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Manu Raju

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Anchor and Chief Congressional Correspondent, CNN. “Inside Politics Sunday with Manu Raju.” 8aET and 11aET Sunday. Rabid Chicago sports fan. Wisconsin Badger for life

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Manu Raju @mkraju.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
NEW -- @insidepolitics Sunday 8amET/11aET on @cnn -I hit the trail in #nhsen. Can Sununu defy the environment and flip a Dem seat? What he told me about Trump, Iran, tariffs. What Pappas said about his party and the Sununu brand -Why Dem candidates are refusing to say they'll back Schumer for leader
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Manu Raju @mkraju.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
The NRSC has been attacking Abdul El-Sayed and using his full name —Abdulrahman Mohamed El-Sayed. I asked the chairman of the Senate GOP campaign arm: Why use his full name? GOP Sen. Tim Scott’s response:
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Manu Raju @mkraju.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
New — How Bernie Sanders has roiled Democratic leaders with his primary picks in Senate and House races — even leading to a tense call with Hakeem Jeffries. Meeks, who was on the call: “He seemed to not care.” More 8a/11aET on “Inside Politics Sunday” on @cnn www.cnn.com/2026/07/19/p...
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Bernie blowback: How Sanders’ primary endorsements have sparked a Democratic midterm war | CNN Politics
Sen. Bernie Sanders had just announced his intent to unseat a sitting House Democrat — this time, a member of the Congressional Black Caucus from North Carolina — when Rep. Hakeem Jeffries decided it ...
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CNN @cnn.com · 19/07/2026
Sen. Bernie Sanders had just announced his intent to unseat a sitting House Democrat — this time, a member of the Congressional Black Caucus from North Carolina — when Rep. Hakeem Jeffries decided it was time to confront Sanders himself. cnn.it/4fnCGYS
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Manu Raju @mkraju.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
New — Sen. Jon Ossoff on his strategy to run against Trump — and link Mike Collins to him — in a state Trump won in 2024. Says Trump has “earned disgrace” “He has already engaged in gross misconduct that exceeds the standard previously set for the impeachment of any president.”
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Manu Raju @mkraju.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
New @InsidePolitics Sunday. 8aET and 11aET @cnn — Exclusive: Interviews with Jon Ossoff and Mike Collins in #gasen — Attacks in Iran — Trump puts himself in center of America 250 — DSA rises and new test in Colorado — Former McCarthy aide John Leganski on his tell-all book — Return of Tom Kean Jr?
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Manu Raju @mkraju.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
New @insidepolitics at 8aET and 11aET — Fight night on Trump’s 80th — Trump’s late-night #gasen endorsement — My intvw with Mamdani-backed Dem Brad Lander looking to unseat incumbent Dan Goldman — Da Bears stadium saga, Pritzker fallout and what IN Rs and IL Ds are saying 🐻⬇️
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Manu Raju @mkraju.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
New — Sullivan v. Sullivan How Dan S. Sullivan, the senator, sees his new GOP challenger — Dan J. Sullivan — as a major threat that could siphon away votes and boost Mary Peltola in critical #aksen Accuses him of being a Dem plant Dems say they had NO involvement J speaks:
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Manu Raju @mkraju.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
GOP Sen. John Cornyn was unsparing on Ken Paxton, calling him a “crook,” “embarrassment” and “reckless.” Just hours before seeing Trump-endorsed Paxton win the nomination for Cornyn’s seat. Here’s what he told me in Austin as polls were closing:
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Manu Raju @mkraju.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
The Michigan Senate Democratic primary has emerged as one of the significant — and divisive — intraparty battles in the country. With the Senate majority stake, I interviewed the candidates there and their glaring differences on Israel, ICE, Schumer and electability. www.cnn.com/2026/04/19/p...
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How a must-win Michigan Senate race turned messy for Democrats | CNN Politics
Sitting in a coffee shop in his hometown of Ann Arbor, Abdul El-Sayed is ready to dispel the notion that he’s unelectable. “I think there is this notion that electability is about being the least offe...
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Manu Raju @mkraju.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
Michigan’s Senate Dem primary is turning into perhaps the most consequential intraparty battle in the country — and exposing a major party divide over tactics and policy I traveled to Michigan to intvw candidates and voters for a piece that airs on “Inside Politics Sunday” on CNN at 8aET and 11aET.
