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Balance of Power

Bloomberg Washington Correspondents Joe Mathieu and Kailey Leinz deliver insight and analysis on the latest headlines from the White House and Capitol Hill. Watch us LIVE on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF.

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46:26

Rubio Tapped for Venezuela Overhaul, House Returns...

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2026/01/06

Watch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF.President Donald Trump asked Secretary of State Marco Rubio to lead the process to implement economic and political reforms in Venezuela and the US believes it is getting “full, complete and total” cooperation from the government in Caracas after the capture of Nicolas Maduro, White House senior adviser Stephen Miller said Monday.Trump requested Rubio “under the president’s close guidance and direction, to

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15:33

Weekly Washington Policy Pulse: Venezuela, Congress...

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2026/01/05

A discussion with Bloomberg Intelligence Senior Defense Analyst Wayne Sanders about how the US arrest of Venezuela's Nicolas Maduro is unlikely to alter US defense-spending for companies like Lockheed Martin and General Dynamics led Bloomberg Intelligence's Jan. 5 edition of the Washington Policy Pulse. Among the topics of discussion included the likelihood of extending enhanced Obamacare subsidies, the odds of a government shutdown and the timing for a Supreme Court decision on the legality of

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51:50

Trump Eyes Venezuela Oil Control

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2026/01/05

Watch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF.US Energy Secretary Chris Wright plans to talk this week with oil-industry executives about reviving Venezuela’s energy sector following the capture of President Nicolás Maduro, according to people familiar with the matter.Wright will attend the Goldman Sachs Energy, Clean Tech & Utilities Conference in Miami this week that executives from Chevron Corp., ConocoPhillips and other companies are scheduled to attend

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22:38

Instant Reaction: Trump Says US to ‘Run Venezuela’ in...

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2026/01/03

President Donald Trump said the US would run Venezuela until a transition could be organized, hours after a US operation captured leader Nicolás Maduro, ousting the strongman from power after months of mounting military and economic pressure on his regime.“We’re going to run the country until such time as we can do a safe, proper and judicious transition,” Trump said Saturday at a press conference at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida. “So we don’t want to be

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35:17

Zelenskiy Expects to Meet With Trump Sunday; US...

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2025/12/26

Watch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF.Bloomberg Washington Correspondents Joe Mathieu and Kailey Leinz deliver insight and analysis on the latest headlines from the White House and Capitol Hill, including conversations with influential lawmakers and key figures in politics and policy. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said he expects to meet with US President Donald Trump in Florida on Sunday in pursuit of a deal to end Russia’s nearly four-year

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47:35

Jeffrey Epstein Files Appease Almost No One

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2025/12/24

Watch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF.The Justice Department’s long-awaited rollout of the Jeffrey Epstein files has been a chaotic spectacle that, so far, has largely turned the spotlight back to his previously known associates, including President Donald Trump and former President Bill Clinton, while fueling frustrations.As of Tuesday evening in Washington, the DOJ had released thousands of pages of heavily redacted records and photos — mostly in two

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40:15

Latest Release of Epstein Files Has Trump Mentions;...

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2025/12/23

Watch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF.The US Justice Department released another tranche of files related to Jeffrey Epstein, including some that add fresh pressure on President Donald Trump over his past relationship with the late, disgraced financier.The trove includes thousands of additional pages of material related to investigations of Epstein, including a 2020 email from a prosecutor that contains new detail about Trump’s trips on Epstein’s private

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43:52

US Pursues Third Oil Tanker, Ramping Up Pressure on...

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2025/12/22

Watch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF.The US Coast Guard’s pursuit of a third oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela has intensified a blockade that the Trump administration hopes will cut off a vital economic lifeline and isolate the government of President Nicolás Maduro.US forces chased the US-sanctioned Bella 1 on Sunday as it was en route to Venezuela. They boarded Centuries, a ship owned by a Hong Kong-based entity, on Saturday — the first

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31:23

DOJ Faces Deadline to Release Epstein Files

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2025/12/19

Bloomberg Washington Correspondents Joe Mathieu and Kailey Leinz deliver insight and analysis on the latest headlines from the White House and Capitol Hill, including conversations with influential lawmakers and key figures in politics and policy. On this edition, Joe speaks with: Bloomberg Washington Correspondent Tyler Kendall. Sarah Krissoff Partner at Cozen O'Connor, and Former-Federal Prosecutor with the Southern District of New York Jeanne Sheehan Zaino, Democracy Visiting Fellow at Harvard

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49:51

Trump Aims to Ease Price Strain

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2025/12/18

Watch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF.President Donald Trump looked to reassure Americans concerned about the rising cost of living by announcing plans to award a special holiday payment to military service members and roll out new housing reforms in the new year.Trump announced the plans Wednesday during a prime-time address from the White House, which he used to extol his accomplishments from his first year back in the White House and convince voters they should

