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Brooks and Capehart on Republicans facing backlash over cuts

Season 2025 Episode 52 | 11m 09s

New York Times columnist David Brooks and Washington Post associate editor Jonathan Capehart join Geoff Bennett to discuss the week in politics, including fresh tensions between the U.S. and Ukraine, town hall backlash to major cuts to the federal workforce and how inflation could sink Republicans.

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