FAA says air traffic controllers lost contact again for short time with flights going in and out of Newark Airport; President Donald Trump suggests a new tariff level for China as Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and USTR Jamieson Greer are about to meet Chinese officials for trade talks; White House says the Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden was fired for pursuing DEI initiatives and "putting inappropriate books" in the library; Pope Leo XIV attends his first papal mass and gives part of the h...
May 09, 2025•47 min
U.S.-born Cardinal Robert Prevost is elected Pope at the Conclave at The Vatican, the first American to lead the Roman Catholic Church, taking name Pope Leo XIV; President Donald Trump and British PM Keir Starmer announce a trade deal; House passes bill to rename the Gulf of Mexico the “Gulf of America”, to write into law the President's executive order; Senate votes not to advance a cryptocurrency bill aimed at regulating stablecoins after some Democrats who had supported the bill in committee ...
May 08, 2025•53 min
The Federal Reserve holds interest rates steady. Chair Jerome Powell says there still is too much uncertainty in how Trump Administration policies, especially tariffs, will affect the economy, inflation and job growth; Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent testifies before a House committee about his meeting this weekend with Chinese officials on tariffs and trade; more Trump Administration officials go before House Appropriations Subcommittee about their agencies' budgets, including Energy Secretary...
May 07, 2025•53 min
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney meets U.S. President Donald Trump in the White House Oval Office, for what the president calls a "very friendly conversation"; President asked if there is anything the prime minister can say that would make him lift tariffs on Canada, replies "no"; Prime Minister asked about the president wanting to make Canada the 51st State, saying, Canada "will never be for sale"; House Speaker Mike Johnson addresses reports of internal Republican divisions holding up the b...
May 06, 2025•57 min
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent urges global business leaders at a conference in California to have faith in President Donald Trump's three-part economic plan: tariffs to lead to better trade deals, tax cuts and deregulation; President Trump is asked about his weekend posts to impose a 100% tariffs on movies made in other countries and to reopen the Alcatraz federal prison; House Republicans continue to try to put together a budget reconciliation bill that can pass with their narrow majority; H...
May 05, 2025•52 min
In this weekend's episode, three segments from this past week's Washington Journal. First, President Trump marked his 100th day in office earlier this week – but ever wonder where that benchmark came from? We'll find out with presidential historian Lindsay Chervinsky. Then, Cook Political Report's David Wasserman discusses his analysis of the electorate and shifts in political polarization. It's actually getting better . Finally, a brand new poll shows young Americans losing faith in government ...
May 03, 2025•38 min
April jobs report; USA Today's Bart Jansen on President's FY'26 budget proposal with spending cuts (5); President Trump calls for the defunding of PBS and NPR; Reuters' David Ljunggren on Canadian Prime Minister's Mark Carney's preview of next week's meeting with President Trump to discuss trade and tariffs. (32) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
May 02, 2025•49 min
President Donald announces National Security Adviser Mike Waltz will leave that position and be nominated as U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations and Secretary of State Marco Rubio will take on the second job of National Security Adviser; General Motors estimates tariffs will cause a $5 billion loss in profits; President Trump speaks at a National Day of Prayer observance in the White House Rose Garden, taking time, as well, for an update on the tax cut, spending cut, border security "budget re...
May 01, 2025•54 min
Commerce Depart says the United States economy as measured by the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) shrank in the first quarter of the year by 0.3%, first time in three years. There was a surge in imports as companies tried to stock up before the President Donald Trump's high tariffs take effect. We get reaction from President Trump at a Cabinet meeting at the White House and from Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY); Senate is expected to pass a resolution to disapprove of the national emerge...
Apr 30, 2025•55 min
President Donald Trump marks his First 100 days in office with a trip to Michigan; White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt and Treasury Sec Scott Bessent talk to reporters about the economy and trade; White House is very critical of Amazon after reports the company may list the cost of tariffs next to products sold online. Amazon says it was never considering it; Budget Reconciliation committee markups begin in the House with Homeland Security committee dealing with increased spending on bo...
Apr 29, 2025•54 min
White House focuses on border security at start of week marking President Trump's first 100 days in office; Congress is back in session after a two-week recess, with committees writing their portions of the budget reconciliation bill; House votes on a bill requiring websites remove 'revenge porn'; DC Mayor Bowser announces deal to build a new stadium for the NFL Washington Commanders in DC; President Trump welcomes 2025 Super Bowl Champion Philadelphia Eagles to the White House; NASA's oldest ac...
