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CNN NewsNight with Abby Phillip
Abby Phillip delivers a smart, sharp approach to the day's biggest stories.

40 millions Americans are facing hunger with food stamps about to expire. Trump is shrugging it off as the Democrats’ problem. As courts weigh in, Trump now says he’ll fund it.
Nov 1, 2025
As the clock ticks, the President and Congress not may think 40 million Americans losing food stamps is an emergency but a judge does. Plus, Republicans escalate their rhetoric against Zohran Mamdani and tonight the New York frontrunner responds.
Oct 31, 2025
The leaders of the world’s biggest economies will have their first face-to-face in years. One that could have global consequences for President Trump and President Xi. A good meeting could mean a deal on trade and a bad one could mean the cost on many goods could skyrocket.
Oct 30, 2025
The US military conducted strikes against four more boats in the eastern Pacific Ocean on Monday, killing 14 people on board the vessels, with one survivor, according to Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth.
Oct 29, 2025
The shutdown is about to get desperately real as forty million Americans who rely on food stamps will soon be without them. Will this be an inflection point in the standoff? Plus, as MAGA insists there’s a plan to get Donald Trump a third term, he’s on board with it.
Oct 28, 2025
New evidence undercuts a Democratic candidate’s claims that he didn’t know that his tattoo was linked to the Nazis. Is this disqualifying? Plus, instead of tearing down the tariff wall with Canada, Donald Trump slaps barbed wire on top of it after a troll.
Oct 25, 2025
President Trump pardons a crypto king who helped enrich Donald Trump and his family. Plus, Gotham’s race dives into the mud as Andrew Cuomo suggests Zohran Mamdani would cheer another attack on New York City.
Oct 24, 2025
An unexpected twist in the middle of one of the country’s longest shutdowns—Donald Trump lectures American farmers while they accuse him of betrayal. Plus, is Trump’s White House wrecking ball a makeover or a metaphor?
Oct 23, 2025
President Donald Trump said Tuesday that he “could be” seeking $230 million from his own Justice Department as compensation for past investigations into him, though he professed to have little knowledge of the specifics and said he would give the money to charity.
Oct 22, 2025
The President mocks millions of Americans with a filthy AI video. Plus, a court gives the administration a green light to send troops to Portland. Also, a tense face-to-face after Trump tells Volodymyr Zelensky to accept Russia’s terms.
Oct 21, 2025



