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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: Civil Rights, Road Trips, and 2026 & The Trump Administration
In this weekend's episode, three segments from this past week's Washington Journal.
We'll kick off with conversations with two authors w...
FBI says it stopped an ISIS-inspired terror attack in North Carolina; Israel calls NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani (D) antisemitic
FBI says it 'thwarted a potential' New Year's Eve terror attack in North Carolina and the suspect was 'directly inspired to act by ISIS'; President Do...
America250 Commission Chair on New Year's Eve special celebrations; House Republicans schedule hearings on Minnesota public assistance program fraud
On New Year's Eve, America250 Commission Chair Rosie Rios talks about the special celebrations tonight related to the U.S.'s 250th birthday in 2026, N...
NYC Mayor-elect Mamdani makes more cabinet appointments; federal investigation of alleged social services fraud in Minnesota expands
New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani announces new members of his incoming administration, including Deputy Mayor for Health & Human Services; St...
Pres. Trump meets Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu & Ukrainian Pres. Zelensky at Mar-a-Lago
President Trump meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu; Recap of Sunday's meeting with Ukrainian President Zelensky; US strikes Venezuel...
Weekend Edition: Author Series w/ Trymaine Lee, Greg Lukianoff, & Casey Burgat
In this weekend's episode, three segments from the Washington Journal's annual Holiday Author Series this past week.
First:...
Pres. Trump & First Lady take NORAD Santa Tracker children's calls; Justice Dept says it will take several more weeks to release all Epstein files
On Christmas Eve, President Donald Trump & First Lady Melania Trump take children's NORAD Santa Tracker calls and speak to U.S. military servicemember...
UN Security Council meets on U.S. military actions against Venezuela; Supreme Court blocks Nat'l Guard deployment to Illinois
United Nations Security Council holds an emergency meeting on U.S. military actions against Venezuela; European leaders stand with Greenland in respon...
Trump unveils ‘Golden Fleet’ of Navy battleships, touts them as ‘more powerful than any' ever built
President Donald Trump announced a new fleet of ships Monday, known as the "Golden Fleet," as he revealed he approved plans for two new "very large ba...
Weekend Edition: ACA Subsidies, Polling and Pessimism Among Young Americans, and President Trump's Executive Order on AI Regulations
In this weekend's episode, three segments from this past week's Washington Journal.
First: A discussion with Republican Congressman Mike...
DOJ releases first batch of, but not all, Epstein files; Pres. Trump signs deals with more drug companies to cut prices; Sec Rubio holds year-end news conference
Justice Department released the first batch of files on the late sex offender and accused trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, but Deputy Attorney
Genera...
Reaction to Pres. Trump's year-end speech; Pres. Trump signs Exec. Order to reschedule marijuana as less dangerous drug; Kennedy Ctr renamed Trump-Kennedy Ctr
White House and Democratic lawmakers weigh in on President Donald Trump's Wednesday night primetime TV year-end address, during which the president hi...
House Democratic-led discharge petition to force a vote on extending expiring ACA subsidies succeeds after four Republicans sign on
Four House Republicans sign a discharge petition introduced by Democrats to force a vote an extension of expiring Affordable Care Act enhanced premium...
Speaker Johnson rules out amendment vote to extend expiring ACA enhanced premium subsidies
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) says there will not be a vote on an amendment to extend expiring Affordable Care Act enhanced premium
subsidies as p...
Search for Brown University gunman continues, police release new video
Congress is back to work today, and health care remains the top issue. The House is expected to vote this week on an extension of the expiring health...
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...