Power Play
Live at the RNC: Insiders decode the Trump and Vance show
It’s been an eventful few days at the 2024 Republican National Convention in Milwaukee. Donald Trump and his running mate, J.D. Vance, are preparing to take the …
Live at the RNC: Trump insider on the survivor and a new VP
Starmer at NATO summit: Departing general issues sobering advice
Keir’s here: Starmer wants to change Britain and its standing in the world
Sanna Marin: ‘Too few’ female leaders in Europe
Never say never: Sanna Marin’s warning to Europe on tech, populism and her career ambitions
Shut up and listen: The election ‘fixer’ has some advice for Biden, Macron and Sunak
5 lessons for the Tory (and Labour) campaigns from Obama’s election guru
One of the brains behind David Cameron’s surprise Tory victory in 2015 has words of advice for Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer.
Don’t abandon the center, warns UK Chancellor
It takes a brave — some may say reckless — leader to call a general election when trailing in the polls by 20 percent. With three weeks …
Trump’s plan to end the Ukraine war: Bankrupt Putin’s regime
The conviction of Donald Trump in a criminal trial in New York has electrified the race for the White House. But will it make a difference to …
Inside UK Labour’s push for a US special relationship — even with Trump
Keir Starmer could finally get his handshake with Joe Biden if he becomes prime minister, five days after taking the job.
As the Rafah crisis deepens, could Gaza war threaten the US-UK relationship?
Ahead of the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings, host Anne McElvoy asks Jane Hartley, United States ambassador to the United Kingdom, about the future of the …
Navalny’s fight for a democratic Russia survives, insists key ally
Host Anne McElvoy talks to Leonid Volkov, who was Alexei Navalny’s long-serving chief of staff and campaign manager, about his mission to provide a democratic alternative to …
NATO needs to bend its rules to help Ukraine. Here’s why.
This week’s edition of Power Play comes from the Copenhagen Democracy Summit, where host Anne McElvoy talks to President Zelenskyy’s closest aide, Andriy Yermak, and former NATO …
Kevin McCarthy on his enemies and making peace with Trump after being ousted as House speaker
Among the business leaders, philanthropists and other luminaries attending this year’s Milken Institute Global Conference in Los Angeles are politicians — looking to set the record straight, …
Trump, Xi and how the China-US relationship faces a reset
Elbridge Colby is a hot pick to be Donald Trump’s national security adviser if the former president returns to the White House next year. It’s a role …
Trump ally hits out at David Cameron for ‘lecturing’ US
Republican Elbridge Colby also heaped praise on Shadow Foreign Secretary David Lammy.
Putin wants to divide the US and Britain. Is it working?
“America will always defend democracy in its hour of need. We tell our allies: We will stand with you. We tell our adversaries: Don’t mess with us.” …
Israel-Iran conflict: Biden and Trump vie for answers
How will responses to the confrontation between Israel, its allies and Iran redefine the line that divides Donald Trump and Joe Biden? Host Anne McElvoy talks to …
UK trade deal would be a ‘priority’ for Trump’s second term, claims ex-adviser
Robert Greenway brushes aside questions about past failures to secure the elusive deal.
Trump’s world view: How he’d deal with Russia, China, Iran and the Middle East
This week marked the grim six-month milestone since the Hamas terror attack on Israel and the ensuing counterattack on Gaza, which has led to a mounting death toll …
America’s battle against disinformation in the era of AI
In the wake of a devastating Islamist terror attack in Moscow, the dark arts of spreading disinformation are again in focus as Russia’s President Vladmir Putin pins …
Labour’s David Lammy on Trump, ‘visionary’ Margaret Thatcher and his bid to be the UK’s next foreign secretary
With the specter of a famine and a possible ground incursion of Rafah looming, Israel’s allies are fretting. U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken warned of an …
What Obama told Starmer: Open up and be yourself
Power Play podcast hears how an ex-U.S. president has been guiding a British premier-in-waiting.
Margaret Thatcher was a ‘visionary’ says Labour’s David Lammy
The shadow foreign secretary’s words are likely to infuriate the left of his party.
Trump’s interview with Nigel Farage: 7 things we learned
The future of NATO, negotiating with Putin, and Prince Harry feature in a half-hour talk with the former U.S. president.
Meet the mayor from Florida who wants to be Trump’s VP
Presented by Ernst and Young.
Biden’s State of the Union and Trump rematch | Interview with POLITICO’s global editor-in-chief
Presented by Ernst and Young.
‘Everything’ on table to help Ukraine beat Putin, Estonian PM says
Kaja Kallas talks boots on the ground, NATO, Donald Trump and the European election in an exclusive interview with POLITICO.
Will NATO send troops to Ukraine? Estonia’s Kaja Kallas on war, Trump and European defense
As European leaders gathered in Paris this week, there was a sense of foreboding about the war in Ukraine, and the death of Russian opposition leader Alexei …
From Munich: US top officials talk Russia, Israel and Trump
From the Munich Security Conference, host Anne McElvoy speaks to U.S. Senator Ben Cardin, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Celeste Wallander, U.S. assistant secretary …