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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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Weekend Edition: Farmers, College & Trump Administration Pardons
First: A conversation with National Farmers Union's Mike Stranz – about the state of the U.S. agriculture industry, including the impact of the Trump...
Kilmar Abrego Garcia says he believes injustice done to him by the Trump Admin. will come to an end
Kilmar Abrego Garcia checks in at an Immigration & Customs Enforcement field office in Baltimore, under protection from a judge's order not to be rear...
Senate defeats both GOP & Dem. health care bills days before enhanced ACA tax credits expire; IN Senate votes down GOP Cong. redistricting map
Senate fails to advance both Democratic and Republican health care bills the sponsors say would address expected increase in costs for millions of Ame...
Federal Reserve cuts interest rates a quarter point; Supreme Court hears case on the death penalty & intellectually disabled defendants
Federal Reserve cuts interest rates a quarter of a percentage point. We will hear from the Chair and President Donald Trump and speak with The Hill's...
Pres. Trump holds 'affordability' campaign-style rally in PA; Supreme Court hears GOP challenge to campaign finance limits law
President Donald Trump travels to Pennsylvania for a rally to talk about rising costs and his economic agenda; Senate Republicans say they will offer...
POTUS Trump proposes a $12B aid package for farmers hit hard by his trade war with China
Congress is back to work this week…And on the Senate's agenda—a vote on extending health care tax credits past the end of the month…Democrats want a s...
Weekend Edition: President Trump Pardons TX Democrat Henry Cuellar, AfghanEvac, and Electricity and Utility Prices on the Rise
In this weekend's episode, three segments from this past week's Washington Journal.
First: President Trump stuns House Republicans...
Pres. Trump attends World Cup draw, receives FIFA Peace Prize; CDC vaccine advisory committee votes not to recommend all newborns get hepatitis B shot
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...
FBI arrests suspect in 2021 RNC & DNC headquarters pipe bombs case; Pentagon briefs lawmakers on second strike against drug boat that killed survivors
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 Democra...
Republican wins Congressional special election in Tennessee; President Trump rolls back Biden-era vehicle fuel economy standards
The Republican candidate wins the Tennessee 7th Congressional District special election by a comfortable margin, but not as big as President Donald Tr...
Defense Secretary Hegseth says he learned of survivors and second missile strike on alleged drug boat hours later, cites 'fog of war'
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...
White House says admiral ordered follow-on strike on alleged drug boat, insists attack was lawful
The White House confirmed President Trump will meet today with his national security team to discuss Venezuela as his administration intensifies its p...
Weekend Edition: The US Economy and the "Affordability" Crisis, Mood of the nation this Thanksgiving, and the FCC in the Trump Administration
In this weekend's episode, three segments from this past week's Washington Journal.
First: As the holiday shopping season kicks of...
Two Nat'l Guardsmen are shot & wounded in DC; Georgia judge dismisses criminal 2020 election interference case against Pres. Trump & co-defendants
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 dismis...
Pres. Trump pardons Thanksgiving turkeys, says food prices are dropping; Pres. Trump says Russia-Ukraine peace deal 'very close'; DC Mayor Bowser (D) not running for reelection
Two days before Thanksgiving, President Donald Trump pardons two turkeys, named Gobble & Waddle, jokes that former President Joe Biden's turkey pardon...
Sen. Mark Kelly (D-AZ) to Sec. of Defense Pete Hegseth: Pentagon investigation over ‘illegal orders’ video won’t ‘intimidate me’
The Pentagon announced today it is investigating Arizona Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly over possible breaches of military law…It comes after the former N...
Weekend Edition: Ban Individual Stock Trading by Members of Congress, Sale of F-35s to Saudi Arabia, and Chris Matthew's book "Lessons from Bobby."
In this weekend's episode, three segments from this past week's Washington Journal.
First: A discussion with Investigative journalist Dav...
President Trump Meets With New York City Mayor-Elect Mamdani; Rep. Vindman Calls for Release of Transcript of Trump's 2019 Call with Saudi Crown Prince
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...
Former President George W. Bush & former Rep. Liz Cheney give eulogies at former Vice President Dick Cheney's funeral
Former President George W. Bush says at the funeral service for his Vice President Dick Cheney that Cheney was "totally devoted to protecting the Unit...
