The Washington Report

With just 8 days to go until Election Day, Trump and Harris are holding final events — Harris hosts Beyonce, while Trump sits with Podcast King Joe Rogan and then rallies at Madison Square Garden … NYT blockbuster on NIH study that shows puberty blockers didn’t help the mental health of children with “gender dysphoria” — why wasn’t the study released? The answer may surprise you. (Or may not!) … a deep dive on the House and Senate races … VA will go back to court over noncitizens a federal judge ordered it to put back ON its voter rolls … all this and more.

Bill Clinton inadvertently tells the truth, causes angst for Kamala … FBI revises its crime data, reveals villent crime is rising rather than falling … Kamala drops by FOX News for interview. Who won? … all this and more.

CBO releases new FY 2024 deficit numbers, and it’s time to start asking — how did we get here? … senior House GOP leadership aides tell us what’s on tap for the lame duck Congress’ agenda … Utah’s Mike Lee enters the Senate GOP leadership fray … DOJ sues VA and AL for removing noncitizens from voter rolls … VP Harris finally sits down with the media. How’d that go? … the Byron York Theory of the Case seems reasonable … all this and more.

It’s been exactly one year since Americans were taken hostage by radical Muslim terrorists, and the media is still quiet … Jack Smith puts Trump on trial outside the courtroom, without due process … two major unions take action that will impact the presidential contest … Vance and Walz finally get to debate, and it’s a knockout … all this and more.

House and Senate finally pass the CR to keep the government funded, then get out of town … Ukraine’s Zelenskyy makes tactical error, plays politics in US … Kamala visits the border (1) as ICE dumps info on criminal illegal aliens roaming the streets … AZ Supremes issue critical ruling, but it’s important to understand what the court ruled … NE sticks with its split Electoral Vote system, which opens the door to a Harris EC victory … all this and more.

Speaker Johnson’s CR+SAVE Act bid failed last week, will he succeed this week in averting a (temporary, partial) government shutdown? … the post-Trump/Harris debate polls are in, and they show two things: 1) Harris won, and 2) nobody cares that she won the debate, the two are still tied in the national surveys (and you know what that means!) … more on the follow ups to not one, not two, but THREE assassination attempts against former President Trump … all this and more.

Another foiled assassination attempt against former President Trump! … Speaker Johnson pulls the CR + SAVE Act from the floor before the vote, tries to build support over the weekend — will he succeed this week? … PA Supreme Court issues a key ruling on election integrity ahead of November election … GA judge tosses out two more charges against Trump, hints at throwing out entire case … all this and more.

The House and Senate are finally back in town — for the next three weeks, with one big job at hand: funding the government before Sep. 30 … Will Speaker Johnson succeed in passing his CR + SAVE Act? … Trump sentencing delayed until after the election … Trump and Harris set to debate Tuesday evening … new NYT/Sienna College poll has HarrisWorld freaking out, while Mar-a-Lago is happy … too many people still don’t know enough about Kamala … all this and more.

House and Senate are still out of session, so your wallet is safe for another two weeks … in wake of failed assassination attempt, Secret Service employees go on “administrative leave” … three House committees issue 291-page report on Biden’s “impeachable conduct” … early voting is just around the corner … RFK Jr suspends campaign and endorses Trump … all this and more.

House and Senate may be on August recess, but House Freedom Caucus releases its official position on upcoming spending fight in Congress … U.S. Government releases records revealing that Hunter Biden tried to get help from US Ambassador to Italy for buddies at Burisma, who were paying him $1 million/year while his father was serving as Vice President … Kamala Harris may have tightened the race, but voters still don’t know a lot about her … Harris issues a new economic proposal that looks like she doesn’t know anything about how economies work — it’s so bad even the Washington Post editorial board slams her for it … CNN’s polling expert says if Trump performs on Election Day the way he did in 2016 or 2020, he’ll win … all this and more.