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Catch up on the biggest stories of the day from Washington with interviews and analysis from leading journalists. Posted weekdays at 6:30 pm ET. From C-SPAN, the network that brings you the "Q&A" podcast.
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In this weekend's episode, three segments from this past week's Washington Journal.
First: President Trump stuns House Republicans with a surprise pardon this
week for Texas Democrat Henry Cuellar – whose Laredo seat Republicans were hoping to pick up in the midterms. We'll get the scoop from Gabby Birenbaum Washington Correspondent for the Texas Tribune.
Then: A conversation with Shawn VanDiver -- founder and president of
#AfghanEvac --a nonprofit run by American veterans helping to resettle Afghans who assisted the U.S. during the two-decade war.
Plus: Electricity and utility prices are rising across the country as winter weather starts to kick in. We speak with Robinson Meyer – Founder of the website Heatmap News – about what's driving the increases.
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President Donald Trump attends the 2026 World Cup Draw at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC with the leaders of co-hosts Mexico & Canada. The three talking about what it means to co-host the world's largest sports tournament; President Trump receives the inaugural peace prize from world soccer's governing body, FIFA; Trump Administration releases a National Security Strategy that calls for a “readjustment” of the US military presence in the Western Hemisphere to fight migration, drug trafficking and foreign power influence in the region. We will talk about it with Breaking Defense senior reporter Ashley Roque (13); former President Joe Biden receives an award from a prominent LGBTQ+ advocacy group; Centers for Disease Control vaccine advisory committee recommends eliminating the recommendation that all newborns receive the Hepatitis B vaccine; Indiana's House of Representatives passes a new Congressional district map designed to gain Republicans two more
U.S. House seats, part of nationwide gerrymandering push now by both parties. Rep. Adelita Grijalva (D-AZ) says she was pepper sprayed when she sought more information at ICE raid in Tucson; First Lady Melania Trump reads a Christmas book to patients at National Children's hospital in Washington, carrying on a long-standing First Ladies holiday tradition.
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A 30 year-old man from Woodbridge, Virginia is arrested and charged in the FBI's investigation of pipe bombs placed outside the Republican and Democratic party headquarters on the eve of the January 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol; A Navy admiral tells lawmakers Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth did not issue a "kill them all" order against a suspected drug-carrying boat in the Caribbean Sea near Venezuela in September, but Rep. Jim Himes (D-CT), Intelligence Committee ranking member, says the video he saw of a second strike against survivors is "deeply, deeply troubling"; President Donald Trump hosts a peace signing ceremony in Washington with the presidents of Rwanda and Democratic Republic of the Congo, where he also promotes mineral exploration in those countries; Senate
Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) says Democrats will put up for a vote next week a clean 3 year extension of expiring Obamacare health insurance enhanced premium subsidies; bipartisan group of House Members release their own health care reform plan; Senate votes to overturn the Biden Administration's limits on oil & gas drilling in Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge; Muhammad Ali's widow, Lonnie Ali, testifies at a Congressional hearing on reforming the sport of boxing; President Trump & First Lady Melania Trump attend the National Christmas Tree Lighting.
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The Republican candidate wins the Tennessee 7th Congressional District special election by a comfortable margin, but not as big as President Donald Trump's victory in the 2024 presidential election. We get reaction from party leaders in Congress about what this may mean for the 2026 midterm elections; President Trump grants a full pardon to Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-TX) and his wife Imelda, who were facing bribery charges; President Trump announces of a roll back of Biden-era vehicle fuel economy standards, arguing it will lower car prices; Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) introduces a bill to cut down on ICE automatic detention of certain groups of immigrants and end for-profit, private immigrant detention centers; NASA Administrator nominee Jared Isaacman gets a second Senate confirmation hearing. He was nominated earlier this year, then the president withdrew the nomination, and then renominated him; NATO Secretary General & British Prime Minister talk about Russian President Vladimir Putin saying Russia is ready to go to war with NATO, comments made while talks were ongoing trying to end Russia's war in Ukraine.
