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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.

  1. 14h ago

    Rep. AOC campaigns for MI Senate Dem nominee El-Sayed | Rep. Harris defends trying to kick out of his news conference | Hillary Clinton presents her annual women's leadership awards

    Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) campaigns in Michigan for Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed, saying special interest money is being used to make sure no one can 'open their ears and their eyes to even give this guy a shot'; Nebraska's 2nd Congressional District race is a prime example of a Republican held seat that Democrats are hoping to flip on their way to getting majority control of the House. We will hear the candidates debate and talk about the race with Margery Beck, Flatwater Free Press Elections Reporter (14); Rep. Andy Harris (R-MD) defends telling a UMD student reporter that she must stop filming his news conference; President Donald Trump says the execution of the Ft. Hood mass shooter will not be livestreamed; former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton presents the annual Hillary Rodham Clinton Awards for Advancing Women in Peace and Security; Health & Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. is asked about the growing deadly measles outbreak in Pennsylvania; Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) and former Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger (R-CA) celebrate the 20th anniversary of a climate change law. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  2. 1d ago

    Final inflation report before election day | NH U.S. Senate candidates on Social Security at AARP forum | Def Sec Hegseth interrupted by anti-war protesters at Army annual meeting

    Final Commerce Department inflation report before the midterm elections show the Consumer Price Index increasing 0.6% in September and 3.7% year over year; U.S. Senate race in New Hampshire is a close one that could help decide which party controls the Senate in the next Congress. We will hear from the candidates John Sununu (R) and Chris Pappas (D) on Social Security at an AARP forum and talk with Andrew Sylvia, Assistant Editor of Manchester Ink Link (11); President Donald Trump campaigns in Arizona for Rep. Andy Biggs (D-AZ), who is challenging incumbent Gov. Katie Hobbs (D-AZ); Health & Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. announces cuts to Affordable Care Act subsidies for nearly 200,000 enrollees because of duplicate coverage or the recipients are deceased; Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is heckled by anti-war protesters at the annual meeting of the U.S. Army, and he defends the Trump Administration's request for a large, one-time increase in the defense budget; Supreme Court hears a case asking whether a 1980's law barring the disclosure of consumer information from a 'subscriber of goods or services from a video tape service provider,' at the time VHS tapes, applies to modern day online sites with videos. Tonight is the National Civics Bee Championship brought to you as a partnership between C-SPAN and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  3. 2d ago

    U.S. Amb. to Greece Kimberly Guilfoyle resigns amid ethics allegations; new White House Press Sec Zacharia holds first briefing; Pres. Trump campaigns in Alaska

    U.S. Ambassador to Greece Kimberly Guilfoyle resigns amid allegations she asked a Republican donor to pay off a $100,000 credit card debt in exchange for political access; new White House Press Secretary Katie Zacharia holds her first White House news conference; President Donald Trump answers questions about continuing military strikes by Russia and Ukraine against each other targeting energy infrastructure despite the President announcing an 'energy ceasefire'; President Trump flies to Alaska to campaign for Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan's reelection; Vice President JD Vance is back in Texas in support of Republican U.S. Senate candidate Ken Paxton, after the spread of false rumors that Democratic opponent James Talarico was not off the campaign trail sick with the flu, but supposedly getting mental health treatment in Ohio; U.S. Attorney for DC Jeanine Pirro talks about a joint U.S.-UK-technology company operation to close down online scammers based in Africa; former First Lady Jill Biden speaks at an event in Delaware for Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  4. 3d ago

    Federal Agents Search Rep. Ilhan Omar’s Home, Trump’s Russia Diesel Deal & 2026 Midterms

    Federal agents search the home of Minnesota Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar, prompting reactions from both parties just weeks before the midterm elections. A bipartisan group of senators calls on President Trump to reverse his agreement with Russian President Vladimir Putin to allow Russian diesel sales in an effort to lower fuel prices. Plus, with just 22 days until the midterm elections, we examine key congressional races in Iowa, Michigan, and Pennsylvania. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  5. 6d ago

    Weekend Edition: Campaign 2026, Regulating AI, and 3rd Anniversary of October 7th Attack

