AirTalk’s weekly political roundtable recaps the headlines you might have missed over the weekend and previews some of the big stories we’re watching for in local, state and national politics this week. Here are a few of the stories we’re following:
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Government shutdown & budget showdown
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Migrant kids dying in Customs & Border Protection custody
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Newman, California Police Officer Ronil Singh killed, igniting debate over sanctuary laws
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John Kelly is leaving the WH Chief of Staff Job
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Stock market volatility & President's criticism of Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell
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Democrats are about to take over the House. What to expect from Pelosi et all
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Elizabeth Warren is the first candidate signaling she's in the 2020 race
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Claire McCaskill gets real on her way out -- attacks Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and warns Democrats will lose the white working class if they embrace progressive causes too closely
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Trump's surprise trip to Iraq
With guest host Libby Denkmann.
Guests:
Matt Rodriguez, Democratic strategist and founder and chief executive officer of Rodriguez Strategies. He is also a former senior Obama advisor in 2008; he tweets @RodStrategies
Sean T. Walsh, Republican political analyst and partner at Wilson Walsh Consulting in San Francisco; he is a former adviser to California Governors Pete Wilson and Arnold Schwarzenegger and a former White House staffer for Presidents Reagan and H.W. Bush