Washington Today

President Biden speaks to veterans on new healthcare & benefits for toxic exposure, Senate passes NDAA and CR, State Dept reacts to suspension of some journalist accounts on Twitter, interview with C-SPAN's Parliament Producer Peter Knowles on British politics year in review (33).

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Senate moves to pass one-week extension of temporary government funding to avert shutdown, interview with USA Today's Joey Garrison on U.S.-Africa Leaders' Summit (9), House passes bill for binding referendum on new Puerto Rico political status.

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Interview with Insider's William Edwards on Federal Reserve raising interest rates 0.5% (5), House and Senate leaders on omnibus gov't spending 'framework' agreement, House COVID Crisis subcommittee final hearing, President Biden speaks at U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit.

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Interviews with The Hill's Sylvan Lane on House hearing on FTX cryptocurrency exchange collapse (8) and Vox's Umair Irfan on fusion energy breakthrough (26), President Biden signs same-sex marriage protection bill, Rep. Biggs calls for impeaching DHS Sec Mayorkas.

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Congress faces a Friday deadline when government funding will run out. Hear the latest from Senate leaders & the White House on where negotiations stand. Plus, more on the situation in Ukraine and tomorrow's signing by President Biden of the Respect for Marriage Act.

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In this weekend's episode, two segments from this week's C-SPAN's Washington Journal program.

First –  Author and American University visiting law professor Kim Wehle (WAY-lee) discusses potential criminal referrals out of the January 6th Committee- and oral arguments this week in the Supreme Court case Moore vs. Harper – on whether state legislatures have unrestricted powers in how they administer federal elections. 

Then, Washington Times reporter Joseph Clark discusses Elon Musk’s release of the so-called “Twitter Files” -- about how the platform handled the Hunter Biden laptop story in the run-up to the 2020 election.

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Interview with Vox's Christian Paz on Sen. Sinema's party switch from Democrat to Independent (9), Brittney Griner lands in San Antonio, TX after being freed in prisoner exchange with Russia, First Lady Jill Biden at WH virtual town hall on COVID-19 vaccine boosters & older Americans, TSA Administrator on holiday air travel.

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Brittney Griner released from Russia custody in prisoner swap, House passes same-sex marriage protection bill and defense authorization bill. Interview with Politico's Caitlin Emma on federal spending bill negotiations (33).

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Interview with USA Today's John Fritze on Supreme Court case challenging state courts' power to strike down congressional district maps drawn by state legislatures (10), reaction to Sen. Warnock's (R-GA) runoff election victory, annual defense policy bill will repeal COVID-19 vaccine mandate.

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Congressional Gold Medals presented to police who defended U.S. Capitol during Jan 6 attack, Senate leaders on gov't funding & NDAA negotiations, interviews with The Hill's Mychael Schnell on GA Senate runoff election (22) and Washington Post's Liz Goodwin (33) on possible bipartisan immigration reform.

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