AirTalk’s weekly political roundtable recaps the headlines you might’ve missed over the weekend and looks ahead to the biggest stories of the week to come in national and state politics.
Here’s what we’re watching this week:
President Trump agrees to a deal that would temporarily reopen the federal government for three weeks, ending the 35-day streak in the longest partial government shutdown in history
Some lawmakers push for legislation to outlaw shutdowns
With the government reopened, Trump’s State of the Union Address is also back on the table
The latest on the Mueller investigation: Roger Stone’s indictment and the WikiLeak-ed emails
The Senate Intelligence Committee subpoenas Michael Cohen after he pulled out of a public hearing scheduled for February 7
Unrest in Venezuela as the power struggle continues, including its implications for U.S. foreign diplomacy
The U.S. to start sending asylum-seekers back across the southern border
Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz mulling presidential run
With guest host Libby Denkmann
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
Lynn Vavreck, professor of political science at UCLA; she tweets