Powerhouse Politics
Headliner interviews and in-depth looks at the people and events shaping U.S. politics. Hosted by ABC News' Chief Washington Correspondent Jonathan Karl and Political Director Rick Klein.
"We Can't Afford Not To Go Big"
"A Master of the Inside Game"
"One Thing Leads to Another"
"Over-Broad" & "Extreme"
"America Is Worth It"
"A Point Of View Is Based In Truth"
Putin Will 'Pay a Price'
"Dude, It's A Big Bleeping Deal"
Authors of "Lucky: How Biden Barely Won the Presidency"
"They Crossed A Line"
"Truth is the Counter to The Big Lie"
Second Impeachment Trial Begins
"We Really Have To Meet The Moment"
"Unity Requires You To Eliminate the Vitriol"
Steps Ahead
"A Fatal Condition"
"Stop Trying To Stoke Fears for Fame"
Shocking But Not Surprising
"The Pressure Is Enormous"
Closing The Book On 2020
Flipping The White House
"Respectful in Public and Very Clear in Private"
"This Is Not for the Faint of Heart"
"This Has To Stop"
"This is Crazy. This is Nuts."
"This Is Not A Search For The Truth"
Jim Gray: "Talking to GOATs"
Creating Doubt
The Apparent Winner
An Extraordinary Couple of Days
Election Update: The 'Blue Shift' Begins
Election Day: What To Watch For
Ohio Secretary of State, Frank LaRose
Remarkable Voter Turnout
Candidates Make Their Closing Arguments
Trump vs. Fauci
"A Deep Sickness"
"All Necessary Precautions"
An Absolute Chaotic Mess
Debate Preview: Biden vs. Trump
"The Bloom Is Off The Rose"
"Without Victory, There Is No Survival"
Trump And The Media
Blocked Bulletin from DHS
"A Fair Shake"
Law and Order (Again)
The Trump Show
A Turn Toward Optimism?
"More Optimistic and Less Dire"
Biden and Bannon
A Virtual Roll Call
A Broad Coalition
A Convention Unlike Any Other
Harris Makes History
"It Is What It Is"
Blame America First?
It's Not An "Unlimited License"
The Briefing Room
"I Didn't Listen to My Experts"
"If It's Indefensible, It's Indefensible"
Primary Colors
"Americans Want Law and Order"
Bonus: Dr. Anthony Fauci
About That Conspiracy Theory Tweet
"Enough is Enough"
Wild Allegations
The Presidents Club
'Not Everybody Should Get A Test'
Mr. Doom and Gloom
Testing Limits
Questions Without Answers
Bonus: NJ Gov. Phil Murphy
Checks and Balances
Race Against Time
"Front Row at the Trump Show"
Human Life or Economic Life?
"A Wartime President"
Biden's Blowout
And Then There Were Two
Bonus: Rep. James Clyburn (D-SC)
Rough Crowd
Bloomberg Takes the Stage
After New Hampshire
A Consequential Week
Bonus: 50/50
Iowa and Impeachment
Both Sides Admonished
"Impeached Forever"
Repair Work
What's Next?
Looking Ahead to 2020
The Impeachment
Diametrically Opposed
A Split Screen Moment
"Unprincipled, Uncalibrated and unAmerican"
"Everyone Was In The Loop"
Irregular, But Certainly Not Outlandish
Election Results & Impeachment Revelations
"It's Just Baloney"
At Nats Park with Mike Rizzo
Quid Pro Quo?
John Kasich: "I Would Vote To Impeach"
A New Front-runner?
Kangaroo Court
"I was on the phone call"
Impeachment Inquiry
Remembering Cokie Roberts
Houston Debate Preview
A Changing Dynamic on Guns
Can Biden Break Through?
Has Civility Been Lost?
Immigration, Iowa and Gun Legislation
Gun Violence
Dems Debate: Round 2, Night 1
The Mueller Testimony
The Race and Racism
A Crowded Primary
"For the Good of the Game"
Borderline
The First Debates
Game On
Biden v. Trump
Tensions Over Tariffs
Mueller Breaks His Silence
Bonus: Baseball and Politics
Boiling Over
Reset Button
Oversight
Barr on The Hill
To Impeach or Not to Impeach?
Can Bernie Beat Trump?
