"Balance of Power" focuses on the intersection of politics and global business. On today’s show, Diana Furchtgott-Roth, Director of the Heritage Foundation Center for Energy, Climate, and Environment, shares her thoughts on what disturbances she’s bracing for in the US economy. Elizabeth Wydra, Constitutional Accountability Center President, talks about President Trump going on record saying Elon Musk is the head of DOGE and the potential legal ramifications of the President’s comment. Melinda Haring, Senior Fellow at the Atlantic Council’s Eurasia Center, discusses the US & Ukraine set to talk next week and what to expect from these conversations.
Chapters:
00:00:00 – Balance of Power Begins
00:01:53 – Bloomberg’s Stuart Paul on US Jobs Reports Shows Softening Labor Market
00:05:22 – Diana Furchtgott-Roth, Director at the Heritage Foundation Cntr. for Energy, Climate & Environment on Possible Disturbances From Tariffs
00:13:21 – Elizabeth Wydra, President of the Constitutional Accountability Center, on the Legality of the DOGE’s Actions, SCOTUS Reject Trump’s USAID Freeze
00:19:44 – Bloomberg’s Caroline Hyde on Pres. Trump’s Inaugural White House Crypto Summit
00:23:51 – Bloomberg’s Iain Marlow on Pres. Trump’s Relationship With Ukraine and Russia, Putin Said to be Ready to Discuss Truce
00:25:57 – Melinda Haring, Senior Fellow at the Atlantic Council’s Eurasia Center, On US, Ukraine Set to Talk Next Week, Ukraine Will Say No to Russia Truce
00:34:45 – Political Panel on Pres. Trump Denies Riff Between Rubio & Musk, Future of Education Department in Limbo, Government Funding Deadline Looms
00:43:33 – Lookahead to Next Week in Washington: Greenland Election, US & Ukraine Meeting in Saudi Arabia, Government Funding Deadline
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