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President Donald Trump holds a Cabinet meeting at the White House, where Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says he did not see any survivors in the water when a second strike was ordered and launched on a boat alleging carrying illegal drugs in the Caribbean Sea in September, and President Trump says he does not want Somali immigrants in the United States because they add little to the country, rely on government safety net benefits and complain too much. He calls Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) 'garbage'. Supreme Court hears a case contending faith-based antiabortion pregnancy centers in New Jersey deceived clients and donors by suggesting they offered abortion referrals; Senate leaders discuss plans to vote before Affordable Care Act health insurance enhanced premium tax credits expire; Billionaires Michael and Susan Dell
donate over $6-and-a-quarter billion to put $250 in the individual investment accounts for 25 million children, an extension of the Trump Accounts created under the so-called One Big Beautiful Bill signed into law earlier this year.
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The White House confirmed President Trump will meet today with his national security team to discuss Venezuela as his administration intensifies its pressure campaign on the country…The meeting comes as lawmakers from both parties voice concerns over reports of a possibly unlawful follow-up strike on an alleged drug vessel in the Caribbean that killed two survivors…We'll hear from the president, Senate leaders Thune and Schumer on this topic coming up…
Congress returned today from the Thanksgiving holiday recess….The House is considering legislation banning those who were involved in the October 7th terror attack on Israel from entering the U.S…The Senate is working on judicial nominations…Off the floor, talks continue on proposals to extend health care tax credits set to expire at the end of the year. … Majority Leader Thune has promised to hold a floor vote on health care legislation by mid-December as part of the deal to end the government shutdown.
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In this weekend's episode, three segments from this past week's Washington Journal.
First: As the holiday shopping season kicks off – a discussion about the U-S economy and the "affordability" crisis with Heather Long - columnist and Chief Economist for Navy Federal Credit Union.
Then: Pollster and strategist Frank Luntz discusses what his focus groups are telling him about the mood of the nation this Thanksgiving.
Plus: From threatening broadcasters to reviewing multi-billion-dollar media mergers - the F-C-C in the Trump administration is flexing its regulatory muscle. We'll take a closer look at the agency's actions so far with TED JOHNSON - political editor for "Deadline."
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Two National Guard troops patrolling Washington, DC not far from the White House are shot. A suspect, also shot is in custody; Judge in Georgia dismisses the election interference criminal case against President Donald Trump and co-defendants at the request of the prosecutor. We will talk with USA Today Justice Department reporter Aysha Bagchi (11); Vice President JD Vance and his family serve an early Thanksgiving meal to U.S. troops at Ft. Campbell on the Kentucky/Tennessee border; almost two dozen states led by Democratic Attorneys General sue the federal government over SNAP food aid program restrictions for certain immigrants; latest on the U.S.-led peace plan talks to end the war between Ukraine & Russia.
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Two days before Thanksgiving, President Donald Trump pardons two turkeys, named Gobble & Waddle, jokes that former President Joe Biden's turkey pardons are invalid due to his use of an autopen, and says food prices are coming down; Washington, DC Mayor Muriel Bowser (D) announces she will not run for a fourth term in 2026; Attorney General Pam Bondi says the federal law enforcement surge in Memphis, Tennessee
has been a success in drastically reducing crime; Ukrainian President Zelensky says Ukraine has accepted the 'essence' of a U.S. plan to end the Russia-Ukraine war, while President Trump says "I think we’re getting very close to a deal" and that he will be sending special envoy Steve Witkoff to meet with Russian President Putin in Moscow.
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The Pentagon announced today it is investigating Arizona Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly over possible breaches of military law…It comes after the former Navy pilot along with a five other Democratic lawmakers called for troops to disobey illegal orders in a social media post last week… AND after President Trump ramped up the rhetoric by accusing the lawmakers of sedition “punishable by DEATH….”White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt talked about it late this afternoon…We'll hear what she and Sen. Kelly are saying coming up…
The UN Security Council met today amid escalating tensions in Gaza …The meeting follows last week's approval of President Trump’s peace plan there…We'll hear part of what the Palestinian ambassador, Israeli ambassador and the US delegation said about the situation there in a few minutes…
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In this weekend's episode, three segments from this past week's Washington Journal.
First: A discussion with Investigative journalist Dave Levinthal about a new push to ban individual stock trading by Members of Congress – and whether HE thinks it'll finally pass.
Then: Brad Bowman of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies takes a closer look at the Trump administration's promised sale of F-35s to Saudi Arabia – and how it COULD impact the balance of power in the Mideast.
Finally: It's been over 50 years since the assassination of Robert F. Kennedy, but political commentator and author Chris Matthews says RFK's political influence can still be felt today. He joins us to talk about his new book "Lessons from Bobby."
