AirTalk’s weekly political roundtable recaps the headlines you might’ve missed over the weekend and looks ahead at the week to come in political news. Here’s what we’re watching this week:
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NYT reports White House Counsel Don McGahn has cooperated extensively in Mueller inquiry, Trump says he allowed McGahn to cooperate with the probe, compares it to McCarthyism
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Former intel chiefs blast Trump for Brennan security clearance revocation — will the White House revoke others’ clearance? Also, John Brennan says he’s considering legal action to stop security clearance revocations
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Report: Michael Cohen could face criminal charges by end of month
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Trump to announce plan to allow states to decide whether or how to curb coal emissions
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Trump cancels planned military parade, blames local officials for inflating prices
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Manafort trial latest
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Trump says press is “opposition party” after hundreds of papers come out with editorials denouncing the president’s threats against the press, president
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Former U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan dies at 80
Guests:
Lanhee Chen, research fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University; he was an adviser for Marco Rubio’s 2016 presidential campaign and served as policy director for the Romney-Ryan 2012 presidential campaign; he tweets @lanheechen
John Iadarola, creator and host of the YouTube TV political talk show ‘The Damage Report,’ part of The Young Turks Network, and co-hosts The Young Turks weekly live show on YouTube; he tweets @johniadarola