AirTalk’s weekly political roundtable recaps the major headlines you might’ve missed in politics news over the weekend and looks ahead to the week to come. Here are the headlines what we’re following this week:
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2020 Check in:
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Trump proposes a new budget, with more funds for the military and the border wall and cuts to Medicare and Medicaid
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Post-impeachment:
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Trump celebrated his acquittal last week
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The president fired two witnesses who testified in the House inquiry against him: Gordon Sondland and Lt. Col. Alexander S. Vindman
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Former United States Secretary of State Madeline Albright advocates for the extension of the New START treaty, which limits the American And Russian nuclear arsenal
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President Trump’s company charged the Secret Service for its use of rooms while protecting Trump at his hotels
Guests:
Trent Spiner, Politico reporter covering the New Hampshire primary, he’s currently in Manchester; he tweets @TrentSpiner
Amanda Renteria, senior advisor for Emerge America, a national organization that works to identify and train Democratic women who want to run for political office; she is the former national political director for Hillary Clinton’s 2016 presidential campaign and has been a staffer for Senators Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) and Debbie Stabenow (D-MI); she tweets @AmandaRenteria
Rob Stutzman, Republican political consultant and president of Stutzman Public Affairs; former deputy chief of staff to Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger; he tweets @RobStutzman