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President Trump and incoming New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani met at the White House today…It's their first meeting since the New York city election earlier this month…And it comes after months of public hostility between the two…with the president calling the mayor-elect a communist and even threatening to arrest and deport him…While the mayor-elect himself has accused the president of acting like an authoritarian…We'll hear part of what they said to reporters coming up…
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said that his country’s alliance with the US could be at a breaking point…His comments come as the White House pressed President Zelensky to respond by Thanksgiving to its plan to end the war with Russia….Several media reports say the plan includes several items favorable to Russia….President Zelensky put out a video statement about it today…We'll hear part of it coming up…
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Former President George W. Bush says at the funeral service for his Vice President Dick Cheney that Cheney was "totally devoted to protecting the United States and its interests", while daughter Liz Cheney says her father knew "that bonds of party must always yield to the single bond we share as Americans"; President Donald Trump in online posts calls for six House & Senate Democrats to be arrested, tried and hanged for "seditious behavior at the highest level" after they urged U.S. military and intelligence community members not follow unlawful orders; Bureau of Labor Statistics releases the September jobs report six weeks late due to the federal government shutdown. It shows 119,000 jobs created and the unemployment rate rising to 4.4%. Vice President JD Vance says that shows “Trump economic policies are actually working”; Rep. Sheila Cherfilus McCormick (D-FL) says the federal charges she is facing for
allegedly stealing $5 million in federal disaster aid are unjust, and she looks forward to her day in court. Rep. Greg Steube (R-FL) is calling for her to be expelled from the U.S. House; President Donald Trump meets at the White House with former hostages held by Hamas; an update from the White House on a new U.S. peace plan presented to Ukraine to end that country's war with Russia; House Foreign Affairs Committee holds a hearing on religious violence in Nigeria.
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President Donald Trump at a U.S.-Saudi Arabia investment summit announces Saudi Arabia has been named a major non-NATO ally of the United States and visiting Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has encouraged him to help stop the civil war in Sudan; Bill to require the Justice Department to release all documents in the investigation of the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein has officially passed the Senate and is going to President Trump's desk to be signed. Attorney General Pam Bondi says, "We will continue to follow the law and to have maximum transparency"; House tonight expected to pass bills to repeal a law
allowing Senators to sue the Justice Department for $500,000 if their phones were searched as part of an investigation, including the attack on the U.S. Capitol January 6, 2021, and to reinstate cash bail for criminal defendants in the District of Columbia; House committee holds a hearing on a bill to ban Member of Congress stock trades; Congress examines the government shutdown & air travel; First Lady Melania Trump & Second Lady Usha Vance visit military families at Camp Lejeune in North Carolina ahead the holidays.
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House passes a bill almost unanimously to release all of the files in the federal investigation of the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein; President Donald Trump meets with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman at the White House, where the prince pledges to invest $1 trillion in the U.S and the president dismisses a question about the 2018 murder of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi, which U.S. intelligence pinned on Saudi Arabia, saying the prince was not involved, Khashoggi
was "extremely controversial", and "Whether you liked him or didn’t like him, things happen”; House passes a resolution criticizing Congressman Chuy Garcia (D-IL) for deciding not to seek reelection only after only one other Democrat had qualified for the primary – his chief of staff; Federal
Reserve board member Michael Barr warns there is 'real danger' to weakening the Fed's oversight of bank operations; National Transportation Safety Board points to a loose wire and faulty fuel pump as the causes of the blackouts on the cargo ship Dali that led to the collision with, and collapse of, the Key Bridge in Baltimore in 2024.
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President Donald Trump says he will sign a bill into law to
release all the files from the federal investigation of the late sex offender
Jeffrey Epstein if it passes Congress, a reversal from his position a few days ago. He says he does not want the Epstein issue to be a distraction from all the legislative accomplishments of the Republican party.
House Rules Committee takes up the Epstein files release bill today, ahead of expected House floor debate and a vote Tuesday.
Federal immigration agents descend on Charlotte, North Carolina to make arrests. Gov. Josh Stein (D-NC) says, "it's not making us safer, it's stoking fear and dividing our community."
President Trump talks about immigration when asked about his comment that he would meet with Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, as the U.S. continues to use military strikes against suspected drug carrying boats and to deploy military assets to the Caribbean.
President Trump threatens to endorse primary opponents of Republican Indiana state lawmakers, after they hold up a Congressional redistricting effort designed to win additional Republican U.S. House seats.
