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The Wars That Divide Washington

The Wars That Divide Washington

Senate majority leader Chuck Schumer set off a fierce debate in Washington on Thursday after criticizing Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and calling for Israel to hold new elections to replace him. In Russia, where the presidential election is being held this weekend, Vladimir Putin is on track to win a fifth term, as he continues his war against Ukraine. The U.S. will send a small military aid package to Ukraine, the first in months, but the larger $60 billion aid package remains stalled in Congress. Meanwhile, President Biden is campaigning in key battleground states, while Donald Trump, his Republican rival, contends with developments in his various legal battles. Joining guest moderator and White House Correspondent at PBS NewsHour, Laura Barrón-López, to discuss this and more are Zolan Kanno-Youngs, White House Correspondent for The New York Times; Jim Scuitto, Anchor and Chief National Security Analyst at CNN; and Scott MacFarlane, Congressional Correspondent for CBS News. Watch the full episode and read the transcript here. Source link

Trump’s Legal and Political Strategies

Trump’s Legal and Political Strategies

Digging into the GOP front-runner’s claims on the stump and in legal filings Courtesy of Washington Week With The Atlantic February 17, 2024, 11:11 AM ET Editor’s Note: Washington Week with The Atlantic is a partnership between NewsHour Productions, WETA, and The Atlantic airing every Friday on PBS stations nationwide. Check your local listings or watch full episodes here. A New York judge has set March 25 as the start date in Donald Trump’s hush-money case, making it the first criminal trial against a former American president in U.S. history. A hearing that could derail Trump’s Georgia election-interference case is also under way, as a judge considers whether Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis should be removed from the case. Meanwhile, the annual Munich Security Conference kicks off Friday as U.S. aid for Ukraine continues to stall amid chaos in Congress, and just days after President Joe Biden criticized Trump’s comments about encouraging Russia to attack NATO allies. Joining the guest moderator and a staff writer at The Atlantic, Franklin Foer, to discuss this and …

Trump Gets One Step Closer

Trump Gets One Step Closer

January 27, 2024, 12:25 PM ET Editor’s Note: Washington Week With The Atlantic is a partnership between NewsHour Productions, WETA, and The Atlantic airing every Friday on PBS stations nationwide. Check your local listings or watch full episodes here.   The 2024 race is coming into focus this week after Republican front runner Donald Trump’s victory in New Hampshire brought him one step closer to the GOP’s presidential nomination. But his final primary opponent, former South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley, has rejected calls to drop out of the race and continued to campaign in her home state. President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris have also ramped up their campaign, making reproductive rights a central theme of their reelection efforts. Meanwhile, the fate of a bipartisan border-security deal, which Republican lawmakers had insisted upon before considering additional funding for Ukraine and Israel, has been complicated by Trump’s opposition to the deal. Joining the editor in chief of The Atlantic and moderator, Jeffrey Goldberg, to discuss this and more are Laura Barrón-López, a White House correspondent …

What Comes After January 6

What Comes After January 6

January 6, 2024, 10:10 AM ET Editor’s Note: Washington Week With The Atlantic is a partnership between NewsHour Productions, WETA, and The Atlantic airing every Friday on PBS stations nationwide. Check your local listings or watch full episodes here. On Friday, the day before the third anniversary of the January 6 insurrection, President Joe Biden delivered his first speech of the new year at Valley Forge in battleground Pennsylvania, and warned voters about what’s at stake this November. His likely Republican opponent, former President Donald Trump, is meanwhile hitting the campaign trail in Iowa to cement his lead before the caucuses, while juggling several legal cases against him. And, while Democrats are attempting to motivate voters over access to abortion, Republicans are seizing on-campus speech and DEI initiatives as the next front of the culture war—Claudine Gay’s resignation as president of Harvard on Tuesday was only one recent flare-up. Joining the moderator and editor in chief of The Atlantic, Jeffrey Goldberg, this week to discuss this and more are Peter Baker, the chief White House …

A Tumultuous Year in Politics

A Tumultuous Year in Politics

December 23, 2023, 7 AM ET Editor’s Note: Washington Week With The Atlantic is a partnership between NewsHour Productions, WETA, and The Atlantic airing every Friday on PBS stations nationwide. Check your local listings or watch full episodes here. On Tuesday, Colorado’s Supreme Court disqualified Donald Trump from the state’s primary ballot after determining that his actions on January 6, 2021, made him ineligible under the U.S. Constitution’s insurrection clause. The Colorado court’s actions come on the precipice of another tumultuous year in politics, one featuring a general election and a likely rematch of the 2020 race between the former and present U.S. presidents. Joining editor in chief of The Atlantic and moderator, Jeffrey Goldberg, this week to look back at 2023 and discuss what to expect in 2024 are Lisa Desjardins, correspondent at PBS NewsHour; Adam Harris, staff writer at The Atlantic; Zolan Kanno-Youngs, White House correspondent at The New York Times; and Susan Page, Washington bureau chief at USA Today. Read the full transcript here. Source link

Washington Week: Red Flags for Republicans, Hard Challenges for President Biden

Washington Week: Red Flags for Republicans, Hard Challenges for President Biden

August 12, 2023, 12:59 PM ET Editor’s Note: Washington Week With The Atlantic is a partnership between NewsHour Productions, WETA, and The Atlantic airing every Friday on PBS stations nationwide. Check your local listings or watch full episodes here. After former President Donald Trump was arraigned for trying to overturn the 2020 election results, a strange question looms over the 2024 race: Will the former president and current GOP front-runner win the presidency, go to prison, or both? The challenges facing Democrats and President Joe Biden’s 2024 reelection campaign include low voter enthusiasm and poor approval ratings. The president also faces unsubstantiated allegations from some in the GOP that he is entangled in his son Hunter’s foreign-business misadventures, and some House Republicans are weighing whether to hold an impeachment inquiry this fall. Joining the editor in chief of The Atlantic and moderator, Jeffrey Goldberg, this week to discuss this and more are Peter Baker, the chief White House correspondent at The New York Times; Laura Barrón-López, the White House correspondent at PBS NewsHour; and Adam …