Episodios

  • Senate GOP ahead of first $9B rescissions package procedural vote restores funding for PEPFAR, rural public broadcasting

    Senate GOP ahead of first $9B rescissions package procedural vote restores funding for PEPFAR, rural public broadcasting
    Jul 15 2025
    Senate Republicans make changes to the rescissions bill to gain necessary Republican support ahead of the first procedural vote, restoring $400 million for PEPAR, the global anti-AIDS program and protecting funding for some rural public broadcasters; Inflation report from the Labor Dept – up 0.3% in June, an annual rate of 2.7%, highest since February and maybe a sign President Trump's tariffs are leading to increases prices; House Republicans vote down a Democratic motion to make public FBI files on the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, after the Trump Admin stated Epstein did not keep a client list and did commit suicide in prison, which some of the president's MAGA supporters are questioning, while President Trump tells reporters General Pam Bondi should release "whatever she thinks is credible" on Jeffrey Epstein; U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations nominee Mike Waltz testifies before Senate Foreign Relations Committee about reforming the UN and on the Signal Chat controversy when he was National Security Adviser; NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte meets with Senators on Capitol Hill about supporting Ukraine in the war with Russia. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    54 m
  • President Trump threatens 100% secondary tariffs on Russia's trading partners unless there is a ceasefire in the war in Ukraine in 50 days

    President Trump threatens 100% secondary tariffs on Russia's trading partners unless there is a ceasefire in the war in Ukraine in 50 days
    Jul 14 2025
    President Trump is upping the ante with Russia to end its war with Ukraine. He made two announcements today: First--100 percent tariffs on any country that trades with Russia, unless a cease-fire is reached within in 50 days. And second---a deal with NATO members to send weapons to Ukraine. This comes as a bipartisan Senate bill that puts sanctions on Moscow that its two lead sponsors say could be the sledgehammer the president needs to end the conflict. Also in the Senate, Republicans are focused on their bill to take back more than 9 billion dollars in federal funds--including for public broadcasting and foreign aid. This is the same bill House Republicans passed last month and the Senate has until Friday to approve it. But it's facing opposition from handful of Republicans and all Senate Democrats, who say any rescissions would hurt future bipartisan government funding talks. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    42 m
  • Weekend Edition: Medicaid Provisions in One Big Beautiful Bill Act, Tariff Deadline Extended, and Young Progressives in Public Office

    Weekend Edition: Medicaid Provisions in One Big Beautiful Bill Act, Tariff Deadline Extended, and Young Progressives in Public Office
    Jul 12 2025
    In this weekend's episode, three segments from this past week's Washington Journal. First, a discussion about Medicaid provisions in the "One Big Beautiful Bill Act," with Paragon Health Institute's Ryan Long and Center for Economic and Policy Research's Brandon Novick. Then, Politico trade reporter Daniel Desrochers discusses President Trump pushing off another tariff deadline… Finally, Run For Something co-founder & President Amanda Litman discusses her group's effort to help elect young progressives to public office. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    34 m
  • President Trump says, 'I've never seen anything like it," as he & First Lady survey deadly flood damage in Kerrville, TX

    President Trump says, 'I've never seen anything like it," as he & First Lady survey deadly flood damage in Kerrville, TX
    Jul 11 2025
    President Donald Trump & First Lady Melania Trump travel to Kerrville, Texas to see firsthand the damage from the catastrophic floods that killed at least 120 in the state's Hill Country, with another 170 still missing, meeting with first responders and local officials and promising help to recover and rebuild; federal judge in Maryland indicates she will issue an order to protect Kilmar Abrego Garcia from being quickly deported again if the federal government tries to if Abrego Garcia is released from custody in Tennessee while he is await trial on human trafficking charge; Secretary of State Marco Rubio meets China's Foreign Minister for the first time on the sidelines of the ASEAN summit in Malaysia, discussing tariffs and Indo-Pacific security issues; Secretary Rubio also asked about President Trump's announcement that the U.S. will send Ukraine weapons through the NATO military alliance and NATO will pay for them; White House Budget Director Russell Vought promises to investigate Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell's handling of renovations at the Federal Reserve building in DC, which Vought calls a 'palace' with enormous cost overruns. Longtime DC media pundit and presidential adviser David Gergen has died at age 83. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    52 m
  • Federal judge blocks birthright citizenship Exec Order by certifying class-action suit; Senate advances first judicial nomination of Pres. Trump's 2nd term; FBI HQ location fight upends Senate spending bill

