Washington Today

Mar 08 2025 52 ep. 47 mins 2.4k
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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: Russian Invasion of Ukraine, Issues Impacting Black Men and Boys, GAO Report on Mismanagement, Waste, and Fraud

Mar 08 2025 38 mins  
In this weekend's episode, three segments from this past week's Washington Journal. First, Retired Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman discusses his book, "The Folly of Realism: How the West Deceived Itself About Russia and Betrayed Ukraine." Then, Jack Brewer, former NFL player and chair of the Jack Brewer Foundation, discusses issues impacting Black men and boys in the U.S. Finally, U.S.

Fed Chair Powell talks about impact of February jobs report & President's tariff plans on interest rate decisions

Mar 07 2025 50 mins  
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell and President Trump on February jobs report, tariffs; House leaders on government funding deadline in one week; 'Stand Up for Science' rally in DC to oppose Trump Administration spending cuts to federal science agencies; President Trump hosts White House Digital Assets Summit; President Trump threatens sanctions on Russia over war in Ukraine; Sen

Rep. Al Green's censure on House floor for disrupting President Trump's speech includes Democrats singing, Republicans and Democrats loudly arguing

Mar 06 2025 54 mins  
Tense arguments on House floor after voting to censure Rep. Al Green (D-TX), President Trump gives one month delay on tariffs on Mexico; Senate Democrats react to reports of a pending Presidential Executive Order to close down the Education Department; Congress passes bill to reverse Biden Administration archaeological assessment regulation for offshore drilling; FDA Commissioner n

President Trump grants one-month exemption on tariffs on auto imports from Mexico and Canada by Ford, GM, Stellantis

Mar 05 2025 53 mins  
President Donald Trump grants a one-month exemption on tariffs on automobile imports from Mexico and Canada to the Big Three U.S. car companies; House Republicans move to censure Rep. Al Green (D-TX) after his extended protest during President Trump's speech to a joint session of Congress; Vice President JD Vance visits the U.S.-Mexico in Texas to discuss the administration's borde

President Trump to defend GOP agenda in Joint Session of Congress speech

Mar 04 2025 52 mins  
President Donald Trump delivers a speech to a joint session of Congress; Canada, Mexico and China retaliate against President Trump's tariffs; Supreme Court hears a case filed by Mexico against U.S. gun manufacturers for violence in Mexico; Vice President JD Vance defends pause on U.S. military aid to Ukraine; Mardi Gras on Capitol Hill. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit mega

Dow down 650 points as POTUS Trump confirms tariffs on Mexico and Canada will start Tuesday

Mar 03 2025 54 mins  
President Trump said today that tariffs on goods from Mexico and Canada would go into effect tomorrow. The announcement ended a month-long delay after both U.S. neighbors struck temporary deals to avoid the new tariffs. The President also said he doesn’t think a proposed investment deal to secure access to Ukraine’s rare earth minerals is dead and---in a social media post--- th

Weekend Edition: DOGE Efforts, Young Conservatives in Office, Trump Admin Pentagon Firings

Mar 01 2025 34 mins  
In this weekend's episode, three segments from this past week's Washington Journal. First, a discussion with Brookings Institution's Elaine Kamarck (KAY-mark), in which she compares the Trump Administration's efforts to reduce the size of the federal government, to a similar effort she made in the Clinton Administration. Then, Run GenZ Founder and President Joseph Mitchell discusse

Ukrainian Pres. Zelensky, Pres. Trump & VP Vance have heated exchange in Oval Office over Russia-Ukraine war

Feb 28 2025 54 mins  
Ukrainian President Zelensky has a very tense exchange with President Trump and Vice President Vance in the White House Oval Office over U.S. policy towards on the war between Russia and Ukraine, with a scheduled minerals deal and joint news conference canceled; Canadian Prime Minister Trudeau rejects a suggestion to ban President Trump from attending the G7 leaders conference in A

President Trump hosts British Prime Minister Starmer at White House, talk about Ukraine war, trade & tariffs

Feb 27 2025 52 mins  
President Donald Trump meets British Prime Minister Keir Starmer at the White House on war in Ukraine and trade & tariffs. We talk with C-SPAN's Westminster Correspondent Peter Knowles (12); U.S. Senate joins the House in passing a resolution to overturn EPA’s rule imposing a fee on the oil and gas industries. It now goes to President Trump to be signed into law; Speaker Mike Joh

Elon Musk gives update on cutting wasteful federal spending at President Trump's first cabinet meeting

Feb 26 2025 51 mins  
President Trump holds his first Cabinet meeting, where Elon Musk discusses the work of the Department Government Efficiency (DOGE) to cut was he says his wasteful federal spending and the federal workforce; President Trump is asked about the House Republican budget blueprint that narrowly passed Tuesday night and whether Medicare and Medicaid spending will be cut to offset some of