Barr, Walls and Separation
Bonus: Presidential Golf
4/3/19: Spin and Gloss
3/27/19: Life After Mueller
3/20/19: Is it Mueller Time?
3/13/19: The Waiting Game
Bonus: One-on-One with Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan
3/6/19: 81 Requests
Bonus: One-on-One with John Hickenlooper
2/27/19: An Historic Split Screen
2/20/19: More Candidates for 2020
2/15/19: A National Emergency
2/13/19: 'I'm Not Happy'
2/6/19: State of the Union
1/30/19: Assessing Threats
1/23/19: Will They Find A Compromise?
1/16/19: What's the Deal?
1/9/19: Funding the Wall
1/2/19: Setting the Stage
12/19/18: The Question of Funding
12/12/18: Deal or No Deal?
12/5/18: Remembering 41
11/28/18: Leadership
11/21/18: Who Supports Pelosi?
11/14/18: The Week After
11/7/18: Trump Takes Center Stage
11/5/18: Election Eve
11/1/18 Bonus: One-on-One with President Trump
10/31/18: Six Days To Go
10/24/18: 'No Proof of Anything'
10/17/18: The Times They Are a-Changin'
10/10/18: The Political Storm in Missouri
10/5/18 Bonus: Ben Bradlee Jr.
10/3/18: Nomination in Limbo
9/26/18: Does Kavanaugh Survive?
9/19/18: Would It Be Disqualifying?
9/12/18: No One is Above The Law
9/5/18: 'Administrative Coup D'etat'
8/29/18: A Sanders vs. Trump Matchup?
8/27/18: Remembering John McCain
8/22/18: Everything Trump Touches
8/15/18: No Guarantees
8/8/18: Too Close To Call
8/1/18: Opinions?
18 for '18: The Next Ocasio-Cortez?
7/25/18: Cash or Check?
7/18/18: 'That Probably Clarifies Things'
7/17/18 BONUS: Cal Ripken Jr
7/13/18: Eight Questions
7/11/18: Battle Lines Drawn
6/29/18 Bonus: Leo's List
6/27/18: A Political Earthquake
6/22/18 Bonus: Ben Rhodes
6/20/18: Zero Tolerance
6/13/18: A Midterm for the Midterms
Special Edition: Summit In Singapore
6/6/18: Pardon Me
5/30/18: Odds of a Summit
5/23/18: Que Sera, Sera
5/22/18: Davey Johnson
5/16/18: Summit With North Korea?
5/14/18: Tom Steyer
5/9/18: Nobel or Nukes?
5/2/18: Two Conversations with Ty Cobb
4/25/18: Disparate Storylines & Stupid Questions
4/24/18: Mandy Patinkin
4/20/18 - Bonus: "The Swamp"
4/18/18: The Comey Interview
4/12/18: Bonus - Joe diGenova
4/11/18: Just Another Day in Washington
4/4/18: No Concrete Actions
3/28/18: Citizenship and the Census
3/21/18: 'In The Shadow of Statues'
3/14/18: PA-18
3/13/18: Rexit
Off the Sidelines: 2018 Midterms
3/7/18: Turmoil, Tariffs and Gatekeepers
18 for '18: Texas Primary Preview
2/28/18: Kushner's Clearance Controversy
2/27/18: Going Nowhere on Guns?
Bonus: John Kasich & John Hickenlooper
2/21/18: Will This One Be Different?
Bonus: David Brody, "The Faith of Donald J. Trump" Author
2/14/18: Kelly's Collapse?
2/7/18: Partisanship & Parades
1/31/18: Trump's "New American Moment"
Bonus: Just one more thing, Mr. President...
1/24/18: Hearing Footsteps
1/17/18: Docs & DACA
1/10/18: DACA & Displaying 'Genius'
1/3/18: Bannon Breakup
2017 in Review
12/20/17: Biggest Bets Yet
12/13/17: Bannon's Bust
Bonus: Corey Lewandowski & David Bossie, "Let Trump Be Trump" Authors
12/6/17: Politics of Denial
11/29/17: Taxes & Tweets
11/22/17: POTUS Defends Moore
Off the Sidelines: Faces of "The Resistance"
11/15/17: Alabama Accusations
Bonus: Tom Steyer, Philanthropist
11/8/17: Riding the Wave?
11/1/17: Mueller's First Move
10/25/17: 'Debasing' the Nation?
