Democrats Under Pressure on Data Centers as Republicans Seek To Turn The Tables

📅 Friday, August 21, 2026 TODAY’S TOPICS:

The Bessent economy.

Data center politics.

Health care cost politics.

Trump in South Carolina.

Vance in Ohio.

Iran.

Peggy Noonan and the Trump legacy.

Democrats ’28.

The Bidens.

Winners and losers of the week and what to look for this weekend. The Morning Meeting is a live weekday political news program featuring analysis and debate from Mark Halperin, Larry O’Connor, and Kevin Walling, plus questions and commentary from members of the 2WAY community.

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