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Brooks and Atkins Stohr on the end of the shutdown

Season 2025 Episode 318 | 10m 35s

New York Times columnist David Brooks and Kimberly Atkins Stohr of the Boston Globe join Amna Nawaz to discuss the week in politics, including the end of the longest government shutdown in U.S. history, affordability becoming a focus in Washington and new developments regarding the Jeffrey Epstein files.

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