The Week on the Hill

Democratic presidential candidates battered each other during the debates in Detroit and are now busy preparing for the next round. At the White House, President Trump has moved past his initial pick to become the next director of national intelligence. And lawmakers have now left Washington for the August recess, after the Senate passed a sweeping, two-year budget plan. WTOP's Mitchell Miller takes a look at the busy summer.

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The congressional hearings featuring Robert Mueller didn’t provide the political punch hoped for by many Democrats. But a key House Committee is still moving ahead with legal action against the Trump administration, as lawmakers consider the latest developments and their implications for impeachment.

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Immigration and border issues are still simmering, as Congress returns from the holiday break. House Democrats are vowing to do more to protect migrant children at holding facilities, while the president defends border agents and indicates he’ll keep fighting for a citizenship question on the U.S. Census.

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Billions of dollars in humanitarian aid will soon be on the way to the southern border, after a divided Congress passed legislation before the holiday break. And along with the summer temperatures, the Democratic presidential race is heating up, following the first two debates. WTOP’s Mitchell Miller has more in this episode of The Week on the Hill.

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President Trump tries to clarify comments that set off an uproar in Congress, after suggesting he’d be open to getting political dirt on an opponent from a foreign government, and lawmakers press for legislation tightening election security involving foreign interference, in the wake of the president’s remarks in this episode of The Week on The Hill.

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Congress has returned to a political cauldron of issues, including tariffs and Mexico, as well as how to proceed on possible impeachment proceedings against President Donald Trump. And a vote is on the way in the House that could find the attorney general in contempt of Congress.

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Congress returns from its latest break to deal with a host of major issues: impeachment, possible testimony from former special counsel Robert Mueller and now, how to deal with President Trump’s new tariff plan, aimed at forcing Mexico to do more about migrants at the border.

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The battle between President Trump and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is becoming personal, as well as political. And while Congress is now on a holiday break for the unofficial start of summer, the issue of impeachment is likely to hang heavy in the air like Washington’s humidity.

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There’s congressional skepticism about President Trump’s immigration plan and concern about the ongoing trade war with China. But the president’s announcement of an agreement involving Mexico and Canada creates a clearer path for congressional approval of a new trade deal.

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The House Judiciary Committee has recommended finding Attorney General William Barr in contempt of Congress and legal battles are growing between congressional Democrats and the White House, with some saying the country is in the midst of a constitutional crisis.

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