All Things with Kim Strassel

Epizode

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  Sen. Dan Sullivan on ‘Decoy Dan’ and Alaska's Battleground Senate Race 22.07.2026 27min
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  Congress Returns for a Pre-Midterm Sprint 15.07.2026 20min

  Congress is back from recess and is diving into a mountain of unfinished work, including a third reconciliation bill. But what’s in Reconciliation 3.0, and what else does the GOP plan to tackle? On this episode of All Things, Kim Strassel speaks with Republican Study Committee Chair Rep. August Pfluger about the GOP's latest approach to the SAVE America Act, the signs that Democrats intend to trigger a fall government shutdown, and what a post-election, lame duck session might look like. 
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  Midterm Splits on the Right and Left 30.06.2026 24min

  Democratic Socialists candidates sweep the New York primary for U.S. House seats, further dividing a fractured Democratic party. And President Donald Trump escalates his feud with Senate Republicans over his Save America elections bill, unrepentant for his role in cashiering incumbents. What does this all mean for the midterms? On this episode of All Things, Kim Strassel speaks with Don “Stew” Stewart, political analyst and former deputy chief of staff for then-Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, about what Democrats could learn from the GOP Tea Party movement about candidate quality, and what the president and Republicans might do now to shore up their midterm prospects. 
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  Vivek Ramaswamy’s Campaign Pledge: Make Ohio 'Greater' Than Ever 23.06.2026 31min

  The coming midterms will feature a whopping 39 gubernatorial races, many for open seats. Ohio is shaping up to be one of the more competitive races, despite its solid GOP leanings. Entrepreneur, author and GOP nominee Vivek Ramaswamy joins Kim Strassel to talk about his race against Democrat Amy Acton. He discusses his desire to turn Ohio into a state that competes with Texas and Florida, offering his plans to slash taxes, "celebrate free enterprise," reimpose meaningful educational standards, and crack down on fraud. He also gives some suggestions to the GOP Congress for what it could pass in coming months to give states a boost. 
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  Post-Iran, Will Donald Trump Turn His Eye to Ukraine? 16.06.2026 22min

  Donald Trump is using the G7 summit in France to tout his deal with Iran, and to suggest he'll now turn more attention to the ongoing war between Ukraine and Russia. What's the latest in that conflict, and what more should the U.S. be doing? On this episode of All Things, Kim Strassel speaks with American Enterprise Institute President Robert Doar about his recent visit to the Ukraine--what he saw on the ground and why he’s concerned about Trump’s hesitancy to fully support the country. They also discuss AEI’s “America at 250” project, aimed at "reintroducing Americans to the unique value of their national inheritance.”
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  NRSC Chair Tim Scott Handicaps the Senate Midterm Map 09.06.2026 25min

  The 2026 primary season is in full swing, and both parties are gearing up for record midterm spending. As Republicans battle to maintain their Senate majority, where is the party placing its biggest bets? On this episode of All Things, National Republican Senatorial Campaign Chair Tim Scott (R., S.C.) walks Kim Strassel through the dynamics of his map, from Maine to Texas to Alaska. Where is the GOP placing its biggest bets? What states are keeping Scott up at night? With voters in a sour economic mood, could Democrats put Republicans on defense in even more places? And what's the one thing this GOP Congress could do right now to brighten its party's chances?  
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  Mike Pence's Mission to Rekindle the Conservative Conscience 02.06.2026 23min

  Donald Trump’s second presidential term has produced conservative victories, but has also sparked a populist right that is pushing the Republican Party away from its Reagan foundations. Former Vice President Mike Pence sees the movement once again at "a time for choosing," and is working to push it back toward those foundational principles. On this episode of All Things, Kim Strassel and Pence talk about the rise of the populist right, where it is veering off the conservative path, the role online influencers have on the debate, and why he felt compelled to write his new book, “What Conservatives Believe: Rediscovering the Conservative Conscience.”
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  The Left's Exercise In Political Self-Deception 26.05.2026 29min

  The Democratic Party ducked an honest discussion about why it lost 2024 presidential election, releasing an incomplete autopsy of Joe Biden’s abandoned campaign, Kamala Harris’ struggles, and the party's disconnect with voters. What's next for the left? On this episode of All Things, Kim Strassel and political scientist Ruy Teixeira look at what the DNC did (and didn’t) say, the reasons behind the dodge, the why the party's current messaging and candidates are unlikely to fix the longer-term problem.    
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  A Crucial Swing Senate Race in North Carolina 19.05.2026 26min

  Primary season has come for the 2026 midterm election, and with razor-thin margins in both chambers of Congress, so-called purple states have become crucial battlegrounds for control of the Senate. In North Carolina, Republican Michael Whatley has secured his party’s nomination and will face off against former Democratic governor Roy Cooper to replace the retiring Thom Tillis. On this episode of All Things, Kim Strassel breaks down the race with Whatley, including why Cooper’s record on crime is an issue, how tariffs are playing with voters, and why the whole race may come down to, “the economy, economy, economy.”
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  The Imprisonment of Jimmy Lai 12.05.2026 26min

  Donald Trump will travel to Beijing this week for a high-stakes summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping. President Trump has said that one issue he will bring up during the meeting is the imprisonment of Jimmy Lai, who was sentenced to 20 years in prison for crimes against the National Security Law. On this episode of All Things, Kim Strassel speaks with Lai’s close friend and Wall Street Journal Opinion columnist William McGurn about what led to Lai’s arrest and why his cause has been taken up by journalists around the world.  
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  Trump Launches 'Operation Freedom' 04.05.2026 21min

