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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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28:22

Weekend Edition: Russia Ukraine, Trump Admin....

Washington Today ·

2025/08/23

In this weekend's episode, three segments from this past week's Washington Journal. First, a conversation with Yevheniia Kravchuk -- a Member of Ukraine's Parliament about President Zelensky's White House meeting earlier this week - and a potential peace deal to end the fighting between her country and Russia. Then, Steven Camarota of the Center for immigration Studies and David Bier of the Cato Institute discuss Trump Administration's deportation & immigration policies and their impact on the

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100:28

DAY 2 - Ghislaine Maxwell Tapes - July 25th, 2025

Washington Today ·

2025/08/22

The Justice Department released a transcript and audio recordings of the interview that Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche conducted with Jeffrey Epstein accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell. From July 24th, 2025 here is the complete first day of the testimony. And a warning, there might be language that some find offensive. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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304:27

DAY 1 - Ghislaine Maxwell Tapes - July 24th, 2025

Washington Today ·

2025/08/22

The Justice Department released a transcript and audio recordings of the interview that Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche conducted with Jeffrey Epstein accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell. From July 24th, 2025 here is the complete first day of testimony. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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52:52

Stocks rally after Federal Reserve Chair Powell...

Washington Today ·

2025/08/22

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell signals a possible cut in interest rates in the near future and stocks rally on Wall Street; FBI agents raid former National Security Adviser John Bolton's home in Maryland home and office in Washington. Sources tell media outlets it is part of a national security investigation involved classified material; Justice Department releases the full transcripts & audio of the Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche's prison interview with sex trafficker Ghislane

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51:49

Vice President Vance in Georgia promotes GOP tax...

Washington Today ·

2025/08/21

Vice President JD Vance travels to Georgia to promote the Republican tax cuts & spending cuts bill known as the 'one big, beautiful bill', but he does not use that phrase, instead calling it the “working families tax cut” bill, while Sen. Josh Ossoff (D-GA) criticizes the law for its health care spending cuts; White House announces details of a trade deal with the European Union, including that the U.S. gets more access to the EU market and most EU exports to the U.S. will be subject to a 15%

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50:18

Texas House starts long debate on new Congressional...

Washington Today ·

2025/08/20

The Congressional redistricting battle in the two most populous states moves from debate to votes. In Texas, Republicans are seeking to gain five more U.S. House seats for their party, and California, the exact opposite, with Democrats drawing a new map favoring their party in five more seats. We will hear debate from the Texas House of Representatives and Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA); Vice President JD Vance travels to Union Station in Washington to visit with and thank National Guard troops President

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46:51

Boston Mayor Wu says she will not comply with...

Washington Today ·

2025/08/19

Boston Mayor Michelle Wu says Boston will not comply with the ultimatum from Attorney General Pam Bondi to give up sanctuary city policies, saying,, "This has always been a city of revolution, of innovation, of standing up for the public good and never bowing down to tyranny"; California Assembly & Senate committees begin work on a new congressional districts map to favor Democrats to balance Republicans in Texas rewriting U.S. House seat lines to favor Republicans; President Donald Trump says there

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52:56

Pres. Trump meets with Ukrainian Pres. & European...

Washington Today ·

2025/08/18

President Donald Trump holds high level meetings with the President of Ukraine and the leaders of major European nations, and the NATO Secretary General, on how to end the war in Ukraine. President Trump not ruling out sending U.S. troops as part of security guarantees, and sounding hopeful that a trilateral meeting with himself, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky could be set up soon. Some of the European leaders express their preference for a ceasefire

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27:46

Weekend Edition: Federal Takeover of DC Police,...

Washington Today ·

2025/08/16

In this weekend's episode, three segments from this past week's Washington Journal.First: With this week's federal takeover of the DC police, we speak with Jillian Snider – a senior fellow at the R Street Institute and former NYPD officer - about the opportunities – and challenges – of the crackdown. Then: Axios Senior Economics Reporter Courtenay Brown discusses the controversy over the President's pick for the Bureau of Labor Statistics – and if Americans can trust future jobs

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44:27

President Trump holds summit with Russian President...

Washington Today ·

2025/08/15

President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin shake hands on the tarmac at U.S. military base in Anchorage, Alaska, the start of a historic summit on how to end the war between Russia and Ukraine; District of Columbia sues the Trump Administration after U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi announces that an expansion of federal control of the city’s police department by installing an “emergency police commissioner” and revoking policies that limited officers’ cooperation with immigration

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52:38

Gov. Newsom says California will go forward with new...

