On yesterday’s episode of The Powers That Be, our flagship daily podcast, my partner Dylan Byers dropped in to discuss two of the biggest hot-button political topics in Washington right now. In this lightly edited and condensed excerpt, Dylan reveals what really happened when CBS News C.E.O. Wendy McMahon “resigned” earlier this week amid all the turmoil surrounding Shari Redstone’s attempt to get the Paramount-Skydance deal across the finish line. (As Dylan reported last month, Shari has become an increasingly interventionist presence within CBS News, pushing leadership to make its reporting more pro-Israel and pressuring 60 Minutes, in particular, to back away from coverage that might irritate Trump.) We also discussed the publication of Jake Tapper and Alex Thompson’s Original Sin—their much-hyped tome about Joe Biden’s decline in office, which came out today.