# From Washington: Platner, McConnell, and More D.C. Chaos Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-fox-news-rundown-743394/from-washington-platner-mcconnell-and-more-d-c-chaos Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-fox-news-rundown-743394/from-washington-platner-mcconnell-and-more-d-c-chaos.md Podcast: [The Fox News Rundown](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-fox-news-rundown-743394) Published: 2026-07-11T09:00:00+00:00 Episode link: https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/traffic.megaphone.fm/FOXM4635207479.mp3 Audio file: https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/traffic.megaphone.fm/FOXM4635207479.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-fox-news-rundown-743394/episodes/from-washington-platner-mcconnell-and-more-d-c-chaos Duration seconds: 1885 ## Resource With Maine Senate hopeful Graham Platner ending his campaign amid numerous sexual assault allegations, Democrats are in a high-stakes scramble to find a replacement capable of unseating longtime incumbent Republican Susan Collins. FOX News Chief Congressional Correspondent Chad Pergram joins the Rundown to break down the battle for this critical seat and the intensifying legislative gridlock fueled by President Trump’s insistence on the SAVE Act. Later, FOX Business White House Correspondent Edward Lawrence examines the state of the economy as volatile gas prices shift and retail giants Walmart and Sam’s Club introduce sweeping summer price cuts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-fox-news-rundown-743394/episodes/from-washington-platner-mcconnell-and-more-d-c-chaos/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-fox-news-rundown-743394/from-washington-platner-mcconnell-and-more-d-c-chaos.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.