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​Pro-Palestinian demonstrators wave Palestinian flags outside Union Station, on the day of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's address to a joint meeting of Congress on Capitol Hill, in Washington, U.S., July 24, 2024.
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Bibi calls for anti-Iran alliance in Congress as thousands protest

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed a joint session of Congress Wednesday afternoon amid protests both inside and outside the US Capitol. He framed the war with Hamas as part of a larger conflict between the United States and Iran, and proposed an alliance of anti-Iran nations to be called “The Abraham Alliance.”

People visit the U.S. Supreme Court building in Washington, U.S. March 15, 2022.
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Supreme Court rejects abortion pill challenge

The nation’s highest court on Thursday unanimously rejected a broad ban on the abortion medication mifepristone, meaning patients and doctors will retain access to the increasingly important drug.

Former U.S. President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks to the media following meetings with Republicans on Capitol Hill, at the National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) headquarters in Washington, U.S., June 13, 2024.
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Trump holds “pep rally” on return to Capitol Hill

Convicted former President Donald Trump returned to Capitol Hill on Thursday — the first time since his supporters attacked Congress on Jan. 6, 2021 — to deliver a behind-closed-doors speech to GOP legislators.

​US Rep. Mike Johnson is surrounded by fellow members as he speaks to reporters after securing the nomination for House Speaker from the Republican conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, on Oct. 24, 2023.
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The House Republican circus rolls on

It took five rounds of voting on Tuesday to make Tom Emmer of Minnesota the Republican nominee for speaker of the US House of Representatives … and about four more hours to persuade him his continued candidacy was doomed. Late Tuesday, House Republicans then voted to make Mike Johnson of Louisiana their fourth nominee (in three weeks!) for speaker. Can he get the 217 votes needed to win the job?

How Trump shook up American democracy — & nearly severed ties with Europe
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How Trump shook up American democracy — & nearly severed ties with Europe

Ian Bremmer discusses US politics and the upcoming midterm elections with DC power couple Susan Glasser and Peter Baker. Glasser is a Washington columnist for the New Yorker, and Baker is the chief White House correspondent for the New York Times. They recently co-authored a new book about the Trump presidency.

Behind Trump’s public theater: real attacks on US standing
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Behind Trump’s public theater: real attacks on US standing

Right before Donald Trump was elected US president in 2016, Peter Baker and Susan Glasser were about to get overseas correspondent gigs at The New York Times and The New Yorker, respectively. Both turned it down, deciding to stay in America to cover the Trump presidency. But what ensued was so crazy that "we got to be foreign correspondents in our hometown," Glasser tells Ian Bremmer on GZERO World, for the first time in front of a live studio audience.

US votes as democracy is under attack
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US votes as democracy is under attack

US midterm elections have traditionally been a referendum on the president. But in 2022 even Joe Biden wants the vote to be all about his predecessor, Donald Trump, who still dominates the GOP. This week on GZERO World — and for the first time in front of a live studio audience — Ian Bremmer speaks to New York Times Chief White House Correspondent Peter Baker and New Yorker staff writer Susan Glasser, who have co-authored a new book about the Trump presidency.

“Live from Washington, DC – Financing the Future” | Global Stage | Thu, April 21, 2022 | 3:30 pm ET/ 12:30 pm PT
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Join us for our Global Stage event live from Washington DC

WATCH : Today at 3:30 pm ET, GZERO Media streamed from the World Bank headquarters in Washington, DC to discuss "Financing the Future" as part of our Global Stage series. Moderator Jeanna Smialek, Federal Reserve reporter at The New York Times, leads the conversation with Eurasia Group and GZERO Media president Ian Bremmer, World Bank president David Malpass, Sri Mulyani Indrawati, Minister of Finance, Republic of Indonesia, and Rania Al-Mashat, Minister of International Cooperation, Egypt.

George Floyd Police Reform Bill unlikely to pass Senate
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George Floyd Police Reform Bill unlikely to pass Senate

Eurasia Group's Jon Lieber discusses progress (or lack thereof) of a policing reform bill, Biden's flip-flopping on the refugee cap, and whether or not Washington D.C. will become the 51st state.

Bipartisan action against Russia? Pros & cons of DC statehood
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Bipartisan action against Russia? Pros & cons of DC statehood

Jon Lieber, managing director for the United States at Eurasia Group, provides his perspective on US politics:


How likely is bipartisan action against Russia in light of Taliban bounty reports?

What are the strongest and least political arguments for and against D.C. Statehood?

What are the June job numbers mean for the odds of a phase four stimulus?