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Manu Raju @mkraju.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
New Inside Politics Sunday 8aET/11aET on @cnn.com — Trump threatens escalation in Iran — GOP on $200B and ground troops — Major pressure to cut deal to end DHS shutdown — and the Dem divide — Graham Platner on Mills attack ad, old posts, Iran, Israel and DHS #mesen — Iran and the World Cup
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Manu Raju @mkraju.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
Trump’s claim that Iran was to blame for a deadly strike on an Iranian girls school is contradicted by video footage showing US was likely to blame. I asked him if the US would now accept responsibility — and he walked back his claim and said it’s being investigated.
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Manu Raju @mkraju.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
New — @insidepolitics 8aET and 11aET on @cnn — Hakeem Jeffries sits down with me on the gerrymandering wars. His battle with a top MD Dem. And the huge sums they plan to spend in VA. How he sees his path to become speaker — Noem latest — Epstein fallout — How long the DHS shutdown will last
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Manu Raju @mkraju.bsky.social · 08/02/2026
Newsy “Inside Politics Sunday” at 8aET and 11aET on @CNN — My live interview with Rep Massie and his battle with Trump — Fallout of Trump’s post on Obamas — Shutdown week part 3 — New reporting on midterms — What Sen Cassidy told me about his vote to convict after Jan 6 — Murkowksi on her future
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Manu Raju @mkraju.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
New on “Inside Politics Sunday” on @cnn. 8aET/11aET A dive into the critical Maine Senate race, a battle that could determine control of the Senate. Headed to Portland and spoke with Gov. Mills - and also spoke with Graham Platner and Sen Collins. A look at their vulnerabilities Here’s a preview:
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Manu Raju @mkraju.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
GOP Sen. Thom Tillis, who has called on Trump to fire Secretary Noem and senior adviser Stephen Miller, on Trump calling him a “loser.” “I am thrilled about that. That makes me qualified to be homeland security secretary and senior adviser to the president.”
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Manu Raju @mkraju.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
News on Inside Politics Sunday: 8aET/11aET — New CNN poll: Which party has edge in race for House? — Escalating tensions over Greenland, Europeans call emergency meeting — Trump, MN and Insurrection Act — DSCC Chair Gillibrand on battle for Senate — Bill Cassidy’s job in peril — Trump’s new pardons
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Manu Raju @mkraju.bsky.social · 28/12/2025
It’s been (shall we say) an eventful year on Capitol Hill. Here’s a taste of it — when members in both parties don’t answer questions, which often are the most revealing moments.
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Manu Raju @mkraju.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
Lot of criticism from Rs on Trump attacking Rob Reiner in aftermath of his alleged murder. “Classless,” Bacon said. “Very disappointing,” Davidson said. Kiley: “extremely distasteful” Kennedy: “I think President Trump should have said nothing.” GOP leaders have steered clear
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Manu Raju @mkraju.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
Is Trump losing his grip on GOP after Indiana Rs delivered him a major rebuke amid his furious pressure campaign to gerrymander House district lines? “Not at all,” Speaker Johnson tells me, denying it was even a pressure campaign
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Manu Raju @mkraju.bsky.social · 06/12/2025
GOP Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick sounds the alarm on health care, Ukraine, and GOP’s affordability agenda. He’s one of 3 Rs in a Harris district. On health care, he says of Rs: “They have never offered a better alternative.” More Sunday on “Inside Politics Sunday” on @cnn. 8aET/11aET
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Manu Raju @mkraju.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
New — Wesley Hunt and his plans to shake up race for Cornyn seat. R leaders had hoped Hunt would bow out before filing deadline, but he tells us he “absolutely” will file this week. Increases chances of costly runoff All sides wooing Trump, who is staying out for now www.cnn.com/2025/11/23/p...
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Defiant GOP congressman rejects push by party bosses to drop out of Texas primary, scrambling race for Senate majority | CNN Politics
GOP leaders in Washington are ramping up pressure on Republican Rep. Wesley Hunt to drop out of the Texas Senate race, warning that his candidacy could cost their party tens of millions of dollars and...
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Manu Raju @mkraju.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
The speaker later told reporters: “The words that the president chose are not the ones that I would use.” "Obviously, I don't think that this is...these are crimes punishable by death or any of that.” He went on to criticize the Dems’ comments.