Health & Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. speaks at a food allergy forum about new research to find the causes.
United Nations Security Council passes a resolution on President Trump's Gaza peace plan.
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In this weekend's episode, three segments from this past week's Washington Journal.
First: as Congress ends the longest government shutdown in history – a conversation with Real Clear Politics President Tom Bevan on the winners and losers – if it'll matter in the midterm elections.
Then – the other big political story this week on Capitol Hill: renewed efforts to release the Epstein files -- with a vote scheduled next week. That conversation with former federal prosecutor and Politico Magazine writer Ankush Khardori.
Finally – as America celebrated our veterans earlier this week – we chat with Paul Rieckhoff – founder and CEO of the group Independent Veterans of America.
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New survey of Americans finds seven in 10 say raising children is now unaffordable; Trump Administration prepares to lower tariffs on some food items such as coffee & fruit, and announces a new trade deal with Switzerland; Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) visits a food bank in Chicago as federal food aid money through the SNAP program is now restarted with the federal government reopened; We will also hear from Sen. Durbin and House Majority Whip Tom Emmer (R-MN) on FY26 funding & health care debates and votes to be completed in the next few months; President Donald Trump calls for the investigation of the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein's involvement with former President Bill Clinton, former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers, Democratic mega-donor Reid Hoffman, wall street firm JP Morgan Chase and others, as Epstein emails mentioning
Donald Trump are released this week and the House will vote next week on whether to release all the Epstein files; Gov. Wes Moore (D-MN) talks about what Democrats can learn from President Trump's campaigning and governing style; Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth personally hangs a new plaque at a Pentagon entrance that reads "Department of War".
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First day of the federal government reopening following a record-long shutdown, and now the work begins to send the government employees who were furloughed back pay, get SNAP food aid benefits that were held up to beneficiaries' accounts and get air travel back to normal; Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem announces $10,000 bonuses for TSA officers who came to work without being paid during the shutdown; more reflections on the deal in the U.S. Senate at the start of the week with eight Democrats that reopened the government without getting the
health care demands that the other Senate Democrats wanted. We will hear from a Democratic & Republican Senator; President Donald Trump signs an Executive Order on First Lady Melania Trump's "Fostering the Future" initiative to help children in, and those transitioning out of foster care. The First Lady urges Americans to “Rise above the ease of inaction"; group of House Democrats blame Republicans in part for not being able to attend the COP30 global climate talks in Brazil; three fired immigration judges talk about the Trump Administration asylum & deportation policies at the National Press Club in Washington, DC.
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Longest federal government shutdown in U.S. history is about to end with the House Republicans expected to join the Senate in passing a bill to fund most of the government through January and part of the government for the full fiscal year, through September 2026. House Democrats are speaking out against the bill because it does not have an extension of Affordable Care Act health insurance subsidies they have been demanding. A provision the Senate added to the bill to allow Senators to
sue for half a million dollars if their phone data was collected in a federal
investigation is coming under House scrutiny. Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) says the House will vote next week to repeal it. Vice President JD Vance speaks at the Make American Healthy Again (MAHA) summit in DC. House Oversight Committee Democrats release emails in which the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein suggested President Donald Trump knew more about Epstein's alleged sex trafficking that he has admitted. Rep. Adelita Grijalva (D-AZ) is sworn in, weeks after she won a special election. President Trump threat to sue the BBC for $1 billion over its edits of a speech he gave prior to the January 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol comes up during Prime Minister's Question Time. Leonardo DiCaprio, actor & environmentalist, gives a eulogy to the late conservationist Jane Goodall at her funeral at Washington National Cathedral. U.S. Mint says it has stopped producing pennies.
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any news org trump does not like he calls fake news.... what a scumbag ...
hey liar you don't think 23 percent annual inflation is not a problem????????????????????
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dont forget trumps hateful speech.... hes the cause of all the hate ...
there goes the 1st amendment....
the blame game....these people think we buy this load of garbage coming out of Washington...
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somebody tell orange man to read the constitution for the love of GOD...
how come the victims don't just name the rich and powerful who molested them ??? screw tve files just start telling the world who they were....
trump administration has told more lies then all the all administrations combined...
it is not wise to scare some people.... some people who feel threatened might lash out as a natural ancient hardwired in the dna can't be helped or prevented reaction.... let sleeping monsters just sleep...
we have a constipational quagmire..... milk of magnesia ????
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