Bonus: Rob Reiner, "LBJ" Director
10/18/17: Phone Call Feud
10/11/17: GOP Crack-Up
10/4/17: Gun Policy & Puerto Rico
9/29/17: GOP Insurrection
Bonus: Scott Greenberger, "The Unexpected President" Author
9/26/17: Trump Tackles the NFL
9/20/17: Unexpected at the U.N.
Bonus: Ken Burns & Lynn Novick, "Vietnam" Directors
9/13/17: Dining with Democrats
Bonus: EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt
9/6/17: Dismantling DACA
Bonus: Vice President Mike Pence
8/29/17: Handling Harvey
8/23/17: Decoding Trump
8/18/17: Bannon Resigns
Bonus: Anthony Scaramucci Facebook Q&A (Live!)
8/9/17: Fire and Fury
8/4/17: Summer of Discontent
8/2/17: 'Mooch' Memorial Edition
7/18/17: Health Care Collapse
7/12/17: Junior's Mess
7/6/17: Donald and Vlad
6/29/17: Mean Tweets
6/22/17: Tale of the "Tapes"
6/20/17: Al Franken is Funny Again
6/16/17: Trump's High Heat
6/8/17: Comey Day
6/7/17: Trump v. Comey
6/1/17: Forget Paris
5/25/17: On The Road with Trump
5/17/17: Memo Madness
5/16/17: Classified Controversy
5/10/17: Down Goes Comey
5/5/17: Mission Accomplished?
5/2/17: Trump in "Jacksonland"
4/26/17: Trump's 100
BONUS: Authors of "SHATTERED: Inside Hillary Clinton's Doomed Campaign"
4/20/17: The Opposition
4/14/17: Changing Course
4/7/17: Trump at War
4/4/17: Testing Trump
Bonus: Jack Farrell, Nixon Biographer
3/30/17: Path Ahead
3/29/17: What Now?
3/23/17: Healthcare Havoc
3/21/17: Make or Break Week
3/16/17: Healthcare Hard Sell
3/9/17: Sales Mode
3/6/17: POTUS v. POTUS
3/1/17: The "New" Trump?
2/22/17: Phase 2
2/18/17: President Trump's News Conference
2/9/17: SCOTUS Scuffling
2/2/17: View From The White House
President Donald Trump: The White House Interview
1/25/17: Fact and Fiction
1/19/17: Enter Trump
1/12/17: Chaos President?
1/5/17: Obamacare Showdown
12/20/16: Common Ground
12/15/16: Moscow Meddling
12/8/16: Bully Pulpit
12/1/16: Recruiting Romney?
11/23/16: Taking Shape
11/17/16: Team of Enemies?
Bonus: Gov. John Kasich
11/10/16: Witness to History
11/8/16: Election Day Special
11/7/16: Election Eve
11/6/16: Enthusiasm Gap
11/5/16: The Favorite Could Actually Lose
11/4/16: Close to the Abyss
11/3/16: Trump Targets Blue Wall
11/2/16: Numbers Game
11/1/16: The Tightening
10/31/16: She's Got Mail
10/27/16: Home Stretch
10/21/16: Defiance and Disarray
10/12/16: Anatomy of a Meltdown
10/6/16: Debate Double Down
9/29/16: Spin Cycle
9/22/16: Debate Prep
9/15/16: Doctors' Orders
9/9/16: Russia with Love
9/2/16: Mr. Trump Goes to Mexico
8/25/16: "Dump the Morons"
8/18/16: Late Summer Shakeup
8/11/16: Third-Party Play
Bonus: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Breakdown of a Meltdown
Hillary Hits Philadelphia
Bonus: Sam Nunberg
RNC in Review
Sen. Scott's Emotional Plea, "Never Trump" Movement Momentum?
Closing The Book on Hillary's E-Mails
Trump Going Conventional?
Trouble Signs for Trump?
Gunning for Action
Blocking Trump
End of the Road?
Democratic Divisions
Renegade Republicans
House Divided
Voice of the GOP?
Koch Part 2, Carly and Cruz
Charles Koch Part 1
Bound
Rigged
Wooing
Turning Point?
The Anti-Trump Effort
#4: Outraged
#3: GOP Ready to Support Donald Trump?
#2: The End of the GOP?
#1: The Truth Behind Carson's Fruit Salad