Basil Smikle, MS NOW Political Analyst and Professor of Practice at the School of Professional Studies at Columbia University, and former Executive Director of the New York State Democratic Party, and Matthew Bartlett MS NOW Political Analyst, Republican strategist, and former Trump appointee to the State Department join The Weekend to discuss.
AI:Political analysts Basil Smikle and Matthew Bartlett discussed the deepening partisan divide and strategic messaging battles as the midterm elections approach. The discussion focused on how both parties are attempting to frame their platforms to counter current political trends, including recent polling shifts and the ongoing struggle for economic narrative control amidst a changing national landscape.Open
With the 2026 midterm elections less than three months away, Trump and Republicans are facing an uphill battle in the polls, but they’re not alone. Democrats are struggling with a branding issue, with polling numbers that are even worse than those of the GOP. MS NOW’s Kevin Frey spoke with a number of Democratic lawmakers about why their party’s image is so poor. He joins Morning Joe to discuss the multiple reasons Democrats believe their brand is polling so badly and what they hope to do about it.
The Iran and Ukraine wars underline the common limits of military force in achieving political ends, but also the differences between a dug-in Russian president and a vacillating American one.
Russian President Vladimir Putin arrives for a wreath-laying ceremony marking the 85th anniversary of the Nazi German invasion into the Soviet Union in World War II, on the Remembrance and Sorrow Day at the Tomb [...]
On Friday's "American Agenda," former National Security Advisor John Bolton discussed the connections between the war with Iran and Russia's war with Ukraine.
President Trump spoke on the phone with Russian president Vladimir Putin Monday and discussed the war with Iran and the efforts to end the war in Ukraine, the Kremlin said. Why it matters: This was the first call between Trump and Putin since the beginning of the war with Iran. - Russia is a key ally of Iran and U.S. officials are concerned it is helping the Iranians in their war effort. - Trump downplayed that scenario, but White House envoy Steve Witkoff told reporters on Saturday that he has communicated to Russian officials that they shouldn't share any intelligence with Iran. Driving the news: Putin's foreign policy adviser Yuri Ushakov told Russian reporters that the call lasted around an hour and was "frank" and…