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Manu Raju @mkraju.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
Asked Speaker Johnson about Trump’s post about Dems’ ‘seditious behavior’ and about that being ‘punishable by death,” Speaker Johnson takes no issue with Trump’s statements and criticizes Democrats’ rhetoric as “wildly inappropriate.”
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Isaac Dovere @isaacdovere.bsky.social · 16/11/2025
NEW from me and @mkraju.bsky.social: How Schumer is reacting to the trouble he knows he’s facing in DC as leader and back home in New York when he’s up in 2028. “It’s his last term, and he may be the only one on Earth unaware of it,” one House Dem from NY told me. www.cnn.com/2025/11/16/p...
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How the shutdown left Democrats questioning Chuck Schumer’s future more than ever | CNN Politics
As eight senators in Chuck Schumer’s caucus broke ranks to side with Republicans and vote to end the government shutdown fight he had engineered, the New York Democrat was on the phone trying to make ...
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Manu Raju @mkraju.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
Dem Sen. Andy Kim to me after Senate vote: “What just happened in the Senate chamber was an absolute disgrace. I can't stress it enough,” saying it’s “very profoundly disturbing” to see bill passed in chamber where McCain voted to block repeal. “I'm just really gutted right now.”
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Manu Raju @mkraju.bsky.social · 02/11/2025
New — @InsidePolitics 8aET/11aET @cnn.com - Intense final weekend before NJ/Va/NYC elections - What early voting says - Live intvw w GOP Rep. Van Drew as shutdown set to be longest ever - Boat strikes in Caribbean and Trump’s military actions — The feud over making Daylight Saving Time permanent
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Manu Raju @mkraju.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
Plan B is Plan A, Thune says, as shutdown poised to be the second longest in history and likely to go much longer
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Manu Raju @mkraju.bsky.social · 05/10/2025
New — @insidepolitics: 8aET/11aET: @cnn - Trump v. IL Dems as tensions boil in Chicago - Shutdown news: Which side will blink first? - Gaza talks: Live report from Israel - SCOTUS: Momentous term set to begin.
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Manu Raju @mkraju.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
The current state of shutdown politics
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Manu Raju @mkraju.bsky.social · 28/09/2025
New @insidepolitics 8aET/11aET -Trump hasn’t spoken with Schumer since Jan. 20 and hasn’t ever met with Jeffries. On Monday’s meeting ahead of shutdown -Trump retribution tour latest -My intvw with Rep Seth Moulton weighing a big primary challenge -New CNN polling on swing voters
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Manu Raju @mkraju.bsky.social · 07/09/2025
New — Inside Politics Sunday 8aET, 11aET @cnn — Mamdani and Dem divide — ICE raids — Trump’s economy — New reporting on Epstein fight and Trump’s targeting of Massie — Live interview with Baltimore’s mayor on Trump’s threats to send in troops — Battle in Congress to set NIL rules on college sports
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Manu Raju @mkraju.bsky.social · 24/08/2025
New — @insidepolitics 8aET/11aET: @CNN — Trump’s plans to expand military in US cities — John Bolton latest — Firing officials to stamp out dissent — Interview with Dem vying to take on Susan Collins in marquee race — Which party has edge in gerrymandering war — Newsom’s strategy
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Manu Raju @mkraju.bsky.social · 10/08/2025
New — @InsidePolitics 8aET and 11aET — Trump-Putin as world watches — My interview with Rep. Zoe Lofgren, leading Dem charge to redraw House maps and knock off 5 California Rs — RFK Jr’s vaccine moves and the commitments he made to Sen. Bill Cassidy
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Manu Raju @mkraju.bsky.social · 03/08/2025
What Sen. Cory Booker told me about his party. More at 8aET and 11aET on CNN’s “Inside Politics Sunday” www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8kuCRya/
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Manu Raju @mkraju.bsky.social · 02/08/2025
My interview with Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears, the GOP nominee for #vagov - On why Trump hasn’t endorsed her - Her position on DOGE cuts to federal workforce - On how she’d handle abortion as governor www.cnn.com/2025/08/01/p...
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GOP candidate for VA governor declines to answer questions why Trump has not endorsed her | CNN Politics
CNN’s Manu Raju presses Lt. Governor (R) Winsome Earle-Sears, candidate for governor of Virginia, on why President Donald Trump hasn’t endorsed her and if she will take steps to further restrict abort...
