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This week, Matt and Tim discuss the attempted assassination of President Trump and Trump administration officials at the White House Correspondents Dinner in Washington, DC and the irresponsible reactions by many political figures to the incident.  They also talk about this week’s second California gubernatorial debate and do a deep ...

Illinois Policy head of policy and communications expert Josh Bandoch joins us this week to discuss his new book How to Get What You Want.  Tim and Matt discuss the communications challenges facing national and state leaders in some of our recent crisis such as the conflict in Iran and ...

A new report from Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-N.H. claims that drug maker GlaxoSmithKline built a “patent wall” around its Flovent inhaler to block low-cost generics from entering the market. The allegation is deeply misleading. Claims that drugmakers “game” the patent system to extend monopolies and keep prices high ignore how ...

Thanks to the steadfast support of our donors throughout the nation, this past year we have advanced policies to reduce health care costs, promoted education reforms that improve student outcomes, and expanded our work to counter the narrative that heavy-handed government control is the future of America. Our team has ...

The House is expected to vote this week on healthcare reform legislation. The upcoming action comes on the heels of two failed votes in the Senate: one a Democratic bill that would’ve extended COVID-19-era enhanced Affordable Care Act subsidies for exchange coverage and the other a Republican bill that would ...

Nikhil Agarwal – Abundance by Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson The book I’m recommending is Abundance by Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson. A critique of liberal policies by two liberals, the book explains perfectly why government-led development and infrastructure projects are doomed for failure in a pluralistic, democratic society like ...

Now that the dust has settled, the PRI All Stars are back with their analysis of the 2025 election.  Tim Anaya and Matt Fleming take an in-depth look at the passage of Prop. 50, how its victory will impact the 2026 congressional campaigns in California, and whether Gavin Newsom will ...

This week, we present a special episode featuring highlights from PRI’s 2025 Sir Antony Fisher Dinner, which was held last month in San Mateo. Noted author, historian and commentator Victor Davis Hanson shares his thoughts on the assassination of Charlie Kirk and how the conservative movement should respond to this ...

This week, Naomi Riley – American Enterprise Institute senior fellow – joins us to discuss her latest work on child welfare issues.  It is a project called Lives Cut Short (www.livescutshort.org), which is an online database that looks at how states are underreporting incidents of children who have died of ...