

CNN NewsNight with Abby Phillip
CNN Podcasts
Abby Phillip delivers a smart, sharp approach to the day's biggest stories.
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Feb 11, 2025 • 45min
Trump: Judges “Shouldn’t Be Dictating” What Presidents Do
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

Feb 8, 2025 • 45min
Musk Rehires DOGE Aide Who Resigned Over Racist Posts
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

Feb 7, 2025 • 46min
Musk Staffer Resigns Over Posts Pushing Racism, Eugenics
The judge standing in the way of Elon Musk’s great purge and the DOGE staffer who helped lead the charge is now out of a job after a disturbing revelation. Plus, the President polishes his scalpel to cut away thousand of health jobs as new bird flu infections put doctors on alert. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Feb 6, 2025 • 46min
Musk & Mystery Team Intensify Dismantling Of Government
Judge, jury, and executioner. The White House says Elon Musk will police himself as he slices and dices his through the federal bureaucracy. Plus, protests without a plan. Democrats run back the resistance playbook. But, is there a better strategy for battling Trump? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Feb 5, 2025 • 46min
Trump Proposes U.S. “Take Over” Gaza To Be “Riveria”
Tonight, it appears President Trump is willing to use American soldiers as an occupying force in Gaza. His plan, according to the few concrete details he spelled out this evening while standing next to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, hinges on the United States seizing the Gaza Strip. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Feb 4, 2025 • 46min
Dems Sound Alarm On Musk & Trump’s “Constitutional Crisis”
Elon Musk’s soldiers break down the digital doors to your data in the name of cleaning up the federal bureaucracy. Plus, in the tariff war, is Donald Trump really fighting to save American lives from foreign drugs or is he just trying to collect from the country’s closest allies? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Feb 1, 2025 • 46min
Medevac Jet Crashes Near Philly Mall
Another plane has crashed inside another American city and this time it is Philadelphia. CNN is told a twin engine medevac jet took off from a local airport where it reached 16,000 feet after takeoff before plunging. Six people were on board including a child patient. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan 31, 2025 • 45min
Probe Intensifies In Deadliest U.S. Plane Crash In 24 Years
Wind, ice, jet fuel, and debris are all hampering the search for the remains of the passengers aboard the American Airlines flight that collided with the military helicopter. There are no survivors and the NTSB says 40 bodies so far have been recovered from the wreckage. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan 29, 2025 • 46min
Trump’s Sudden Freeze On Federal Spending Triggers Chaos
Donald Trump orders a federal funding freeze forcing states to claw for cash that pays for Americans’ essentials. Plus, as coast-to-coast raids grab headlines, could signing checks undocumented migrants cashed put employers in the crosshairs? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan 28, 2025 • 46min
Trump Fires Justice Dept Officials Who Prosecuted Him
More than a dozen officials who worked on the criminal investigations into Donald Trump have been fired, according to sources familiar with the matter. A letter from acting Attorney General James McHenry to the officials said they cannot be “trusted” to “faithfully” implement Trump’s agenda. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices