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Manu Raju @mkraju.bsky.social · 19/07/2025
New on “Inside Politics Sunday:” 8aET and 11aET on @CNN The batttle for the House and new reporting on the Dem counterattack as Trump pushes to redraw TX lines to gain five GOP seats in the midterms. “They’re trying to cheat to win,” Jeffries says of GOP. More tomorrow:
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Manu Raju @mkraju.bsky.social · 13/07/2025
When Senate passed big bill, Lisa Murkowski said: “This bill needs more work across chambers and is not ready for the president’s desk.” But House jammed it through. Asked her if it was naive to think House would change it “It was not naive to suggest that it could have happened.”
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Manu Raju @mkraju.bsky.social · 13/07/2025
New -- @insidepolitics Sunday 8aET and 11aET on @cnn - Trump latest: Ramped-up trade war, deportation fallout and TX response - New reporting one year after Butler from - What Lisa Murkowski told me about her key vote - Newsom’s moves — MAGA world blowup over Epstein
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Manu Raju @mkraju.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
News at the top of the hour
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Manu Raju @mkraju.bsky.social · 21/06/2025
New — “Inside Politics Sunday” 8aET and 11aET on CNN — Crucial week in Senate as Trump agenda hangs in balance — World awaits Trump’s two-week decision — My interview with Senate Ds’ campaign chairwoman on the midterms — The intense NY mayoral primary on Tuesday
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Manu Raju @mkraju.bsky.social · 15/06/2025
The latest reporting from Washington, the campaign trail and around the world “Inside Politics Sunday.” This Sunday and every Sunday. 8aEt and 11aET on @CNN
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Manu Raju @mkraju.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
News on @insidepolitics 8aET/11ET on @cnn.com -   Trump’s move to federalize National Guard in CA amid immigration unrest — First time since Rodney King -  GOP Rep. Mike Lawler live on Trump’s big bill -  Musk v. Trump latest -  Tuesday election night preview
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Manu Raju @mkraju.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
GOP frustration grows at Musk as he steps up his attacks and puts Rs on defensive amid deficit fears. But moderates like Murkowksi wary of deeper cuts, as hardliners say they won’t accept less from Senate. Senate Rs need to cut deeper, Chip Roy warns, “or the bill's dead.”
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Manu Raju @mkraju.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
More on the Senate GOP demands ahead of a messy fight www.cnn.com/2025/05/22/p...
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‘We can’t afford it’: Senate GOP balks at House megabill as messy fight awaits | CNN Politics
Before Speaker Mike Johnson could get his first real stretch of sleep in three days, the House GOP’s painstakingly drafted “big, beautiful bill” was running into resistance in the Senate.
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Manu Raju @mkraju.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
How hardliners got to YES from NO on Trump’s bill, despite their red line over growing the deficit. Upshot: They justified their yes votes over narrower wins in the bill, Trump promises of executive action and pressure to advance agenda. They’ll have to deal w Senate changes next
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Manu Raju @mkraju.bsky.social · 18/05/2025
NEW -- @InsidePolitics 8aET+11aET on @cnn — Trump confronts courts and Congress stalling agenda — Latest on weekend talks over big bill — GOP Sen. Curtis to me on his handling of Trump — What Ds are saying on Biden — New reporting from on Kamala Harris’ future
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Manu Raju @mkraju.bsky.social · 04/05/2025
Plus on IP Sunday: — Trump's economy as auto tariffs take effect — Latest after WH shakeup — 2028 Ds’ moves — Jon Ossoff on Trump’s crypto venture — Big retirement decision looms — What Fetterman told me — Inside the Conclave
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Manu Raju @mkraju.bsky.social · 04/05/2025
New on “Inside Politics Sunday” on @cnn at 8aET/11aET Trump and midterms - GOP eyes impeachment talk to rev base - Senate GOP leaders in big push for Kemp for #gasen. Thune, Scott, Daines, Ricketts spoke to him - What Ossoff told me - What Bacon said about retirement www.cnn.com/2025/05/04/p...
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GOP amps up Trump impeachment talk in midterm battle as party leaders woo Kemp for Senate | CNN Politics
President Donald Trump and GOP leaders are beginning to plot their midterm push to hang onto power amid a shaky political environment, courting key candidates in critical battleground House and Senate...
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