On the early edition of Balance of Power, Bloomberg Washington Correspondents Joe Mathieu and Kailey Leinz discuss the latest from the White House. On today’s show, Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, Harvard Kennedy School Ash Center Visiting Democracy Fellow Jeanne Sheehan Zaino, Republican Main Street Partnership President and CEO Sarah Chamberlain and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz.
Chapters
00:00:00 Radio Balance of Power: Early Edition
00:02:11 Markets: AI Stocks Rally & Oil Holds Above $110
00:03:58 Trump Waives New Russia Sanctions
00:06:01 Trump, Zelenskyy & the War in Ukraine
00:07:00 Trump Heads to Kansas as Republicans Play Defense
00:09:14 Georgia, Trump & the 2020 Election
00:10:12 Brad Raffensperger on Georgia Election Security
00:12:01 Record Early Voting in Georgia
00:14:00 DOJ Election Monitors & Voter Verification
00:17:12 AI Deepfakes & Election Misinformation
00:20:05 Political Panel: Early Voting & the Midterms
00:24:06 Georgia, North Carolina & Key Battlegrounds
00:26:03 Republicans React to Trump’s Russia Policy
00:27:29 Cost of Living, Diesel & the Midterms
00:31:43 Markets: Big Tech & Semiconductor Stocks Rally
00:33:13 German Chancellor Merz on Germany’s Future
00:35:00 Germany, AI & European Competitiveness
00:39:09 Political Extremism & Europe’s Economic Anxiety
00:41:32 Germany, the Euro & the Future of Europe
00:43:31 Europe, NATO & Defense Spending
00:44:36 Ukraine, Trump & Europe’s Security
00:50:21 Europe-China Trade Tensions
00:53:02 Merz Warns of Russia’s Threat to Europe
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