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Washington Today

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.

Episodes

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

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 Alberta in June, days before tariffs on Canadian goods take effect; United Nations Secretary General Gutteres says he...

Mar 01, 202554 min

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

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 Johnson (R-LA) and Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) on March 14 government funding deadline; Senate advances Educat...

Feb 28, 202553 min

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

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 the proposed tax cuts; House passes a bill to reverse a Biden Administration methane emissions fee for oil & gas dri...

Feb 26, 202552 min
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