Inside Politics

Full Interview: Amid a divisive primary, progressive Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed speaks to @mkraju about his electability, his views on Israel, past comments on "defunding the police," and whether he’ll release his tax returns. cnn.com/2026/07/12/pol… #InsidePolitics

NEW: @mkraju: "Do you think that the Israeli government should be considered by the U.S. as a foreign terrorist organization?" Abdul El-Sayed: "It's certainly a rogue state..."

NEW: Amid criticism from his opponent in a divisive primary, Democratic Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed says, "I'm going to release my tax return this week." #InsidePolitics

NEW: "I believe in capitalism, I just believe that capitalism has to be regulated." @mkraju goes one-on-one with Democrat Abdul El-Sayed to discuss party leaders' concerns about his candidacy -- and what makes him different from a democratic socialist. #InsidePolitics

NEW: Democratic Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed defends saying “we do need to defund the police” in 2020, and tells @mkraju he doesn’t think his comments will become an electability issue for him. #InsidePolitics

"I don't think we're going to see somebody like Lindsey Graham for a long time." @bresreports and @mkraju discuss Sen. Lindsey Graham's decades-long impact on U.S. politics. Together, the pair have covered Graham's work in the Senate for nearly a half-century. #InsidePolitics

#NEW: Longtime Capitol Hill reporter @bresreports joins @mkraju to talk about how Sen. Mitch McConnell's prolonged absence from the Senate could end up having wider legislative implications. #InsidePolitics

"I think they're a pretty outrageous effort... to try to repress and restrict ordinary daily news reporting," @SangerNYT told @mkraju after the Justice Dept. subpoenaed his colleagues over their reporting on security concerns with the new Air Force One plane. #InsidePolitics

SUNDAY 8a & 11a ET: @mkraju goes one-on-one with Abdul El-Sayed, who is running against Rep. Haley Stevens in Michigan's Democratic Senate primary. #InsidePolitics @AbdulElSayed

Support for Israel has become a central issue in Democratic primaries. New York Democratic House candidate Brad Lander ousted incumbent Rep. Dan Goldman by separating himself on Israel. But he tells @DanaBashCNN he still considers himself a "liberal Zionist."

Texas has been Democrats' white whale for years now, and Democratic Senate candidate James Talarico is raking in the cash. But Bloomberg's Christina Ruffini tells @DanaBashCNN money "doesn't always equate to a win at the ballot box."

CNN's John King brings the magic wall to Michigan where Haley Stevens and Abdul El-Sayed are battling it out in the Democratic Senate primary.

SUNDAY 8a & 11a ET: Can Democrats bounce back in Maine? ... President Trump faces tough choices on Iran... PLUS: @mkraju goes 1-on-1 with Michigan Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed. @bresreports @mollyesque @ToluseO #InsidePolitics

Next-gen bipartisanship: the daughters of Republican Markwayne Mullin and Democrat Josh Gottheimer come together to write a new children's book about dogs, Washington and how friendships cross party lines.

President Trump is again claiming Iran wants to make a deal, but @jdawsey1 tells @DanaBashCNN, "the intractable problem for him is that once you open this sort of proverbial can of worms, it's really hard to get out."

Your eyes aren't deceiving you — a large tarp depicting new columns was hung over the actual White House columns that President Trump wants to replace.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told CNN's Dana Bash that despite President Donald Trump's friendship with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his newfound willingness to sell them advanced F-35 fighter jets, the country is not a "friendly state to the United States." cnn.it/4pixeLh

CNN's Dana Bash pushes Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu on the conditions Palestinians in Gaza continue to face.

Responding to New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani (D), Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu defended Israel as a Jewish state, saying his country exhibits "equality" and is the only democracy in the Middle East.

CNN's Dana Bash presses Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on why settler violence in the West Bank hasn't ended.