Pres. Trump names Saudi Arabia a major non-NATO ally; Senate officially passes bill to release all Epstein investigation files, sends to the President
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 v...
House passes bill 427-1 to release all of the Justice Dept's Jeffrey Epstein investigation files
House passes a bill almost unanimously to release all of the files in the federal investigation of the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein; President Do...
President Trump says he will sign a bill into law to release all Epstein investigation files if it passes Congress
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
...
Weekend Edition: Congress Ends Government Shutdown, Midterm Elections, the Epstein files, and Veterans Day.
In this weekend's episode, three segments from this past week's Washington Journal.
First: as Congress ends the longest government shutdo...
New survey on Americans' views on affordability; Pres. Trump calls for investigation into Epstein ties to Bill Clinton, Larry Summers
New survey of Americans finds seven in 10 say raising children is now unaffordable; Trump Administration prepares to lower tariffs on some food items...
Federal government reopens, but questions about timing of furloughed worker backpay, full SNAP benefits & air travel returning to normal
First day of the federal government reopening following a record-long shutdown, and now the work begins to send the government employees who were furl...
House to join Senate in passing funding bill to end gov't shutdown; Trump mentioned in released Epstein emails
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 m...
Pres. Trump speaks at Arlington Nat'l Cemetery on Veterans Day; House prepares to debate & vote on Senate-passed bill to end government shutdown
On this Veterans Day holiday, President Donald Trump travels to Arlington National Cemetery to honor those who have served in the U.S. military and to...
Senate Votes To End Government Shutdown
The Senate is expected to vote to fund the government and end the shutdown this evening. On Sunday, lawmakers reached a deal and advanced the measure...
Weekend Edition: Election Results, Democratic Representative-Elect Adelita Grijalva, & Fmr. CDC Dir. Robert Redfield
In this weekend's episode, three segments from this past week's Washington Journal.
First: Kirk Bado -- editor of National...
Senate Democrats offer Republicans to end government shutdown for one year extension of expiring ACA health insurance premium tax credits
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) makes a new offer to Republicans to end the federal government shutdown, now at Day 38, that includes a on...
Senate Dems expected to block new GOP proposal to end gov't shutdown in Friday vote; Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) to retire
Senate Republicans and Senate Democrats hold lengthy, separate, private meetings on Day 37 of the federal government shutdown strategizing on how to e...
Supreme Court seems poised to strike down Pres. Trump's global tariffs
Supreme Court hears a case brought by business owners challenging whether President Donald Trump had the power to declare national emergencies to impl...
Election Day 2025; 35-day gov't shutdown ties record; former Vice President Cheney dies
It's election day, with key races for New York City mayor, New Jersey and Virginia governors and California's congressional redistricting ballot init...
Day 34 of Federal Shutdown & Kirk Bado of The Hotline on Election Night 2025
It's day 34 of the government shutdown… and this afternoon the Trump administration said it will provide half benefits to Americans who receive federa...
Weekend Edition: Ken Burns and Sarah Botstein's "The American Revolution" and Jeffrey Rosen's New Book "The Pursuit of Liberty..."
In this weekend's episode, two segments from this past week's Washington Journal.
First: A conversation with award-winning documen...
Federal judge orders Trump Admin. to use SNAP emergency funds during gov't shutdown to prevent lapse of food aid to 42 million Americans
A federal judge orders the Trump administration to use emergency funds to pay for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) during the fede...
Senate votes to overturn Pres. Trump's global tariffs; Pres. Trump touts trade deals he said he made with Chinese Pres. Xi; U.S. gov't shutdown Day 30
Senate votes to overturn President Donald Trump's global tariffs; President Trump touts trade deals he said he made in his meeting with
Chinese...
Federal Reserve cuts interest rates a quarter point; Chair Powell says another rate cut in December is 'not a foregone conclusion'
Federal Reserve cuts interest rates by a quarter point for the second time this year, but Fed Chair Powell says another rate cut in December is not a...
Gov't Shutdown Day 28: Dem-led states sue USDA to release SNAP emergency funds; air traffic controllers miss first paycheck
On day 28 of the federal government shutdown, Senate fails to advance a temporary government bill to reopen the government for the 13th time. It is su...
Government Shutdown Day 27, POTUS Trump Travels Asia
The Senate returned to Washington today with no end to the government shutdown in sight. Meanwhile, the effects are piling up, and food assistance for...