Week In Politics: Iran Latest, Cory Booker Drops, The Upcoming Senate Trial On Impeachment And More

AirTalk’s weekly political roundtable recaps the major headlines you might’ve missed in politics news over the weekend and looks ahead to the week to come. Here are the headlines what we’re following this week:  

• Iran update:

  • House approves war powers resolution

  • New sanctions on Iran

  • Trump claims Soleimani was planning attack on U.S. embassy

• Impeachment watch:

  • Pelosi will send Senate the articles next week

  • When can we expect a Senate trial?

• 2020:

  • Cory Booker & Marianne Williamson drop

  • Jan. 14th debate

  • Latest Iowa and New Hampshire polls 

  • Sanders goes for Biden on Iraq

  • Biden is using Iran to play on his national security strengths

  • Buttigieg gets first endorsement from black Congressional member

  • LA Mayor Garcetti endorses Biden

  • The power of independents in the CA primary

  • Wealthy, ‘wine cave’ donors an asset or liability?

• Gov. Newsom releases CA budget

• Appeals court clears way for Trump border wall

• Trump proposed rollback on environmental oversight

• Facebook allowing users to block political ads

Guests:

Rana Rahimpour, journalist with BBC’s Persian service covering Iran; she tweets

Matt Barreto, professor of political science and Chicano/a Studies at UCLA and co-founder of the research and polling firm Latino Decisions; he tweets

Mike Madrid, Republican political strategist for the Sacramento-based public affairs firm GrassrootsLab; he tweets