long as they believe their reelection is in the public interest.על ידי The Washington Post
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It’s question time in the impeachment trial
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Aaron Blake says the debate over whether to call witnesses still hangs over the impeachment trial, on tonight's Post Reports.על ידי The Washington Post
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Senate Republicans move goal posts on ‘quid pro quo’ to justify opposing witnesses
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From "The Daily 202" podcast: Congressional Republicans are pivoting hard to a new argument: the president’s actions are not impeachable, even if it turns out he did leverage his office for an investigation of a domestic rival.על ידי The Washington Post
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Who is paying for Trump's defense lawyers?
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Trump's defense finishes opening arguments in the impeachment trial, and guest host Jessica Contrera talks to legal reporter Ann Marimow to answer a question from a Post Reports listener: Who is paying for Trump's lawyers?על ידי The Washington Post
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How Bolton’s allegation — no, not the one you’re thinking of — could change the impeachment trial
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On “Can He Do That?“, reporter Matt Zapotosky covers what an exchange between Bolton and Attorney General Barr might tell us about testing a Justice Department designed to maintain independence and how it may change the impeachment trial.על ידי The Washington Post
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Growing agitation among Senate Republicans for witnesses
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From "The Daily 202" podcast: sensational revelations from John Bolton threatened to upend the Senate impeachment trial Monday, increasing the chances that senators would vote to allow witnesses in a perilous development for the White House.על ידי The Washington Post
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The Bolton question hangs over impeachment trial
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On Post Reports, guest host Jessica Contrera talks to political reporter Aaron Blake about Trump's defense team, and the question hanging over the impeachment trial.על ידי The Washington Post
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John Bolton manuscript ups pressure on Senate Republicans to vote for witnesses
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From "The Daily 202" podcast: John Bolton’s forthcoming book, “The Room Where It Happened,” is scheduled for publication March 17, but a White House review could attempt to delay its publication or block some of its contents.על ידי The Washington Post
The Senate trial is officially underway. What’s happened so far? How will the trial proceed from here on out? And will any Republicans defect? Vox’s Li Zhou has the answers. Then Andrew Prokop and I talk Mitch McConnell: who he is, what motivates him, how he amassed so much power, and what his actions reveal about the underlying forces driving Amer…
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House Democrats preemptively defend the Bidens during impeachment trial arguments
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From "The Daily 202" podcast: in the impeachment trial, Democrats detailed their defense of Joe Biden’s actions regarding Ukraine in anticipation that it will be a major portion of the White House’s defense later this week.על ידי The Washington Post
On Post Reports, Amber Phillips explains why Democrats are telling Senators things they already know -- and, how some Senators are keeping themselves entertained by doodling or even reading.על ידי The Washington Post
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How Trump’s impeachment lawyers could undermine him in court
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Trump is fighting impeachment-related battles in both the Senate and the court system. His lawyers have conflicting strategies in each arena. On “Can He Do That?” Ann Marimow explains why these cases matter for the the future of presidential power.על ידי The Washington Post
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Democrats tone down rhetoric at impeachment trial, as Joe Biden rejects a witness swap
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From "The Daily 202" podcast: House Democrats charged with prosecuting the impeachment case against President Trump scaled back their fiery language yesterday following that scolding from Chief Justice John Roberts.על ידי The Washington Post
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Why McConnell wants a ‘boring’ impeachment trial
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On Post Reports, Amber Phillips reports on the opening arguments in the Senate impeachment trial. And David Fahrenthold explains how Trump’s D.C. hotel blurs lines of private interests and public life.על ידי The Washington Post
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Chief Justice Roberts admonishes lawyers during impeachment trial
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From "The Daily 202" podcast: A little 1 a.m. Eastern time this morning, Chief Justice John Roberts rebuked House impeachment managers and defense lawyers for President Trump over their decorum.על ידי The Washington Post
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The rules of engagement for the Senate impeachment trial
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On Post Reports, Aaron Blake explains Tuesday’s Senate debate on the rules for Trump’s impeachment trial. And Rosalind Helderman answers your questions on impeachment.על ידי The Washington Post
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Watchdog says the hold on Ukraine aid violated the law. Will it matter in the Senate trial?
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On “Can He Do That?“, economic policy reporter Jeff Stein answers key questions about what legal weight a decision from the GAO carries and how likely this ruling is to be considered by the Senate, as House Democrats and the Trump team make their cases.על ידי The Washington Post
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McConnell’s ground rules mean impeachment arguments could stretch past midnight
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From "The Daily 202" podcast: later yesterday afternoon, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell finally released the ground rules that will guide trial proceedings.על ידי The Washington Post
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"Constitutional decay" in the US Senate
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This week, Chief Justice John Roberts was sworn in to preside over the third presidential impeachment trial in US history. What happens next? What’s Mitch McConnell’s game plan? And who the hell is Lev Parnas? Andrew Prokop breaks it all down. Then, a Senate impeachment trial is one of the rarest and least understood events in American politics. Co…
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The Trump hotel bar was a ‘breeding ground’ for episodes in impeachment trial
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For three years, Trump’s hotel near the White House has been a loose, anybody-welcome hangout for Republicans.על ידי The Washington Post
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Trump, Giuliani and a guy called Lev
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The Senate gavels in for the impeachment trial. Paul Sonne unpacks the latest evidence implicating President Trump in the Ukraine scandal.על ידי The Washington Post
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Block witnesses? Allow evidence? The battles ahead for the Senate impeachment trial
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On the “Can He Do That?” podcast, Congress reporter Rachael Bade offers insight into how the Senate trial process may get thrown off course, how new revelations factor into the trial, and whether the final outcome actually as inevitable as it seems.על ידי The Washington Post
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Democrats relinquish control over the impeachment process
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From "The Daily 202" podcast: with pomp and circumstance, the House delivered the two articles of impeachment to the Senate last night.על ידי The Washington Post
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What to expect from the impeachment trial in the Senate
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Reporter Rosalind Helderman explains what’s happening with impeachment — and what we can learn from the new documents made public by House Democrats.על ידי The Washington Post
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Parnas files include more evidence of potential Trump involvement in the Ukraine affair
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From "The Daily 202" podcast: new materials released by House Democrats appear to show Ukraine’s top prosecutor offering one of Rudy Giuliani's associates damaging information related to Joe Biden.על ידי The Washington Post