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Anchor and Chief Congressional Correspondent, CNN. “Inside Politics Sunday with Manu Raju.” 8aET and 11aET Sunday. Rabid Chicago sports fan. Wisconsin Badger for life

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What Sen. Cory Booker told me about his party.

More at 8aET and 11aET on CNN’s “Inside Politics Sunday”

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03.08.2025 11:12 — 👍 16    🔁 5    💬 13    📌 8
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GOP candidate for VA governor declines to answer questions why Trump has not endorsed her | CNN Politics CNN’s Manu Raju presses Lt. Governor (R) Winsome Earle-Sears, candidate for governor of Virginia, on why President Donald Trump hasn’t endorsed her and if she will take steps to further restrict abort...

My interview with Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears, the GOP nominee for #vagov

- On why Trump hasn’t endorsed her
- Her position on DOGE cuts to federal workforce
- On how she’d handle abortion as governor

www.cnn.com/2025/08/01/p...

02.08.2025 12:52 — 👍 10    🔁 1    💬 3    📌 1
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New on “Inside Politics Sunday:” 8aET and 11aET on @CNN

The batttle for the House and new reporting on the Dem counterattack as Trump pushes to redraw TX lines to gain five GOP seats in the midterms.

“They’re trying to cheat to win,” Jeffries says of GOP.
More tomorrow:

19.07.2025 22:32 — 👍 13    🔁 4    💬 6    📌 1
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When Senate passed big bill, Lisa Murkowski said: “This bill needs more work across chambers and is not ready for the president’s desk.” But House jammed it through.
Asked her if it was naive to think House would change it

“It was not naive to suggest that it could have happened.”

13.07.2025 15:52 — 👍 236    🔁 58    💬 76    📌 15
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New -- @insidepolitics Sunday
8aET and 11aET on @cnn
- Trump latest: Ramped-up trade war, deportation fallout and TX response
- New reporting one year after Butler from
- What Lisa Murkowski told me about her key vote
- Newsom’s moves
— MAGA world blowup over Epstein

13.07.2025 11:40 — 👍 11    🔁 1    💬 3    📌 0
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News at the top of the hour

22.06.2025 14:47 — 👍 13    🔁 2    💬 3    📌 0
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New — “Inside Politics Sunday” 8aET and 11aET on CNN

— Crucial week in Senate as Trump agenda hangs in balance
— World awaits Trump’s two-week decision
— My interview with Senate Ds’ campaign chairwoman on the midterms
— The intense NY mayoral primary on Tuesday

21.06.2025 17:50 — 👍 6    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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The latest reporting from Washington, the campaign trail and around the world

“Inside Politics Sunday.” This Sunday and every Sunday. 8aEt and 11aET on @CNN

15.06.2025 13:42 — 👍 14    🔁 1    💬 3    📌 0
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News on @insidepolitics 8aET/11ET on @cnn.com
-   Trump’s move to federalize National Guard in CA amid immigration unrest
— First time since Rodney King
-  GOP Rep. Mike Lawler live on Trump’s big bill
-  Musk v. Trump latest
-  Tuesday election night preview

08.06.2025 11:42 — 👍 14    🔁 4    💬 5    📌 0
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GOP frustration grows at Musk as he steps up his attacks and puts Rs on defensive amid deficit fears.
But moderates like Murkowksi wary of deeper cuts, as hardliners say they won’t accept less from Senate.
Senate Rs need to cut deeper, Chip Roy warns, “or the bill's dead.”

05.06.2025 11:29 — 👍 11    🔁 0    💬 4    📌 1
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‘We can’t afford it’: Senate GOP balks at House megabill as messy fight awaits | CNN Politics Before Speaker Mike Johnson could get his first real stretch of sleep in three days, the House GOP’s painstakingly drafted “big, beautiful bill” was running into resistance in the Senate.

More on the Senate GOP demands ahead of a messy fight

www.cnn.com/2025/05/22/p...

23.05.2025 12:48 — 👍 12    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 0
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How hardliners got to YES from NO on Trump’s bill, despite their red line over growing the deficit.
Upshot: They justified their yes votes over narrower wins in the bill, Trump promises of executive action and pressure to advance agenda.
They’ll have to deal w Senate changes next

23.05.2025 12:45 — 👍 12    🔁 2    💬 8    📌 0
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NEW -- @InsidePolitics 8aET+11aET on @cnn
— Trump confronts courts and Congress stalling agenda
— Latest on weekend talks over big bill
— GOP Sen. Curtis to me on his handling of Trump
— What Ds are saying on Biden
— New reporting from on Kamala Harris’ future

18.05.2025 11:31 — 👍 7    🔁 2    💬 2    📌 0
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Plus on IP Sunday:
— Trump's economy as auto tariffs take effect
— Latest after WH shakeup
— 2028 Ds’ moves
— Jon Ossoff on Trump’s crypto venture
— Big retirement decision looms
— What Fetterman told me
— Inside the Conclave

04.05.2025 11:31 — 👍 5    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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GOP amps up Trump impeachment talk in midterm battle as party leaders woo Kemp for Senate | CNN Politics President Donald Trump and GOP leaders are beginning to plot their midterm push to hang onto power amid a shaky political environment, courting key candidates in critical battleground House and Senate...

