<p>Matt Bennett joins The Lead</p>
Memo warns Democrats: Drop certain words or alienate voters

Matt Bennett joins The Lead

06:01 - Source: CNN
Latest News from CNN Politics 16 videos
<p>Matt Bennett joins The Lead</p>
Memo warns Democrats: Drop certain words or alienate voters
06:01
Now playing
- Source: CNN
<p>Speaking to reporters in the Oval Office, US President Donald Trump denied he aspires to be a dictator after criticisms of his decision to dispatch troops on the streets.</p>
Watch: Trump says many people 'would like a dictator'
00:16
Now playing
- Source: CNN
Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook attends the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City's 2025 Jackson Hole economic symposium, "Labor Markets in Transition: Demographics, Productivity, and Macroeconomic Policy" in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, U.S., August 23, 2025. REUTERS/Jim Urquhart     TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY
'Questionable' cause: Former prosecutor reacts to Trump firing of Fed governor
02:39
Now playing
- Source: CNN
still_21897019_551488.9419999999_still.jpg
‘Military occupation’: Chicago mayor responds to Trump signaling he might send National Guard to the city
03:31
Now playing
- Source: CNN
<p>Actor Wendell Pierce joins Laura for an in-depth conversation on President Trump’s culture war and his efforts to reshape the Smithsonian Institution.</p>
Actor Wendell Pierce on Trump’s effort to remake the Smithsonian
05:35
Now playing
- Source: CNN
<p>Illinois Governor Pritzker told President Donald Trump, “Do not come to Chicago,” after Trump left the door open to deploying the military to other cities, such as Chicago, telling reporters they were “ready to go anywhere” with “less than 24 hours’ notice.”</p>
'Do not come to Chicago': Illinois governor warns Trump
00:54
Now playing
- Source: CNN
Members of the Ohio National Guard wear their sidearms while patrolling the Logan Circle neighborhood, weeks after President Donald Trump ordered National Guard and law enforcement to patrol the nation’s capital to assist in crime prevention, in Washington, D.C., U.S., August 24, 2025. REUTERS/Brian Snyder
'I'm in shock': Former National Guard official reacts to 'specialized' units
06:21
Now playing
- Source: CNN
kilmar.jpg
Kilmar Ábrego García speaks out before entering ICE facility
02:52
Now playing
- Source: CNN
WASHINGTON, DC - SEPTEMBER 28: Attorney General of Illinois Kwame Raoul speaks as (L-R) U.S. Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) and Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-NY) listen during a news conference near the U.S. Capitol September 28, 2022 in Washington, DC. House Democrats held a news conference to discuss their support for the passage of the Equal Rights Amendment as the 28th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution following oral arguments in the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals over an ERA-related lawsuit. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)
Hear what Illinois attorney general said on Trump making plans to deploy National Guard to Chicago
00:52
Now playing
- Source: CNN
<p>In the second part of this conversation on this GPS special, Disconnected: Life in a Disruptive Digital Age, Robert Putnam and Jean Twenge tell Fareed how to fight against social disconnection.</p>
GPS Special: What can we do about social isolation today?
05:29
Now playing
- Source: CNN
clipped thumbnail - C BLK - CNN ID 21867495 - 00:00:55;01
GPS Special: When did we start feeling disconnected?
07:51
Now playing
- Source: CNN
<p>On this GPS special, Disconnected: Life in a Disruptive Digital Age, Jonathan Haidt tells Fareed how the impact of social media on children differs by family background, gender and political and religious affiliations.</p>
GPS Special: How social media impacts kids differently
05:14
Now playing
- Source: CNN
<p>In this GPS special, Disconnected: Life in a Disruptive Digital Age, Fareed sits down with social psychologist Jonathan Haidt to unpack how technology has transformed childhood.</p>
GPS Special: How technology is rewiring childhood
09:34
Now playing
- Source: CNN
clipped thumbnail -  - CNN ID 21893963 - 00:00:58;10
Dem Strategist on Trump's plans to send troops into Chicago: 'Trump says this is about fighting crime, it's not'
04:56
Now playing
- Source: CNN
clipped thumbnail -  - CNN ID 21893947 - 00:00:04;21
Dem commentator after DIA chief firing, Bolton raid: 'I think Trump wants a loyalty test'
07:08
Now playing
- Source: CNN
clipped thumbnail -  - CNN ID 21893919 - 00:00:23;01
Rep. Jeffries lashes out against Trump for his review of the Smithsonian museums: Trump is 'behaving like a racial arsonist.'
15:15
Now playing
- Source: CNN