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Tuesday on the RealClearPolitics radio show -- weeknights at 6:00 p.m. on SiriusXM's POTUS Channel 124 and then on Apple, Spotify, and here on our website -- Tom Bevan, Andrew Walworth, and Carl Cannon talk about the recount of the still-contested Senate election in Pennsylvania, where incumbent Democrat Bob Casey has not conceded the race to Republican Dave McCormick, and look ahead to next year's elections in the now-solidly purple states of Virginia and New Jersey.

Monday on the RealClearPolitics radio show -- weeknights at 6:00 p.m. on SiriusXM's POTUS Channel 124 and then on Apple, Spotify, and here on our website -- Andrew Walworth, Carl Cannon, and RCP White House reporter Phil Wegmann discuss a new CBSNews/YouGov poll where a majority approve of the Trump presidential transition so far. Is Trump getting a normal "honeymoon period" from voters, or are his behavior and cabinet picks changing minds? Also, how are Democrats reacting to Trump's plans? Is Denver Mayor Mike Johnston's promise to resist

NEWS NATION: Democratic megadonor John Morgan tells “CUOMO” that those who poured money into the Harris-Walz campaign were trying to defeat Trump, not elect Harris. He adds that the reported $1.5 billion spent in four months, which put the party into debt, is proof that Harris should not run again. “If you can’t run a campaign, you can’t run America,” Morgan said.

RUSSELL BRAND: "Morning Joe" has acknowledged the fact that X is the media now. We've already seen them take a trip to Mar-a-Lago to cozy up and readjust, playing golf with a man they were calling Hitler just moments ago. Now they're acknowledging that X is the media. "X Gon' Give It to Ya" as we used to say when I was a young man... "Make 'Morning Joe' Relevant Again.

President Biden will speak from the Rose Garden at the White House on Tuesday afternoon. He will reportedly announce that the U.S. and France have come to an agreement with Israel to accept a ceasefire with Hezbollah in Lebanon.

Tuesday on the RealClearPolitics radio show -- weeknights at 6:00 p.m. on SiriusXM's POTUS Channel 124 and then on Apple, Spotify, and here on our website -- Andrew Walworth, Carl Cannon, and Tom Bevan discuss Special Counsel Jack Smith's cases against Donald Trump being dropped for now, and President Biden proposing that Medicare and Medicaid cover Ozempic and other weight loss drugs – a move opposed by Trump's HHS Secretary nominee, Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said he had a "good call" with President-elect Donald Trump, who said he would impose a 25% tariff on all Canadian imports to the U.S. as long as the border remains insecure.

Discussing politics on Thanksgiving is a tradition that many of us could live without, but can’t seem to get away from. It’s especially poignant every four years after the tidal shifts accompanying presidential elections. This year, we saw remarkable outcomes, most notably that voters prioritized bringing down the cost of their Thanksgiving meal over bringing the family together for a civil conversation.

Speaking at a press conference as he accepted the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Torino Film Festival, actor Alec Baldwin said: “Americans are very uninformed about reality – what’s really going on. With climate change, Ukraine, Israel… You name it, all the biggest topics in the world, Americans have an appetite for a little bit of information.”

The 2024 presidential election was an unusual one for third parties. The most influential third-party candidate, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., first ran to try to primary Democratic incumbent Joe Biden. He then decided that would be fruitless and switched to running as an independent in October 2023. After almost a year of campaigning and attempting to gain ballot access in all 50 states, he changed course again and endorsed President Trump on the Friday after the Democratic National Convention and attempted to remove his name from the ballot in swing states. Now, Trump has said he will nominate Kennedy as secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, with the goal of “Making America Healthy Again.”