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In his Tuesday speech, President Biden shook hands and cracked jokes — but also traded barbs with Republicans, with verbal back-and-forths some have likened more to the U.K. House of Commons than a traditional address to Congress. Peter Baker, chief White House correspondent for the New York Times, and Leigh Ann Caldwell, co-anchor of Washington Po…

Amy Walter, editor-in-chief of the Cook Political Report, joins Chuck to analyze how the Chinese surveillance balloon — shot down by a U.S. fighter jet Saturday — reveals not only the evolving nature of our competition with China, but also the deepening partisan rift back home surrounding intelligence, homeland security and oversight. Plus, forget …

Anders Grimstad, head of Foresight and Emerging Interfaces at Schibstad, joins Chuck to explain why he’s optimistic about how artificial intelligence-powered tools could help journalists and educators … if the tools are well-regulated.Av NBC News

A brand new NBC News poll shows that two-thirds of voters are uncomfortable with President Biden and former President Trump running for the White House again — and while Biden has not yet officially announced a run for re-election, a primary seems to be rearing up in earnest on the Republican side, with reports of fmr. Amb. Nikki Haley's bid to com…

The brutal beating of Tyre Nichols by Memphis police officers, caught on video, has renewed calls for greater accountability and oversight on law enforcement. Amna Nawaz, co-anchor of "PBS Newshour," joins Chuck to detail how Congress is once again asked to police the police — and whether they can.Av NBC News

As the new year settles in, giving us a hint of the issues that will shape our political landscape for the foreseeable future, the pollsters with NBC News are hard at work taking the temperature of voters. Mark Murray and Bridget Bowman of the NBC News political unit join Chuck to preview how their next poll will inform us of America's zeitgeist wi…

Rep. Ruben Gallego's (D-Ariz.) Monday launch of his 2024 Senate bid could signal the first major challenge to Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (I-Ariz.), who hasn't announced re-election plans, but shocked Democrats in her switch to independent, late last year. Former Rep. Ron Barber (D-Ariz.) joins Chuck to detail how the Grand Canyon state foreshadows the cha…

The seeds are planted for a debt-ceiling showdown, as newly empowered House Republicans aim to use the threat of a default as a tool to force budget cuts. Brendan Buck, a former adviser to House Speakers John Boehner and Paul Ryan, joins Chuck to outline how the everlasting crisis of the debt limit might reach a new high as a more extreme form of c…

He had been secretary of Labor, budget director and Treasury secretary, but is most famous as the nation's secretary of State at a time when the world was reeling from the Cold War: George Shultz's legacy of public service is notable not only for being only one of two to have held that many Cabinet posts, but also for his pivotal role in crafting P…

Now fully seated in Congress and committees, Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.) launched his way into office thanks to a seemingly unending stream of lies. New York Times reporter Nicholas Fandos and Republican adviser Daniel Scarpinato join Chuck to explain how an unknown Republican from Long Island ended up in Capitol Hill ... and duped everyone tasked …

Barely three weeks into the new year, the two likeliest candidates for 2024 — President Biden and former President Trump — now both face criminal investigations for their handling of classified documents. The Rev. Al Sharpton, host of MSNBC's "PoliticsNation" and president of the Political Action Network, joins The Chuck ToddCast to weigh in on how…

Jim Popkin's new book "Code Name Blue Wren" documents his 15 years-long investigation of Ana Montes, a senior Pentagon analyst who spent close to two decades handing over state secrets to Cuba. He details the deadly double agent's story on the Chuck ToddCast.Av NBC News

The fraught House speaker drama along with the unfolding shadow campaigns to represent the GOP in the 2024 presidential election have left Republicans with the complicated task of figuring how they want to be defined. Josh Kraushaar, senior political correspondent at Axios, and Leigh Ann Caldwell, co-author of the Washington Post Early 202, join Ch…