Editor’s Note: Washington Week With The Atlantic is a partnership between NewsHour Productions, WETA, and The Atlantic airing every Friday on PBS stations nationwide. Check your local listings or watch full episodes here. President Joe Biden faced a convergence of issues this week—domestic, foreign, and familial.
Russian propagandists have congratulated the GOP, and Vladimir Putin, the country’s leader, may think Western support is faltering.
The Black woman’s ordeal highlights the perils and uncertainties of being pregnant in a post-Roe America.
Expiring Covid benefits and new limits on safety net programs threaten to hit Americans’ pocketbooks — especially among core parts of the Democratic electorate.
We look at student protests nationwide calling for a ceasefire in Gaza, including 41 students at Brown University arrested Monday at a sit-in demanding the school divest its endowment from weapons manufacturers like Raytheon and United Technologies, and a weeklong sit-in at Haverford College.
We discuss President Joe Biden’s “full support for a scorched-earth campaign” in Gaza with The Intercept’s Jeremy Scahill, who says the U.S. is providing “political cover and rushing weapons there and giving support to the most pernicious lies that Israel [is] telling.
The former Trump attorney tossed the question at Greg Kelly after a jury ordered him to pay $148 million to two Georgia election workers.
One person said Giuliani has gone from being “America’s Mayor” to being “America’s douchebag.
Stefanik, a supporter of former President Donald Trump, alleged misconduct by Beryl Howell after the judge gave a speech about the 2021 insurrection.
The Florida governor and GOP presidential rival told a reporter that Trump isn’t likely to accept the results of the early 2024 primary contests — shocker!
The binder reportedly included extremely sensitive details on human sources, among other information.
The Israeli military this week raided the Freedom Theatre in Jenin, a renowned cultural institution whose mission is to fight for Palestinian justice, equality and self-determination. It’s part of a wave of violence Israel has unleashed across the occupied West Bank since October 7, killing 58 people in Jenin alone even as the country intensifies its assault on Gaza. We speak with Freedom Theater artistic director Ahmed Tobasi, who was just released after being held for 24 hours.
We speak with the acclaimed Russian American writer Masha Gessen, whose latest article for The New Yorker looks at the politics of Holocaust commemoration in Europe. Gessen was scheduled to receive the prestigious Hannah Arendt Prize in Germany on December 15, but the ceremony was postponed after some award sponsors withdrew support over Gessen’s comparison in the article of Gaza to the Warsaw Ghetto. A smaller award ceremony is set for Saturday.
Expiring Covid benefits and new limits on safety net programs threaten to hit Americans’ pocketbooks — especially among core parts of the Democratic electorate.
President Biden appears to be caving to hard-line Republican demands for a new crackdown on asylum seekers and immigrants nationwide in exchange for more Ukraine funding. As negotiations on the emergency funding request continue, we speak with Democratic Congressmember Greg Casar of Texas about how he and other lawmakers oppose “some of the worst changes to our immigration system in decades.
A bipartisan deal that includes sharper immigration limits and a tougher border policy in exchange for U.S. aid to Ukraine is proving elusive on Capitol Hill.
Lesley Wolf became a target of right-wing criticism after IRS whistleblowers complained that the Justice Department slow-walked the case.
The mother — who says police locked her third grader in a jail cell — believes the incident was motivated by racism.
If signed, the legislation will crack down on health care and sports participation for Ohio’s transgender youth.
Pilip, an Ethiopian-Israeli immigrant to the U.S., flipped a Democratic-held seat in the Nassau County, New York, legislature.
We look at student protests nationwide calling for a ceasefire in Gaza, including 41 students at Brown University arrested Monday at a sit-in demanding the school divest its endowment from weapons manufacturers like Raytheon and United Technologies, and a weeklong sit-in at Haverford College.
We discuss President Joe Biden’s “full support for a scorched-earth campaign” in Gaza with The Intercept’s Jeremy Scahill, who says the U.S. is providing “political cover and rushing weapons there and giving support to the most pernicious lies that Israel [is] telling.
Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International are calling for Israel to be officially investigated for committing war crimes in its targeting of journalists. This comes after an internal Reuters investigation conclusively found that its journalist Issam Abdallah was killed by an Israeli tank shell fired on him and a group of six other journalists in southern Lebanon on October 13.
Expiring Covid benefits and new limits on safety net programs threaten to hit Americans’ pocketbooks — especially among core parts of the Democratic electorate.
A Texas woman has had to flee to another state to have an emergency abortion after the state Supreme Court ruled against her. Kate Cox fled Monday after she had petitioned a judge to get an exemption from the state’s near-total abortion ban when her fetus was diagnosed with a fatal condition and doctors warned her carrying to term could endanger her fertility. “Unfortunately, it’s one of hundreds, if not thousands, of comparable stories,” says Dr.
But CNN host Abby Philip wasn’t having any of it.
Major aid groups say the Biden administration’s special envoy for humanitarian issues has not responded to requests for meetings, as experts warn desperation in Gaza will reach unimaginable levels.
“We want only the most nutritional option for Santa,” argued Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-N.C.). “Whole milk is the unsung hero of his Christmas journey.
“Instead of doing anything to help make Americans’ lives better,” the president said, “they are focused on attacking me with lies.
A key bloc for any potential bargain, members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus blasted possible planks of a deal.