Senior political reporter Aaron Blake talks with The Post’s White House editor, Naftali Bendavid, and national political reporter Maeve Reston about the politics of Trump’s sentencing in the New York hush money case. They also dig into how Trump is trying to pin the Los Angeles wildfires on Democrats and look ahead to next week ’s Senate confirmation hearing for Trump’s pick for defense secretary, Pete Hegseth. Today’s show was produced by Sabby Robinson. It was edited by Lucy Perkins and Rachel Van Dongen and mixed by Rennie Svirnovskiy. Subscribe to Aaron’s newsletter, The Campaign Moment, here . Subscribe to The Washington Post here .
Day: January 10, 2025
Nicolas Maduro will serve a third term as Venezuela’s president, despite criticism. How much support does the President have? Maria Corina Machado, leader of the opposition has condemned the inauguration as a coup and a violation of the constitution. Also on the programme: the USA’s South Carolina Attorney General, Alan Wilson, tells Newshour why he supports the banning of social media platform TikTok; and Israeli settlers of the West Bank tell the BBC why they support the election of Donald Trump as the new President of the United States. Image: President Nicolas Maduro gestures on the day of his inauguration for a third six-year term in Caracas, Venezuela January 10, 2025. Credit: Leonardo Fernandez Viloria via Reuters.
Home insurance companies see stock hits as the blazes continue. Plus, Delta shares soared after the airline reported quarterly results. Danny Lewis reports. Sign up for the WSJ’s free What’s News newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
P.M. Edition for Jan. 10. Donald Trump has become the first former U.S. president to be sentenced for a crime—in this case, falsifying business records. WSJ courts reporter Corinne Ramey weighs in on why this sentence matters. And a strong jobs report is good news about the health of the economy, but sends stocks trending downward. Reporter Paul Kiernan lays out what this could mean for the Federal Reserve’s next steps. And why this weekend could be critical for the effort to contain the wildfires around Los Angeles. Alex Ossola hosts. Sign up for the WSJ’s free What’s News newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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