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Race for The White House: A Don Deal for Trump?

Today, we look at the Iowa caucus, where voters brave bitterly cold weather to decide who will be their Republican US presidential candidate.Adam is wished a ‘happy caucus day’ by Mick Mulvaney, former White House Chief of Staff to Donald Trump, who tells us why the former president wants to run again. And there’s a special report from Iowa with Americast’s Justin Webb and Marianna Spring.Plus, Adam and Chris give us a round up of everything going on at Westminster as Rishi Sunak addresses parliament on the strikes against the Houthis in Yemen and MPs brace for the return of the Rwanda bill. 
 
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Newscast brings you daily analysis of the latest political news stories from the BBC. It was presented by Adam Fleming. It was made by Jack Maclaren with Joe Wilkinson and Sam McLaren. The technical producer was Mike Regaard. The senior news editors are Jonathan Aspinwall and Sam Bonham.

The BBC's daily news podcast, Newscast dives into the day's big stories so you're never out of your depth.Newscast picks the brains of BBC News experts so you're ready if someone picks yours, covering the latest developments in politics in Westminster and beyond.Follow the new Labour government led by Sir Keir Starmer. Who will win the race to lead the Conservative Party? Newscast will give you all the best insights from BBC News so you're across all the day's top stories. Newscast is hosted by trusted journalists including Adam Fleming, BBC Political Editor Chris Mason, Laura Kuenssberg and Paddy O'Connell. You can now listen to Newscast on a smart speaker. If you want to listen, just say "Ask BBC Sounds to play Newscast”. It works on most smart speakers.Catch Newscast seven-days a week and watch on BBC One at 23:40 on Thursday night or later on BBC iPlayer. GET IN TOUCH:
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