If 2024 was a “podcast election,” what’s 2026 shaping up to be?

This time around, Republicans are not campaigning on “The Joe Rogan Experience” or “This Past Weekend w/ Theo Von.” And the podcasters are not really cheering them on, either.

CNN’s Michael Smerconish and his NewsNight panel dig into Trump’s diminished support among men under 30 as podcasters like Rogan knock the president for getting into a “giant quagmire” in Iran after promising no wars during the 2024 campaign. Also, CNN chief media analyst Brian Stelter looks at the impact MAGA malaise is having on Fox News viewership.

0:00 Joe Rogan’s 2026 criticisms of Trump’s second term performance
1:43 Have Trump and the GOP gotten away from the 2024 playbook of courting podcasters?
4:49 What’s behind podcasters no longer being in line with Trump?
8:40 Fox News loses viewership as MAGA viewers tune out

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Lena Dunham “loves clothes.” In her memoir “Famesick,” she candidly writes about addiction, celebrity and chronic illness — and punctuates her memories with the ensembles that brought her joy and, to her amusement, a fair bit of criticism. “Now I actually feel really proud that Joan Rivers hated all my clothing.”

She tells CNN about her style and a quest to find absurd Chanel shoes.

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At least three people were killed by a “complex” Russian attack on Kyiv overnight, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and local officials said.

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Andrew Masterson, co-owner of Captain’s Quarters Riverside Grille near Louisville, told CNN he deliberately filled his riverfront business with fresh water to keep dirty floodwaters out amid widespread flooding in Kentucky. #cnn #news #kentucky

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Five major Northeast airports experienced ground stops after construction contractors cut a Verizon cable, according to the company. US Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy posted to X, saying airport operations in the Northeast are resuming.

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