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PBS Newshour

Brooks and Capehart on Trump's mixed signals on the Iran war

Season 2026 Episode 56 | 10m 29s

David Brooks of The Atlantic and Jonathan Capehart of MS NOW join Geoff Bennett to discuss the week in politics, including President Trump delivering conflicting messaging on when the war in Iran could end, attacks in the U.S. prompt a wave of anti-Muslim and anti-immigrant rhetoric and the GOP's push to pass the SAVE Act.

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