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Affordability and other political challenges continue into 2026

WBUR | By Here & Now Newsroom
Published January 2, 2026 at 8:54 AM PST
President Donald Trump and Attorney General Pam Bondi listen as FBI Director Kash Patel speaks during an event in the Oval Office at the White House, Oct. 15, 2025, in Washington. (John McDonnell/AP)
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President Donald Trump and Attorney General Pam Bondi listen as FBI Director Kash Patel speaks during an event in the Oval Office at the White House, Oct. 15, 2025, in Washington. (John McDonnell/AP)

Here & Now‘s Indira Lakshmanan convenes the Friday politics roundtable with The Atlantic’s Jonathan Lemire and the Atlanta Journal-Constitution’s Tia Mitchell to discuss the political challenges in the year ahead for Republicans and Democrats as congressional elections approach, and President Trump’s political power shows signs of waning.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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