Washington Today ·

2025/08/14

Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) announces his state will redraw Congressional district lines with the express purpose of Democratsgaining five U.S. House seats to offset what is happening in Texas where republicans are trying to pass a new map to net five seats for their party. Gov. Newsom calls it "liberation day for California"; President Donald Trump claims that the official crime data for Washington, DC is fake, and that crime in the nation's capital is the “worst it’s ever been”, as his deployment

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49:28

Pres. Trump warns of 'severe consequences' if Pres....

Washington Today ·

2025/08/13

President Donald Trump speaks with European leaders & Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky about this his meeting Friday in Alaska with Russian President Vladimir Putin, warning of "severe consequences" if Putin does agree to end the war in Ukraine and saying that if the first meeting goes well, a second meeting with both Putin & Zelensky could happen soon; President Trump says he will ask Congress to extend beyond 30 days the federal takeover of the Washington, DC police force and suggests that

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53:49

DC Mayor & Police Chief meet with U.S. Attorney...

Washington Today ·

2025/08/12

Washington, DC Mayor Muriel Bowser and Police Chief Pamela Smith meet with U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi about implementing President Donald Trump's putting DC police under federal control and calling out the DC National Guard to deal with crime & homelessness; Georgia Bureau of Investigation says the gunman in the deadly shooting at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention last week died by a self-inflicted gunshot wound and had written that he “wanted to make the public aware of his public

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55:11

President Trump places DC police under federal...

Washington Today ·

2025/08/11

President Donald Trump places the Washington, DC, police department under federal control and deploys the DC National Guard to address, in his words, “crime, bloodshed, bedlam and squalor,” calling it “liberation day in DC"; Washington, DC Mayor Muriel Bowser says she is not surprised by the president's actions, but this is legally an obligation under the Home Rule Act to provide the federal government police services, and DC Police Chief Pamela Smith is still the chief, and also she thinks the

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30:46

Weekend Edition: President Trump's Tariffs Agenda,...

Washington Today ·

2025/08/09

In this weekend's episode, three segments from this past week's Washington Journal. First, there's been a flurry of economic news in recent days from the July jobs report to the President's tariffs agenda. We break it all down with Mike Konczal of the Economic Security Project -- and E.J. Antoni of the Heritage Foundation. Then, the Trump administration rolled out its "A-I Action Plan" in recent week. We speak with Josh Smith of The Abundance Institute about what's in it - and how it could transform

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41:41

President Trump calls Armenia & Azerbaijan peace deal...

Washington Today ·

2025/08/08

President Donald Trump hosts the leaders of Armenia & Azerbaijan to sign a peace deal; President Trump asked about his upcoming meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin and how to end the war in Ukraine; Vice President JD Vance and British Foreign Secretary David Lammy talk about the war in Gaza… as they meet at the Secretary's home in Kent, England; Texas House of Representatives fails to meet a quorum for the third time this week as Democratic lawmakers continue staying away to prevent a vote

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49:38

Dow falls 200 on first day of President Trump's...

Washington Today ·

2025/08/07

President Donald Trump announces he is nominating Stephen Miran, current chair of the Council of Economic Advisers, to Federal Reserve Board, to replace a board member who has resigned; Wall Street Journal's Gavin Bade on first day with President Donald Trump's tariffs in effect on more than 90 countries (6); Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) says FBI has agreed to assist Texas law enforcement in arresting Texas House Democrats who have fled to Illinois and other states to keep the Texas House Republican

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54:30

U.S. Army Sergeant suspected in shooting & wounding...

Washington Today ·

2025/08/06

Five soldiers are shot and wounded at Fort Stewart in Georgia… the suspected shooter, an Army Sergeant, is in custody; Texas Senate Committee on Congressional redistricting meets on the proposedRepublican-drawn district lines map designed to win Republicans five more U.S. House seats, while Texas House Democrats continue to remain out-of-state to keep the House from getting a quorum to pass the map, and the Republicans are threatening to arrest or expel them, as other Democratic-led states are

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51:47

Texas House Dems deny quorum to block vote on...

Washington Today ·

2025/08/05

Texas Democratic House Members' boycott leads to Texas House of Representatives failing for a second day in a row to establish a quorum blocking Republicans from passing their Congressional districting plan; President Donald Trump says an interview Republicans are “entitled to five more seats” in Texas and that states which voted Democratic in national elections are already gerrymandered to favor that party; House Oversight Committee subpoenas the Justice Dept for complete files on the late sex

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38:05

Govs Hochul, Pritzker support Texas Democrats while...

Washington Today ·

2025/08/04

New York Governor Kathy Hochul and Illinois Governor JB Pritzker are backing a group of Texas Democrats who left their state yesterday to block a vote on new Republican-drawn congressional maps. It comes while Texas' Republican Gov. Greg Abbott threatens to remove lawmakers who didn’t show up at today's Texas House of Representatives session. The Trump administration continues to defend the president's decision to fire the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The decision came after the agency

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