  President Donald Trump announces “Project Freedom,” a new initiative to get ships through the Strait of Hormuz, and Iran responds by launching missiles and drones at the United Arab Emirates and U.S. warships. What does this mean for the fragile ceasefire and talks with Iran? On this episode of All Things, Kim Strassel speaks with Seth Jones, president of the Defense and Security Department at the Center for Strategic and International Studies about the new operation, the damage the blockade is doing to the Iranian economy and what steps the U.S. still needs to take to bring its Iran operation to a successful conclusion. 
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  Dana Perino on Presidential Security and Purple States 28.04.2026 24min

  The attempted assassination of Donald Trump at the White House Correspondents' Dinner has led to questions about how best to protect the president and other officials in a dangerous situation. What went right with the response to the shooting and what improvements can be made? On this episode of All Things, Fox News anchor and former White House Press Secretary Dana Perino talks to Kim Strassel about what she experienced during the George W. Bush administration. The two also discuss Dana's debut novel, "Purple State," a tale of Gen Z Democrats working on a presidential campaign in Wisconsin--and falling in love.  
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  Sen. Tom Cotton on the Iran Blockade, Reconciliation and Surveillance 21.04.2026 20min

  The U.S. blockade of Iran continues amid an uncertain round of peace negotiations, while Congress wrestles with the ongoing Department of Homeland Security shutdown and the looming lapse of a key foreign surveillance tool. On this episode of All Things, Intelligence Committee Chair Sen. Tom Cotton talks with Kim Strassel about the status of the blockade and the potential for regime collapse in Iran, why Democrats and Republicans are still far apart on funding DHS and ICE, and his efforts to get GOP members to agree to renew a central provision of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act.  
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  The Red State Tax Revolution vs. the Blue State Exodus 07.04.2026 25min

  A wave of flat-tax reforms is sweeping ‘red’ states, while blue jurisdictions like New York and California drive away more residents by going on a taxing binge. On this episode of All Things, Kim Strassel talks with Americans for Tax Reform President Grover Norquist about the good news on taxes at both the state and federal level. They dive into new innovations in the state flat-tax movement in the states, efforts by conservative state legislatures to rein in their high-tax cities, the biggest benefits coming out of last year's federal tax reform, and Democrats' latest political efforts to sell their tax-hike ambitions.   
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  What's a Successful Iran Endgame? 31.03.2026 29min

  Donald Trump is now declaring the conflict with Iran will end in a matter of weeks. But with troops moving to the region and the future of the Strait of Hormuz still uncertain, how close is the United States to an actual endgame? And what does a successful end look like? On this episode of All Things, Kim Strassel speaks with Behnam Ben Taleblu, senior director of the Iran program at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, about what the U.S. still needs to do to neutralize Iran's nuclear and missile programs, different approaches to dealing with the Strait, and the risks of allowing Iran's regime to "negotiate" for too long.
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  Congress Gets Serious About Reopening DHS--and Reconciliation 2.0 24.03.2026 25min

  There’s chaos at American airports thanks to a Department of Homeland Security shutdown, but the Senate is finally getting serious about a deal. That might include Republicans finally tackling a new reconciliation bill. On this episode of All Things, Kim Strassel goes inside the negotiations with the Chairwoman of the House Committee on Rules, Rep. Virginia Foxx. What's likely to be in a DHS bill, what might the GOP include in reconciliation, and what are the prospects for Donald Trump's expected $200 billion budget request for the Iran war?   
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  A Tidal Wave of Momentum for School Choice 17.03.2026 28min

  The school-choice wave rolls on, with reformers winning big victories from Texas to Kentucky. Teachers’ unions are losing the political battle, but are still waging ugly, rearguard actions. On this episode of All Things, Kim Strassel speaks with American Federation for Children CEO Tommy Schultz about how Donald Trump’s new federal tax-credit scholarship program is putting Democratic governors in a bind, as well as how the fight is moving from statehouses to the courtrooms. Also, how Secretary of Education Linda McMahon’s efforts to dismantle the federal Department of Education are playing into this fight. 
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  Shannon Bream On the Supreme Court in the Age of Trump 10.03.2026 24min

  For all of Donald Trump's headlines, the current Supreme Court is making an equally big mark on the nation. On this episode of All Things, Kim Strassel speaks with “Fox News Sunday” host and Fox chief legal correspondent Shannon Bream about the court's efforts to get the branches "back in their lanes" and the fight over its "emergency" docket, as well as Trump's efforts to force it to confront unsettled questions, the complex ideological makeup of the current justices, and the hot question of whether this president will get to fill another vacancy. Bream also shares with Kim the crisis moment that influenced her new book, “Nothing Is Impossible with God: Eleven Heroes. One God. Endless Lessons in Overcoming.”
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  What Comes Next in Iran? 02.03.2026 30min

  U.S. and Israeli airstrikes on Iran have killed Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and other top leaders, while wiping out much of Iran's military capacity. But what remains to be done, and what does the region look like when strikes end? On this episode of All Things, Kim Strassel speaks with Foundation for Defense of Democracies Executive Director Jonathan Schanzer about the initial success of the strikes, Iran's self-defeating response, Israel's new effort to dismantle proxies, the challenges of regime change, and possible scenarios--both good and bad--for a “new Middle East.” 
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  America’s Digital Currency Revolution 24.02.2026 24min

  As America celebrates 250 years of political and economic freedom, the Securities and Exchange Commission is racing to make the U.S. the global leader in digital assets and cryptocurrencies. On this episode of All Things, Kim Strassel speaks with SEC Chairman Paul Atkins about his vision for modernizing U.S. capital markets and what it will take to "future-proof" American finance, as well as the agency's work on other longstanding SEC regulatory issues, such as disclosure rules.