Apr 28, 2025•50 min
In this weekend's episode, three segments from this past week's Washington Journal. First, author and filmmaker Chris Whipple discusses his book "Uncharted: How Trump Beat Biden, Harris, and the Odds in the Wildest Campaign in History." Then, University of Pennsylvania Economics professor Jesús Fernández-Villaverde -- discusses declining fertility rates in the U-S – and the economic impact. Plus, a conversation with Bill Doherty, co-founder of the non-profit group Braver Angels – about efforts t...
Apr 26, 2025•36 min
The FBI arrests a judge in Milwaukee, accusing her of helping an Undocumented immigrant evade immigration authorities. She faces two felony counts. We will hear from Attorney General Pam Bondi and Milwaukee Mayor Cavalier Johnson. President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump fly to Italy for the funeral of Pope Francis. Reports that China has exempted from retaliatory tariffs some semiconductors made in the United States, even as they publicly take a hardline stance against President Trum...
Apr 25, 2025•46 min
President Trump criticizes Russian President Putin for launching a deadly air attack on Ukraine, writing on Truth Social, "Vladimir, STOP!” and “I am not happy with the Russian strikes on Kyiv", but the President while meeting the visiting Norwegian Prime Minister at the White House, expresses confidence that a long-sought peace agreement can be reached; China says President Trump's claim that the U.S. and China are actively negotiating on trade to resolve the current standoff over tariffs is fa...
Apr 24, 2025•54 min
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent says there is an opportunity for a "big deal" between the U.S. and China to "rebalance" on trade and make China less dependent on manufacturing exports; Treasury Secretary also calling for the International Monetary Fund to focus on its core missions of economic stability and development and less on things like climate change; Supreme Court hears a case about whether fuel producers can sue the EPA over its letting California impose more stringent vehicle emission...
Apr 24, 2025•57 min
Supreme Court hears a case on whether parents can object on freedom of religion grounds to their children having to be part of a public school curriculum that includes with LGBTQ+ characters; Education Secretary Linda McMahon responds to Harvard University's lawsuit against the Trump Administration, which has withheld billions of dollars in grants; International Monetary Fund cuts economic growth projections for the U.S., China and most of the world in the face of trade disputes launched by Pres...
Apr 22, 2025•53 min
President Trump and others on death of Pope Francis; Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth calls the New York Times story claiming he shared sensitive military attack information in a second unsecure chat on the Signal App 'anonymous smears'; four House Democrats travel to El Salvador to call for the release and return to the U.S. deported accused gang member Kilmar Abrego Garcia; Supreme Court hears a case challenging a task force in the Health & Human Services Dept that decided want preventive health...
Apr 21, 2025•47 min
First: a conversation with Axios Senior Political reporter Alex Isenstadt about his new book "Revenge: The Inside Story of Trump’s Return to Power." Then we speak with Lingling Wei, chief China correspondent for the Wall Street Journal -- about the brewing trade war between the U.S. and China and the impact of retaliatory tariffs. Plus: with TAX DAY earlier this week – a discussion about tax fairness and future of the Trump tax cuts with Pete Sepp of the National Taxpayers Union and David Kass o...
Apr 19, 2025•28 min
Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) returns to the U.S. after meeting Kilmar Abrego Garcia in a El Salvadorian prison, as President Trump again calls Garcia a violent gang member who deserved to be deported; Dr. Mehmet Oz is sworn in as CMS Administrator, pledging to deliver great care to the American people, but warning that involves facing some truths, including healthcare spending is growing faster than the economy and that is unsustainable; Secretary of State Marco Rubio says U.S. may be ready to "...
Apr 18, 2025•50 min
Mass shooting at Florida State University in Tallahassee; President Donald Trump meets Italian PM Georgia Meloni at the White House to discuss trade and tariffs;President Trump is asked about his social media post that Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell's "termination cannot come fast enough", after the Fed Chair said that larger than expected tariffs may cause difficult economic conditions that do not warrant interest rate cuts; President Trump's tariffs are dominating the Canadian national...
