Are the Democrats heading for a midterms landslide?
How confident should Democrats be about surprise new polling which puts them ahead in deep Republican territory? In states such as Kansas wh...
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20 of 652 episodesDid Trump really say Iran could “take out” Los Angeles?
The president has started a war of words with California Governor Gavin Newsom after saying that Iran could “take out” Los Angeles and San D...
Americanswers…Will Christa Pike still face the death penalty after surviving two lethal injection doses?
How has the botched execution of a woman convicted of murder in Tennessee 30 years ago prompted a debate about the death penalty in the US?...
Can the Democratic Socialists of America win over voters?
Abolish ICE? Abolish borders, No prisons? The co-chair of the DSA speaks to us about what the party really stands for and whether they can p...
Do Republicans need to ditch Trump before the midterms?
Is Donald Trump now more of an electoral hindrance than a help, even in his home state of Florida, where one candidate has talked down his l...
Americanswers! Why don't the Democrats have a new leader yet?
Ahead of November’s midterm elections, are we any closer to knowing who might lead the Democrats into the 2028 presidential election? Americ...
Has Trump’s ban against the media backfired?
The US president has lost his court battle with CNN, Politico and MS NOW in the latest battle between Donald Trump and the media. What did t...
Did Trump's UN speech convince voters on Iran?
Americast is in New York as Donald Trump tells world leaders he could “annihilate” Iran, whilst also - behind the scenes - talking up the pr...
Americanswers… Why has Denmark made a deal with Trump over Greenland?
What do we know about Denmark’s new deal with the US president over Greenland, and has Donald Trump actually got what he wants out of it? Sa...
US v China: The AI race
We speak to a US-China tech expert who served under presidents Biden and Trump about America’s race with China to develop Artificial Intelli...
The Supreme Court stops Donald Trump changing voting rules... for now
The US president has lashed out at the US Supreme Court for blocking his plans to end the right for all Americans to vote by mail in electio...
Americanswers… on 5 Live! Is Donald Trump the only regulation AI needs?
The president is pushing back against calls from tech bosses to slow down the development of artificial intelligence. After claiming “whoeve...
Will Trump’s $5,000 offer convince US voters?
President Trump made the pledge at the Republicans' first ever midterm convention, promising every adult American a $5,000 payment if his pa...
Is 9/11 still shaping America?
The journalist Peter Bergen also talks to us about meeting Osama Bin Laden before 9/11, and what happened during that interview. In this epi...
Americanswers… on 5 Live! Why is Lindsay Clancy’s mistrial dividing America?
And will Trump’s attempts to limit mail-in voting at the US Supreme Court succeed? The US president has made an urgent appeal, trying to cha...
An insider's account of Trump's White House
The reporter Jonathan Swan gained unprecedented access to the inner workings of Donald Trump’s White House in the first year of his second a...
Has Pete Hegseth lost control of the Pentagon?
Why is the US military losing its senior leaders? In the latest in a series of high-profile departures inside the Pentagon, America’s top ci...
Americanswers! Could Zohran Mamdani serve in a Democrat White House?
Americanswers is back for a bank holiday special and this week we're answering the questions you've always wanted to ask on American politic...
Are polls misleading Americans?
In several primary elections so far, polling has been wrong. So much so that a candidate in the Wisconsin Democratic primary dropped out bec...
Canada tests the limits of Trump’s power
The trade war between the US and Canada has escalated after Canadian prime minister Mark Carney walked away from negotiations to cut a new t...