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The Dan Abrams Show airs Mon–Fri, 2–3 pm ET on POTUS 124. The motto of the show is “Where Politics Meets the Law.” Every day, Dan Abrams, a lawyer and media entrepreneur, analyzes the biggest news stories from a legal perspective. With so much of today’s breaking news having a legal component, Abrams digs into the issues with a team of experts, including former federal prosecutors and high-profile legal experts. In addition to Abrams’ unique insights into the legal side of the political news, the show features one-on-one interviews with top newsmakers, panel discussions, and listener phone calls.

Tom Bevan is the Co-Founder and President of RealClearPolitics. In addition to overseeing the editorial staff, writing features, and co-hosting RCP's weekly podcast, The Takeaway, Tom is featured frequently as a political analyst on television and is widely recognized as one of the nation's foremost election analysts.

Tom’s work has appeared in numerous publications including the Wall Street Journal, the Chicago Sun-Times, and The Guardian. For more than a decade Tom hosted a weekly radio show on politics on 89 WLS. He is also co-author with Carl Cannon of two eBooks on the 2012 Election: "The Battle Begins" and "A Time for Choosing."

Tom is a graduate of Princeton University, where he played football and received a B.A. in American History. He lives in the Chicago area with his wife and five children.

Senator Bill Bradley served in the US Senate from 1979–1997 representing the state of New Jersey. In 2000, he was a candidate for the Democratic nomination for President of the United States. Before serving in the Senate, he was an Olympic gold medalist in 1964 and a professional basketball player with the New York Knicks from 1967–1977, during which time they won two NBA championships. Bradley is the author of six books on American politics, culture, and economy, including The New American Story, Values of the Game, and Time Present, Time Past—all New York Times bestsellers.

Blake Burman is the chief Washington correspondent for NewsNation. Joining the network in January 2023, he is based in Washington, D.C. and also contributes as a moderator to the network’s political ensemble program The Hill.

Previously, Burman served as the White House correspondent for FOX Business Network. During his tenure at FOX, Burman reported across the country for the 2016 presidential campaign and permanently moved to the White House beat in January 2017. Known for his tough-but-fair briefing room questioning, often with a focus on the intersection of business, the economy, and politics, Burman routinely engaged with the President, Vice President, Treasury Secretary, and senior government officials.

Burman has reported across four continents from the biggest news-making summits and political gatherings and was lauded for his one-on-one interview with then-President Trump during the height of the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic. In addition to leading FOX Business’ White House coverage, Burman often contributed to FOX News’ White House team. He also anchored across both networks, including anchoring business shows during market hours.

Carl M. Cannon is the Washington Bureau Chief of RealClearPolitics and Executive Editor of RealClear Media Group. He has written about every presidential campaign since 1984 and covered the White House for 15 years—receiving the two most prestigious awards for White House coverage: the Gerald R. Ford Prize for Distinguished Reporting of the Presidency, and the Aldo Beckman award for “excellence in presidential news coverage.”

Previously, he was D.C. bureau chief for Reader’s Digest, where he directed the reporting that earned the Digest the coveted 2009 National Magazine Award for “General Excellence.” He covered the White House for National Journal and the Baltimore Sun for a decade before that and is a past president of the White House Correspondents’ Association.

Prior to moving to Washington during the Reagan presidency, Cannon worked for six newspapers over a 20-year span, covering police, courts, politics, education, and race relations at newspapers in Virginia, Georgia, and his home state of California. Carl’s first job in the news business was as a paperboy delivering the San Francisco Chronicle. In 1989 while on home leave as Washington correspondent for the San Jose Mercury News, Carl found himself covering the Loma Prieta Earthquake and was a member of the Mercury staff awarded a Pulitzer Prize for its coverage of the quake and its aftermath.

Bob Crawford is the bassist for the Grammy-nominated band the Avett Brothers, and creator of the SiriusXM Volume Channel Docuseries, Concerts of Change: The Soundtrack of Human Rights. He’s also co-host of the Road to Now History podcast. More important than his passion for music and history is his dedication to raising awareness about pediatric cancer. Bob and his wife Melanie, are co-managing partners for The Press On Fund, an organization that seeks to find less toxic treatments for childhood cancer.

Julie Mason is the host "The Julie Mason Show" weekdays 3-6pm East. Her show features a compelling mix of guests, including newsmakers such as Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Vice President Mike Pence, Secretary John Kerry, Senator Ted Cruz, along with her smart line up of reporters covering the White House, Congress and Capitol Hill and the latest in foreign policy, plus special town halls in front of a studio audience, and themed weeks. 

Mason brings her pop culture sensibility to the program as well with guests including Henry Rollins, Brian Cox from HBO's Succession, Mike Mills from R.E.M., and the cast of Veep. 

Before joining SiriusXM, Julie was a White House reporter at POLITICO, the Washington Examiner, and the Houston Chronicle. She has more than 30 years of journalism experience covering local, state, and national politics, including four presidential campaigns. 

Julie is a former elected board member of the White House Correspondents Association and appears on CNN, FOX News, MSNBC, NPR and more. She is a recipient of a Gracie Award from the Alliance for Women in Media for outstanding achievement as a radio talk show host.