The Washington Report

The Washington Report

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The Washington Report episodes

  • WQXR's The Washington Report

    As authorities continue the investigation into a failed car bomb discovered in a sport utility vehicle in Times Square, many New Yorkers are wondering what the incident says about how secure New York City is.

    4 min
  • WQXR's The Washington Report

    The Senate has not yet voted on a bill to regulate Wall Street. But over the weekend, the Senate's Banking Committee Chair Christopher Dodd (D-CT) agreed to toughen rules in the bill on derivatives. Senator Richard Shelby (R-AL) said on NBC's Meet the Press yesterday that he thought the Senate was getting closer to voting on a bill.

    5 min
  • WQXR's The Washington Report

    New York Times Chief Washington Correspondent David Sanger and his colleague, Thom Shanker, broke the story over the weekend that Defense Secretary Robert Gates sent a secret memo to the White House expressing his concern about America's long-term strategy toward Iran.

    5 min
  • WQXR's The Washington Report

    Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens turns 90 years old in a few weeks. In this week's Washington Report on WQXR, David Sanger, Chief Washington Correspondent for The New York Times, discusses President Barack Obama's choices for Stevens' seat on the US Supreme Court.

    4 min
  • WQXR's The Washington Report

    President Barack Obama hits the road again today, hoping to shore up support for his health care reform plan. He's hoping the House will pass health care legislation this week.

    6 min
  • WQXR's The Washington Report

    Despite the violence across Iraq over the weekend, 55 to 60 percent of the country's voters turned out to vote in Sunday's national parliamentary elections. That's five to ten percent higher than last year's election turn-out.

    7 min
  • WQXR's The Washington Report

    President Barack Obama is in the midst of rewriting a document called the Nuclear Posture Review, which lays out the circumstances under which the U.S. would use nuclear weapons.

    6 min

About The Washington Report

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The Washington Report has been a WQXR tradition for many years. Each week, The New York Times' David Sanger joins us with a preview of the top stories from Washington.