
CNN NewsNight with Abby Phillip
CNN
Abby Phillip delivers a smart, sharp approach to the day's biggest stories.
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United States
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CNN
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Abby Phillip delivers a smart, sharp approach to the day's biggest stories.
Language:
English
Website:
https://www.cnn.com/audio
Episodes
NYT: Duffy Says Musk Wants To Cut Air Traffic Controllers
3/8/2025
Donald Trump wants Biden to own all the bad about the economy. But, what happens when the data says things aren’t awful? Plus, the Pentagon scrubs so called DEI content from its archives stumbling into erasing history. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Duration:00:47:15
Trump Walks Back Tariffs As More Chaos Hits Economy
3/6/2025
Donald Trump postpones tariffs one more time as his promise to make America rich again clashes with job cuts mirroring the Great Recession. Plus, the President takes away Elon’s hatchet and replaces with a scalpel while promising his cabinet will get a say in what is surgically removed from the federal bureaucracy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Duration:00:47:12
Musk Gives GOP Senators His Phone Number Amid Concerns
3/5/2025
Donald Trump takes the road many say he should not have traveled to begin with, undoing tariffs on allies as the courts put roadblocks in the way of his DOGE driven agenda. Plus, Democrats put themselves on display at Trump’s address to Congress. But, do Americans like what they see? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Duration:00:47:22
Trump Pauses Military Aid To Ukraine
3/3/2025
As President Trump stops all military aid to Ukraine, will Zelensky apologize or will the American president not give the Ukrainian president a shot at forgiveness? Plus, tariffs and trouble add new taxes on consumers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Duration:00:47:09
Diplomatic “Disaster” After Trump & Zelensky Clash
2/28/2025
A shouting match between Trump & Zelensky echoes across the globe. The president turns the Oval Office into The Apprentice to stage a reality TV spectacle to embarrass Ukraine’s president. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Duration:00:48:35
Judge: Trump’s Mass Firings Of Workers Likely Unlawful
2/27/2025
A judge tells the Trump administration there is no universe where DOGE’s deep cuts are legal while conservative radio gets an earful from their own people. Plus, MAGA reportedly imports alleged criminals accused of heinous crimes against women. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Duration:00:47:32
Musk Moves From Villainizing Workers To Fictionalizing Them
2/26/2025
In his first Cabinet meeting, Donald Trump cedes the floor to someone not in his Cabinet. Plus, federal workers are now being recast from villainized to fictionalized. Also, Amazon’s billionaire tells his paper how they’ll think and what they’ll think about. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Duration:00:47:53
Cabinet Officials Caught Off Guard, Frustrated By Musk
2/25/2025
Elon Musk’s presence at President Donald Trump’s first Cabinet meeting on Wednesday will solidify his power in the administration. But Musk’s attendance at the meeting comes as his attempts to gut the federal workforce and reshape it in Trump’s image, including giving sweeping orders to employees across the government, has begun to grate on Cabinet secretaries and members of Congress, multiple sources familiar with the matter told CNN. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Duration:00:47:44
Trump Admin Contradicts Trump & Musk’s Threat Of Firing
2/24/2025
Federal workers have less than two hours left to email Elon Musk to explain why they should still get paychecks as Trump’s cabinet says one thing while Trump says another. Plus, the new number two at the FBI is a podcast host who makes a living by promoting conspiracy theories. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Duration:00:47:27
Trump Fires Top U.S. General After Hegseth Called Him “Woke”
2/22/2025
Were Donald Trump’s eyes bigger than America’s appetite for change? Polls warn the president that voters think he’s doing much too much as the courts tell Trump no. Also, President Trump fires the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff months after his Pentagon chief said to do just that. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Duration:00:47:39
MAGA Allies Begin Criticizing Firings When They Hit Backyards
2/20/2025
The Right cheers on DOGE until DOGE comes for them. Plus, red flashing lights on the fate of the economy as MAGA moves the goal posts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Duration:00:47:42
Trump Villainizes “Dictator” Zelensky, Warns Of Ukraine’s End
2/19/2025
Donald Trump puts pettiness and Putin before all else. With a Truth Social smear, the American president turns his back on the West, turns Volodymyr Zelensky into a villain, and turns Ukraine’s existence into a question mark. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Duration:00:44:50
Trump Says Musk “Head” Of DOGE, White House Says He’s Not
2/19/2025
Civil servants abandon their government gigs as the Trump administration refuses to say who’s leading the president’s great purge of the federal bureaucracy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Duration:00:47:40
Airport CEO: No Critical Injuries In Delta Crash
2/17/2025
Upside-down and burning marked the end of a terrifying trip for 80 passengers and crew on a Delta Air Lines flight after it crashed while landing in Toronto, Canada. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Duration:00:47:46
Trump Border Czar Warns Adams Not To Violate “Agreement”
2/14/2025
The Trump administration brags about a deal as another prosecutor says to find a different fool to do their bidding. Plus, the Trump layoffs come for the men and women tasked with managing the nation’s nukes. Also, the White House shuts out the Associated Press from the briefing room. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Duration:00:47:56
Growing Resignations Over Orders To Drop Eric Adams Case
2/13/2025
Manhattan’s top prosecutor quits, but not before writing out her reasons why and accusing Trump’s Justice Department of accepting a quid pro quo to go easy on New York City’s mayor. Plus, a photo opportunity between India’s prime minister and Elon Musk renews questions over if the billionaire is pulling the strings of President Trump. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Duration:00:47:51
U.S. Distances Itself From Ukraine As Trump Invites Putin
2/12/2025
US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth said that the war between Ukraine and Russia “must end,” that Kyiv joining NATO is unrealistic and that the US will no longer prioritize European and Ukrainian security as the Trump administration shifts its attention to securing the US’ own borders and deterring war with China. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Duration:00:47:38
Musk Defends DOGE Cuts Alongside Trump In Oval Office
2/11/2025
Elon Musk brushed off questions about the authorities he is using to gut entire agencies, saying instead that Trump’s election last November amounted to license enough to carry out the will of voters. “The people voted for major government reform, and that’s what the people are going to get,” he said. “That’s what democracy is all about.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Duration:00:59:42
Trump: Judges “Shouldn’t Be Dictating” What Presidents Do
2/10/2025
The President tip toes up to the line of daring to defy the courts and ushering in a constitutional cluster. Plus, the President gives advice to Israel on what to do next if Hamas misses a deadline to return the hostages. Also, Trump levies new tariffs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Duration:00:47:28
Musk Rehires DOGE Aide Who Resigned Over Racist Posts
2/7/2025
The world’s most powerful man and the world’s richest are together gutting the United States government. Plus, a DOGE employee with a history of racism gets the backing of the White House and a second chance. Also, Donald Trump fires the Kennedy Center board to become king of culture. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Duration:00:47:17