News comes fast in Washington these days, and Edward Endymion is here to break it all down. First, we examine the ghoulish instinct on both right and left to politicize tragedy while families remain freshly in mourning in the aftermath of the disasterous collision over Reagan National Airport before checking in on new headwinds faced by RFK Jr. and Tulsi Gabbard in their battles to make it out of committee and win a floor vote to be confirmed into Trump's cabinet, while Kash Patel looks to sail through. With the news of the day dispensed of, we're free to take a thousand foot view of the political landscape with a new Quinnipiac Poll released this week, showing Trump's more popular than he's ever been, but more consequentially the Democrats are less popular than they've ever been. They're a party desperately in need of a rebrand - but who has the courage, will, and power to cast the socialists out and drag them back to the center? Finally, we hop across the pond and check in on the state of play for Germany's upcoming election. Should American's be concerned or excited about the rise of the right wing AfD party? We'll give you the angle.

In a rare reversal, Trump issues a memo rescinding his earlier executive order pausing federal spending until reviews of said spending could be conducted. The bureaucracy snapped into chaos and Democrats pushed back hard, notching their first win of the new Trump presidency. But is Trump's revocation a retreat or just a retrenchment; and could Democratic overreach snatch defeat from the jaws of victory? Next, RFK Jr. took to the hill today before the Senate's Finance Committee in his bid to be the next director of Health and Human Services. Democrats learned some from their failure to damage Hegseth, but when your viral clip is Bernie Sanders complaining about baby onesies, you need to take some more notes. We'll talk about it. Finally, Edward takes a look at Trump's executive order aimed at blocking gender affirming care for minors, recapping how Conservative media actually managed to get some points on the board on a civil rights issue but warning that new tactics will be needed if they want to hold their ground on the issue going forward as the battlefield changes.

Trump stuns the federal buearocracy with a memo ordering a spending pause until reviews are conducted in line with his raft of executive orders. Is it a constititutional overreach, as Democrats are saying, or is it necessary in order to bring the federal government in line with his priorities? Edward Endymion's bringing you the angles you haven't heard. Next, China's Deepsink AI challenges America's burgeoning AI dominance. With the markets scrambling, is this AI's Sputnik moment or just a blip on the radar - and could China's innovation in fact help America's AI sector? Finally, we dive deep into the chaos engulfing Minnesota's state house as Democrats refuse to let Republicans reach a quorom and state business grinds to a halt. Will antics there dictate the 2028 electoral map? Probably not, but it's fun to call Tim Walz a clown. All that's inside the episode!