The Washington Report

Trump is president again, and launches a shock and awe blitzkrieg against the Establishment; the Washington bureaucracy, the Dominant Media, and Dems are left gasping and grasping, asking for the license plate number of the truck that just hit them … Musk in, Ramaswamy out at DOGE … Rubio and Ratcliffe confirmed easily to new posts, while Hegseth’s confirmation requires a tie-breaking vote by new VP Vance … Joe Biden’s parting shots … all this and more.

What’s the latest on the reconciliation strategy? President Trump invites a whole bunch of House Republicans to spend time with him at Mar-a-Lago to discuss the various aspects of all that goes into it, and the discussions seem to have helped … the Senate takes up cabinet nominee confirmation hearings this week, with more than a dozen confirmation hearings scheduled … first up, Pete Hegseth in front of the Armed Services Committee tomorrow … Jack Smith files his final two-volume report with Merrick Garland, then quietly resigns his position … Biden’s Title IX regulation is overturned by a federal district judge … all this and more.

House and Senate return to a snowed-in DC to count Electoral College votes … House GOP members will visit President Trump at Mar-a-Lago to discuss legislative strategy for the reconciliation process … Trump settles the question of one bill or two, then unsettles it 12 hours later … Judge Merchan says he will sentence Trump Friday, but no jail time will be involved … all this and more.

House and Senate have until Friday to pass a bill funding the government. Maybe they’ll get around to it this week? … ABC News apologizes to President Trump for defaming him, and agrees to pay legal fees and make a $15 million donation to his presidential library! … DOJ IG report says there were 26 FBI informants in DC on Jan 6, 2021; none were arrested … Trump says GOP will get rid of Daylight Saving Time … still no decision on whether we’ll see one reconciliation bill or two next year … all this and more.

House and Senate are getting closer, but still haven’t publicly released details of the spending bill to keep the government open beyond Friday next week … DOGE leaders visit Republicans on Capitol Hill to get acquainted and open lines of communication … is Joe Biden really considering mass preemptive presidential pardons? What a TERRIBLE idea! … Pete Hegseth makes it through the week, and seems to have stabilized … all this and more.

House and Senate come back to work, but haven’t decided on government funding — STILL … OF COURSE Joe Biden pardoned his son, Hunter. Did anybody doubt he would, really? … with Gaetz withdrawn, negative attention is focusing now on Hegseth … all this and more.

House and Senate finish nothing, but take a Thanksgiving break anyway … they still haven’t decided how they’re going to fund the government … Trump moves boldly on the nominations front after the brief hiccup known as the Gaetz nomination … Musk, Ramaswamy, Vought, and MTG make DOGE a reality … will Biden surpass Trump in the number of judicial appointments confirmed? … All this and more.

ELECTION RESULTS AND ANALYSIS!!!! … Elections have consequences, learns Special Counsel Jack Smith and 1,400 members of a migrant caravan heading north to the US border … Judge in NY case against Trump considers ending case right here, right now … leadership elections taking place this week for both House and Senate GOPers … another judge strikes down another unconstitutional Biden action … all this and more.

Remember the IRS whistleblowers? Three House committee chairmen do, and they’re hoping the Office of Special Counsel does, too … the Supreme Court rules that Virginia can remove 1,600 noncitizens from its voter rolls, much to the chagrin of the Biden-Harris Department of Justice, which fought Virginia oin the matter … Pascoe's Guide to Watching Election Night: How to Track Election Results with Insight … all this and more.