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A Tumultuous Year in Politics

A Tumultuous Year in Politics

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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: The GOP’s Internal Dysfunction

Washington Week: The GOP’s Internal Dysfunction

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December 2, 2023, 2:56 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. On Wednesday, former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger passed away at the age of 100. As the country remembers the former statesman’s complicated legacy, his fellow Republicans on Capitol Hill are working to overcome their internal dysfunction: In the House, Republican Representative George Santos of New York was expelled from Congress in a rare bipartisan vote for ethics violations. And in the Senate, Republican Senator Tommy Tuberville of Alabama attempted to reassure colleagues that his monthslong blockade of Pentagon nominations will end soon. All of this comes as former President Donald Trump continues to lead in polls of Republican and evangelical voters six weeks before the Iowa caucuses. Joining the editor in chief of The Atlantic and moderator, Jeffrey Goldberg, this week to discuss this and more are Tim Alberta, a staff writer at The …

Anger and Frustration Grows in the House

Anger and Frustration Grows in the House

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Watch the full episode of Washington Week With The Atlantic, November 24, 2023 Courtesy of Washington Week With The Atlantic November 25, 2023, 6:15 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. Anger and frustration is growing among some members of House Speaker Mike Johnson’s caucus over government spending. Johnson has a long legislative to-do list when the House returns to Washington after Thanksgiving, and with Republicans holding a razor-thin majority, his moves will be scrutinized by Republicans and Democrats alike. Joining guest moderator of Washington Week With The Atlantic, Lisa Desjardins, this week to discuss this and more are Carl Hulse, chief Washington correspondent at The New York Times; Nikole Killion, Congressional correspondent at CBS News; Toluse Olorunnipa, White House bureau chief at The Washington Post; and Susan Page, Washington bureau chief at USA Today. Read the full transcript here. Source link

Trump’s Apocalyptic Rhetoric – The Atlantic

Trump’s Apocalyptic Rhetoric – The Atlantic

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November 18, 2023, 4:16 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. Former President Donald Trump has never been moderate in rhetoric and action. But there’s a real sense out there that, as he comes under further legal pressure, he’s become more apocalyptic: During a Veterans Day speech, echoing the language of authoritarian dictators, he described his political foes as “vermin.” Meanwhile, on Capitol Hill, a rash of angry altercations erupted this week. Former Speaker Kevin McCarthy, a Republican from California, allegedly elbowed fellow GOP Representative Tim Burchett of Tennessee in the kidneys, and Senator Markwayne Mullin, a Republican from Oklahoma, challenged a hearing witness to a fight. Joining the editor in chief of The Atlantic and moderator, Jeffrey Goldberg, to discuss this and more are Peter Baker, the chief White House correspondent at The New York Times; Leigh Ann Caldwell, a co-author of The Washington Post’s Early …

America’s Aging Presidential Front-Runners – The Atlantic

America’s Aging Presidential Front-Runners – The Atlantic

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President Joe Biden is facing a unique set of challenges as he prepares to run for reelection. The most unique of all: No one his age has ever run for president. And voters are worried, even those who give him credit for an improving economy. It’s also worth pointing out that Donald Trump is 77, and has been afflicted by more than the usual number of gaffes lately. On Capitol Hill, the GOP’s new House Speaker, Mike Johnson, is a full week into the job and working to regain order. But the ideological divide among House Republicans is now attracting attention in the upper chamber after GOP anger over Alabama Senator Tommy Tuberville stalling military promotions erupted on the Senate floor. Joining the editor in chief of The Atlantic and moderator, Jeffrey Goldberg, this week to discuss this and more are Dan Balz, a chief correspondent at The Washington Post; Adam Harris, a staff writer at The Atlantic; Susan Page, the Washington bureau chief at USA Today; and Alex Thompson, a national political correspondent at …