Former House Speaker Paul Ryan speaks with Washington Post senior congressional correspondent Paul Kane about how he sees 2024 Republican front-runner Donald Trump’s hold on the Republican Party, the future of the GOP and the issues at stake this election cycle.

Conversation recorded on Wednesday, February 21, 2024.

Former defense secretary Roberts M. Gates: Putin ‘will only get stronger’ if the West fractures

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