    In this weekend's episode, three segments from this past week's Washington Journal. First – On Wednesday President Trump made his third trip to Texas in a month to support Republican Governor Greg Abbott and Senate candidate Ken Paxton who are facing stiffer-than-expected political headwinds. We'll dig into some Lone Star state politics with Spectrum News Texas reporter Reena Diamante. Then: The debate over whether and how to regulate artificial intelligence continues here in Washington as the President huddled with tech leaders again at the White House earlier this week. We break it down with Cato Institute's Jennifer Huddleston & AI Now Institute's Sarah Myers West. And finally: This week marked the 3rd anniversary of the October 7th attack on Israel. We speak with Aaron David Miller of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace on where the conflict stands today between Israel and Hamas. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  6. 6d ago

    DHS Sec Mullin defends ICE shooting in NYC, calls immigrant a 'thug' | South African jurist Navi Pillay wins Nobel Peace Prize for work on international law

    Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin criticizes New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani's response to the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) involved shooting in the city. Mamdani again called for ICE to be abolished. Mullin says Mamdani's 'words are dangerous and incite hostility'; President Donald Trump celebrates at the White House the Columbus Day federal holiday, which is Monday, saying Columbus is a hero, and decrying the tearing down of Columbus statues, as happened in many cities during the racial justice protests in 2020; Vice President JD Vance campaigns in Ohio for Sen. Jon Husted's reelection; Michigan U.S. Senate Democratic nominee Abdul El-Sayed says he welcomes former President Barack Obama campaigning for him, even though he was critical of Obama in the past; Nobel Peace Prize is awarded to Navi Pillay, former judge on the International Criminal Court and former United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights; Secretary of State Marco Rubio announces new sanctions against the ICC; Leader of the British Green Party suffers what could be a devastating loss for a party that had been seeing gains. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  7. Oct 8

    VP Vance says Microsoft can no longer bring in foreign workers on H-1B visas | NYC Mayor Mandani asked about being booed at Oct. 7th attack anniversary vigil  

    Vice President JD Vance announces Microsoft and some other technology firms have been suspended from sponsoring foreign workers with H-1B visas. He says Microsoft has been undercutting U.S. workers and treating foreign workers like indentured servants; President Donald Trump awards Microsoft's CEO the National Medal of Technology and Innovation, one of six technology & science medals he handed out today. President called another recipient, Elon Musk, head of Tesla and SpaceX, a 'modern day Thomas Edison'; New York Times Columnist Thomas Friedman argues for greater regulation of AI at an American Bar Association conference on AI and national security; House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) & Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) talk about the midterm elections, now less than four weeks away; President Trump says he will not attack Iran again before the U.S. election; New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani (D) is asked about being booed by protesters at a vigil Wednesday night on the third anniversary of Hamas' attack on Israel; Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) holds a briefing on preparing for the first hurricane of the season to make landfall; Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) gets a question on his public disagreement with President Trump on the wisdom of making Daylight Saving Time permanent. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  8. Oct 7

    Def. Sec. Hegseth visits USS Lincoln after record deployment fighting Iran war; Sec of State Rubio in Greece calls for defending Western civilization values; Maine Senate candidates debate

    Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth speaks aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier off the coast of California as the ship returns from a record-setting deployment in support of combat operations against Iran, blaming some in the media for highlighting reports of poor conditions and crew morale; Solemn remembrances on this third anniversary of Hamas' military attack on Israel; Secretary of State Marco Rubio gives a speech at historic Pnyx Hill in Athens, warning that Western civilization and its values derived from ancient Greece is at a critical inflection point; World Health Organization seeks more information from Russia about a suspected second employee at a plague laboratory developing pneumonia; President Donald Trump celebrates autoenrollment of tens of millions of children in so-called Trump Accounts that provide growth with tax advantages, before heading to Texas to campaign for Republican Senate candidate Ken Paxton; Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) debates her Democratic opponent Troy Jackson. One key topic in that border state is tariffs; Randy Spivey, lawyer for Tennessee death row inmate Christa Pike, gives an update on her condition after her recent failed execution attempt; British Conservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch at her party convention promises to abolish the inheritance tax and denounces identity politics. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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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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