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Podcast: RealClearPolitics Podcast
Episode: Historic Number of Retirements in Congress
Description: Andrew Walworth, Tom Bevan and Carl Cannon discuss the historically high number of retirements from Congress, its effect on the 2026 midterms, and new polls from Texas that show Democratic Senate candidate Jasmine Crockett and Republican Ken Paxton leading in their respective primary races. Then, Democratic congressional candidate Phil Andrew joins the guys to discuss the race in Illinois’ ninth district, where 15 candidates are vying for the Democratic nomination. And finally, they talk about emails recently released from the Epstein files. Also, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick and three of Trump’s top immigration officials testify on the Hill as Friday’s deadli...