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Each weekday, Dana Bash and a panel of well-sourced reporters bring you the most important political stories of the day. On the weekend, Manu Raju kicks off CNN's Sunday morning political programming with Inside Politics Sunday. Dana and Manu get answers from the people making headlines, explain the political stories that matter, and report on how the news will impact you.

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Stacking the Deck
CNN Inside Politics
Oct 21, 2025

First: We begin with a new move by Republicans to give the president exactly what he asked for: new congressional maps that could put the GOPon a glide path to keeping the House majority. We'll break down the executive pressure campaign that's leading to major changes in North Carolina today. 

Plus: We have brand new reporting on the Trump Administration's deep concerns over the Israel-Hamas ceasefire. Vice President Vance is on the ground right now with key American negotiators. 

And: Taking a wrecking ball to the White House, the developer-in-chief is taking his disrupter status literally as he bulldozes his way to a $200 million ballroom of his dreams.