    Federal judge blocks birthright citizenship Exec Order by certifying class-action suit; Senate advances first judicial nomination of Pres. Trump's 2nd term; FBI HQ location fight upends Senate spending bill
    Jul 10 2025
    Federal judge blocks President Trump's executive order ending birthright citizenship nationwide by certifying a class action lawsuit; Senate takes up the first judicial nomination of the second Trump Administration, passing a procedural vote for Whitney Hermandorfer to be a federal appeals court judge for the 6th Circuit; Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson tells a meeting of the Indianapolis Bar Assn the state of U.S. democracy is what keeps her up at night; Senate Appropriations Committee gets started on the first three FY2026 federal spending bills, even though there is no agreement between Republicans and Democrats on how much total spending there should be. One of those bills is put in limbo after a Democratic amendment passes to block President Donald Trump's decision to move the FBI HQ to the Reagan Int'l Trade Building in DC instead of a site in Greenbelt, Maryland that had been chosen after a long competition, and then Republicans withdraw support from the underlying spending bill; Secretary of State Marco Rubio says he had a 'frank conversation' with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and expressed the U.S.'s frustration over not making progress to end the war in Ukraine; Secretary Rubio also asked about reports that someone has been impersonating him in texts and calls using artificial intelligence, contacting foreign ministers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    52 m
  • Senate confirms FAA Admin.; Joe Biden's former White House doctor declines to answer House GOP's mental fitness questions

    Senate confirms FAA Admin.; Joe Biden's former White House doctor declines to answer House GOP's mental fitness questions
    Jul 9 2025
    Senate confirms Bryan Bedford to be FAA Administrator; President's nominee for NOAA Administrator, Neil Jacobs, promises at a Senate confirmation hearing to fully staff the National Weather Service, after the deadly floods in Texas; former White House physician Dr. Kevin O'Connor refuses to answer questions before the House Oversight Committee in the Republican investigation of President Joe Biden's mental fitness for office, invoking his Fifth Amendment Constitutional right and doctor-patient confidentiality; President Donald Trump holds a summit at the White House the leaders of five West African nations; President sends more letters to more countries informing them of their tariff rates; retired bicycle racer Greg LeMond receives the Congressional Gold Medal and talks about how Europeans viewed him as the first American winner of the Tour de France. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    52 m
  • President Trump at Cabinet meeting says Aug 1 tariff deadline is firm; also talks Texas flooding, Ukraine, Gaza, Epstein files

    President Trump at Cabinet meeting says Aug 1 tariff deadline is firm; also talks Texas flooding, Ukraine, Gaza, Epstein files
    Jul 8 2025
    President Donald Trump held an hour and 45 minutes cabinet meeting during which he said the new August 1st date when tariff levels he is imposing on other countries are to take effect will not be extended, compared Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) to "Saturday Night Live" character of "The Pathological Liar" after Sen. Schumer called for an investigation into whether National Weather Service budget cuts impacted forecasting and warnings of the deadly central Texas floods, confirmed that defense weapons will be sent to Ukraine to help defend against Russia's latest air attacks, said he will meet again with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to try to advance a ceasefire with Hamas in Gaza, and called a reporter's question about Jeffrey Epstein a "waste the time" and a 'desecration' when there are other important issues to discuss; Senate has two weeks to pass a nearly $10 billion rescissions package canceling funding for global health and foreign aid programs, and public broadcasting or the bill dies. We will talk about it Axios Senate reporter Stephen Neukam (22); TSA is no longer requiring air travelers to remove their shoes for security screenings; Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins announces a plan to counter Chinese company purchases of U.S. farmland; State Department is asked about a person using Artificial Intelligence to pose as Secretary of State Marco Rubio and contact foreign ministers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    53 m
  • WH pushes back on suggestions National Weather Service budget cuts hampered warnings to Texas flood victims, including children at a camp

    WH pushes back on suggestions National Weather Service budget cuts hampered warnings to Texas flood victims, including children at a camp
    Jul 7 2025
    White House pushes back on suggestions that Trump Administration budget cuts hampered the National Weather Service warnings to those in the path of the deadly floods in Texas, including children at a camp along the river; as the death tolls rises and frantic search and rescue efforts continue for the missing; Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) tells how his daughters were at a camp along the same river recently, calling the situation in Kerr County “every parent’s nightmare"; President Donald Trump releases letters to seven countries informing them of specific U.S. tariff rates on their goods starting August 1st; Japan and South Korea are at 25 percent, promising another seven or so this week; federal court hearing in Maryland in the case of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, as his lawyers seek to ensure due process in case the federal government seeks to deport their client again, this time not to El Salvador, but to a third country; Justice Dept says the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein committed suicide, did not keep a client list and did not try to blackmail anyone, confirming what investigators found years ago, but contradicting what has been believed by some; Israeli Prime Minister M Benjamin Netanyahu is in Washington to meet with President Trump to discuss the wars against Hamas and Iran. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    40 m