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39:02

House GOP Revolt Forces ACA Credits Vote

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2025/12/17

Watch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF.Four Republican lawmakers have signed onto House Democrats’ effort to force a vote on a three-year clean extension of Affordable Care Act subsidies, an act of defiance against GOP leaders as moderates grow frustrated over health care.Three Pennsylvania Republicans — Reps. Brian Fitzpatrick, Rob Bresnahan, and Ryan Mackenzie, along with New York’s Mike Lawler, signed Democrats’ discharge petition on the

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35:53

Speaker Johnson Rejects Health-Subsidy Vote

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2025/12/16

Watch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF.Speaker Mike Johnson will block a push by moderate House Republicans for a vote on renewing expiring Obamacare subsidies, quashing a last-ditch effort to head off a spike in insurance premiums for more than 20 million Americans.The Republican speaker’s decision guarantees enhanced Affordable Care Act premium credits expire at the end of the year. Democrats have made clear the congressional Republicans’ refusal to

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42:00

Congress Nears 2025 Finish, Zelenskiy Hints At US...

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2025/12/15

Watch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF.President Volodymyr Zelenskiy signaled that Ukraine could accept security guarantees from the US and Europe as a way to prevent future Russian aggression, and substitute for its long-term goal of joining NATO. Ukraine’s leader met at Germany’s Federal Chancellery in Berlin on Sunday with a US delegation led by Special Envoy Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, President Donald Trump’s son-in-law, along with several

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Weekly Washington Policy Pulse: Rescheduling,...

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2025/12/15

A potential President Donald Trump presidential order that would reclassify marijuana from Schedule I to Schedule III and the impact it has on equities and ETFs in the marijuana space was a key highlight of Bloomberg Intelligence's Washington Policy Pulse on Dec. 15. The AdvisorShares Pure US Cannabis ETF, tickered MSOS, is up nearly 60% on the news. Yet we caution that Trump doesn't have the unilateral authority to reclassify the drug but rather will have to direct the Department of Justice to

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33:56

Trump Ups Pressure on Venezuela

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2025/12/12

Watch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF.The seizure of an enormous oil supertanker off the coast of Venezuela on Wednesday is just the beginning of a new phase in the Trump administration’s ramped-up pressure campaign against Nicolas Maduro, according to people familiar with the operation.The act of economic statecraft — which saw US forces descend on ropes from a Black Hawk helicopter onto the deck of a sanctioned very-large crude carrier called Skipper

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41:47

Senate Rejects Healthcare Bills

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2025/12/11

Watch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF.The Senate rejected a pair of partisan measures addressing the impending expiration of Obamacare subsidies, setting up a Jan. 1 spike in health insurance premiums for more than 20 million Americans.With only a few days left before lawmakers leave for their Christmas break and few signs of life in stalled bipartisan negotiations, the failure Thursday of the dueling partisan plans all but guarantees the expiration of enhanced

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40:08

Trump Says Smart People Back Tariffs

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2025/12/10

Watch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF.President Donald Trump said people were “starting to learn” the benefits of his tariff regime as he sought to convince voters his administration was moving to address affordability concerns, taking to the road in hopes of countering a mounting political vulnerability.Trump, who is resuming domestic political travel after months without holding a rally, allowed that he “got a lot of heat” over his sweeping

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Weekly Washington Policy Pulse: Obamacare, Farm Aid...

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2025/12/09

An update on Congressional plans -- or the lack thereof -- to extend Obamacare subsidies led Bloomberg Intelligence's Washington Policy Pulse on Dec 8. While the Senate is expected to vote on a deal to extend the subsidies for 3-years, political partisanship remains and deals will be difficult to achieve. We also previewed what Bloomberg News reports to be a $12 billion aid package for farmers, which the White House is expected to roll out today. Other topics of discussion also include a discussion

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54:35

GOP Senators Float Health Plan

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2025/12/09

Watch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF.Senate Republicans plan to vote this week on a likely futile plan to counter Democrats’ push to extend expiring Obamacare subsidies as health care costs for more than 20 million people are set to spike on Jan. 1.Neither the Republican legislation announced Tuesday nor Democrats’ proposed three-year extension are expected to get the 60 votes needed for Senate passage. For some Americans, health insurance premiums will

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42:59

Trump Unveils New Farm Aid

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2025/12/08

Watch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF.The Trump administration on Monday plans to unveil a long-awaited farm aid package, according Trump administration officials, offering $12 billion in assistance to a key base of support hit hard by low crop prices and the impact of the president’s tariff policies.The aid will include up to $11 billion in one-time payments to crop farmers under the Department of Agriculture’s newly designed Farmer Bridge Assistance

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