New on “Inside Politics Sunday” on @cnn at 8aET/11aET

Trump and midterms
- GOP eyes impeachment talk to rev base
- Senate GOP leaders in big push for Kemp for #gasen. Thune, Scott, Daines, Ricketts spoke to him
- What Ossoff told me
- What Bacon said about retirement

www.cnn.com/2025/05/04/p...

04.05.2025 11:28 — 👍 7    🔁 2    💬 4    📌 0
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New — Looming primary fight has GOP leaders nervous — #txsen — amid fears it could cost $100M
- Thune urges Trump to endorse Cornyn
- Paxton sending signals of running
- Wesley Hunt blasts Cornyn, eyes bid

w/@sarahnferris and on @InsidePolitics 8a/11aET

www.cnn.com/2025/04/06/p...

06.04.2025 11:32 — 👍 15    🔁 4    💬 6    📌 4
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New — @InsidePolitics Sunday 8aET and 11aET on @CNN
— New numbers on what voters think of Dems
— Schumer backlash and battle with left
— Trump’s weekend: Strikes against Houthis; judge stops his use of 1798 law on deportations
— Trade war causes deep unease in GOP
— Trump’s revenge tour

16.03.2025 11:22 — 👍 17    🔁 0    💬 7    📌 0

If you're up, check me out on @mkraju.bsky.social this morning @cnn.com

09.03.2025 11:57 — 👍 12    🔁 1    💬 2    📌 0
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New — “Inside Politics Sunday” 8aET and 11aET on @CNN
— Whiplash over tariffs, Trump economy and what’s next for Musk
— Top Dems rejecting Trump-backed stop-gap to avoid shutdown
— Five years after covid
— Why Rs are skipping townhalls
— What Gillibrand says about Cuomo after pushing Franken out

09.03.2025 11:19 — 👍 17    🔁 2    💬 4    📌 1
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Manu Raju presses Jim Jordan on whether he agrees with the actions of Musk and DOGE | CNN Politics In an interview with CNN’s Manu Raju, House Judiciary chairman Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) defended the actions of Elon Musk and the Department of Government Efficiency, reiterating that President Donald T...

New — from Today’s “Inside Politics Sunday”

I talk to House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan about Elon Musk, DOGE and the legality of some of Trump’s early moves.

www.cnn.com/2025/02/09/p...

09.02.2025 17:35 — 👍 11    🔁 0    💬 5    📌 1

@larrysummers.bsky.social to @mkraju.bsky.social on Trump tariffs: "This is a self-inflicted wound to the American economy. I'd expect inflation over the next three or four months to be higher as a consequence."

02.02.2025 21:15 — 👍 23    🔁 8    💬 1    📌 0
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NEW @insidepolitics Sunday. 8aET and 11aET on @CNN
•Live report on the CA wildfires. Trump will have to confront the crisis in 8 days. How will he work with Newsom?
•Biggest test yet this week for Trump's Cabinet picks 
•Our new reporting on obstacle facing Trump's agenda
•D shift on immigration

12.01.2025 12:18 — 👍 16    🔁 1    💬 7    📌 0
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New - “Inside Politics Sunday” 8aET and 11aET on @cnn
— What Jan. 3 means for Trump and Johnson
— Trump’s risky decision on how to advance his agenda and why Senate Rs are nervous
— Live report on Jimmy Carter’s services
— And a day before Jan. 6, what voters say about the Capitol attack

05.01.2025 12:26 — 👍 15    🔁 1    💬 2    📌 0
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New -- “Inside Poltics Sunday” 8aET and 11aET on @cnn
- Trump's day with Thune and Johnson
- RFK Jr. v. McConnell?
- New reporting on Kamala Harris' future
- My interview with candidate for next DNC chair
- What Mike Johnson told me about why he's blocking kids online safety bill backed by Elon Musk

15.12.2024 12:04 — 👍 11    🔁 1    💬 3    📌 0
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Newsy “Inside Politics Sunday” 8aET and 11aET on @cnn
— News on Trump’s Kash Patel pick for FBI
— Wisconsin Dem party chair on race for DNC chair
— Major investor Cathie Wood joins to talk Elon Musk
— More: Trump’s pick of Charles Kushner, Hegseth chances to win confirmation

01.12.2024 12:21 — 👍 28    🔁 3    💬 7    📌 2

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