Apr 17, 2025•55 min
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell says President Donald Trump's tariff increases are larger "significantly larger than anticipated" and "same is likely to be true of the economic effects, which will include higher inflation and slower growth"; Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) announces the first lawsuit against the Trump Administration over tariffs, challenging the President's use of emergency declarations as the legal basis; Attorney General Pam Bondi announces a federal lawsuit against the state of ...
Apr 16, 2025•52 min
President Trump suggests Harvard Univ lose its tax-exempt status after the school refuses to comply with Administration's demands, as the Trump Administration freeze frozen over $2 billion in grants and contracts to Harvard; On this Tax Day, House and Senate members talk about the future of federal tax cuts and spending cuts, and IRS budget and staff; interview with The Verge reporter Lauren Finer on the FTC's antitrust trial alleging Meta killed its competition when it bought Instagram and What...
Apr 15, 2025•49 min
President Trump and El Salvador’s president, Nayib Bukele met at the White House today….Both made clear that they have no plans to bring Kilmar Abrego Garcia--the Maryland man who was wrongly deported to El Salvador--back to the US…Their words come despite a Supreme Court ruling that the Trump administration must “facilitate” Abrego Garcia's return…President Trump also talked about tariffs, Russia's deadly attack on Ukraine yesterday, and the state of talks with Iran…We'll hear what he had to sa...
Apr 14, 2025•34 min
In this weekend's episode, three segments from this past week's Washington Journal. First, we speak with Rahna Epting – executive director of the progressive group MOVE ON. We'll talk about what the so-called "resistance" movement looks like in the second Trump presidency. Then, a conversation with Erec Smith – a research fellow at the Cato Institute – and co-founder of the online platform "Free Black Thought." We'll talk about why he SUPPORTS Trump administration efforts to dismantle DEI progra...
Apr 12, 2025•36 min
President Donald Trump has its annual physical exam at Walter Reed Medical Center, the first such exam of his second term; China raises tariffs against the United States to match the latest tariff increase against their goods from President Trump, who is still saying he expects this standoff to be resolved through negotiation; Consumer confidence falls in April, according to a new survey; We will talk about the markets and the economy one week into the imposition of tariffs with Gregg Robb, seni...
Apr 11, 2025•49 min
House Republicans pass Senate version of the Budget Resolution, overcoming initial reluctance from some conservatives who said the Senate bill did not cut federal spending enough; President Trump at a Cabinet meeting on his tariffs policies says, “there’ll be a transition cost and transition problems" but “we think we’re in very good shape.” Elon Musk, head of the Dept of Government Efficiency, attends the Cabinet meeting with an update on expected savings from federal spending cuts this year; H...
Apr 10, 2025•54 min
President Trump pauses reciprocal tariffs for 90 days, raises tariffs on China to 125%; House debates and votes on the Senate version of the Budget Resolution; Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem meets with family of victims of crimes committed by migrants in the U.S. illegally; wife of a Maryland man illegally deported to El Salvador meets with Members of Congress and pleads for his return; former Facebook employee, now a whistleblower, testifies before a Senate Judiciary subcommittee on Fa...
Apr 09, 2025•59 min
United State Trade Representatives Jamieson Greer defends President Donald Trump's tariffs before the Senate Finance Committee; President Trump joins coal miners at the White House to sign an Executive Order to increase mining, use and export of what he calls 'clean coal'; Speaker Mike Johnson says the House will go ahead this week with a vote on the Senate version of the Budget Resolution, even though some House Republicans do not support the relatively small spending cuts versus the a House-pa...
Apr 08, 2025•57 min
Financial markets continued their upheaval today after President Trump has doubled down on his tariffs. The S&P 500 was down 0.8% in late trading, following another volatile day. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 563 points, or 1.5%...while the Nasdaq composite was 0.6% lower. This comes as a growing number of Republicans are signing onto bills that would give Congress more power over tariffs. Nebraska Republican Rep. Don Bacon introduced a bill today that would give Congress the authori...
Apr 07, 2025•43 min
In this weekend's episode, three segments from this past week's Washington Journal. First, a discussion with Axios Senior Economics Reporter, Courtenay Brown, on the impact President Trump's tariffs will have on U.S. consumers. Then, Kirk Bado, editor of National Journal's "Hotline" discusses the results of yesterday's Wisconsin Supreme Court race and special elections in Florida. Finally, JFK historian Jefferson Morley discusses recently released information about the Kennedy assassination and ...
Apr 05, 2025•34 min
