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February 05 Pres. Trump at Nat'l Prayer Breakfast, Dems release DHS reform demands, Treasury Sec Bessent before Senate Banking Cmte
President Donald Trump at the annual National Prayer Breakfast talks about his chances of getting to heaven and announces an upcoming prayer gathering in May on the National Mall in Washington. He also touches on other issues like immigration enforcement; Congressional
Democrats spell out their demands for reforming the Department of Homeland Security's immigration operations in exchange for supporting an extension of funding in a week. Congressional Republicans and the White House react; Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent testifies before
the Senate Banking Committee on affordability and Federal Reserve independence; Last major nuclear weapons control treaty between the U.S. and Russia, New START, expires today. President Trump calls it a 'badly negotiated deal' and calls for a 'new, improved & modernized treaty that can last long into the future'; House Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) warns of threats to the First Amendment in a speech at the Washington Press Club Foundation annual dinner; Vice President JD Vance lands in Italy to lead the U.S. delegation to the Winter Olympics; former Rep. Lee Hamilton (D-IN) has died at age 94.

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February 04 Border Czar Tom Homan announces 700 federal agents will leave Minneapolis, immigration enforcement will continue
Border Czar Tom Homan says 700 federal agents will leave Minneapolis and any further reduction will depend on the level of cooperation from local officials and the community in what he says are targeted immigration enforcement against criminal undocumented aliens; Just over a week until temporary Homeland Security Department funding expires, and Senate Democrats say they will not vote for an extension without meaningful
reforms to how the immigration raids are being carried out; Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent testifies before the House Financial Services Committee about the Trump Administration's economic agenda, and some of the exchanges are quite testy; Vice President JD Vance says the White House is proposing a critical minerals trade zone to counter China's overwhelming control of rare earths; Tesla & Waymo executives testify at a Senate committee hearing about safety concerns of self-driving cars and the need for national regulation; First Lady Melania Trump meets with freed American-Israeli hostages at the White House; Secretary of State Marco Rubio previews Friday's talks between the U.S. & Iran; Former
British Ambassador to the U.S. Lord Peter Mandelson's friendship with the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein dominates Prime Minister's Question Time.

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February 04 House passes spending bill package to end partial gov't shutdown, DHS funded for two weeks; dates set for Bill & Hillary Clinton to testify in House Oversight Cmte Epstein probe
House barely passes a package of government spending bills to end a partial shutdown. One bill for the Homeland Security Department runs two weeks, intended to provide time to develop federal immigration agent conduct & accountability reforms; Brothers of Renee Good, who was shot & killed during an ICE protest in Minneapolis, testify in Washington at a Democratic forum; House Oversight Committee chair James Comer (R-KY) announces former President Bill Clinton & former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will sit for depositions at the end of February in the committee's investigation of the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The agreement puts on hold House votes holding the Clintons in contempt of Congress for not obeying a subpoena to testify; more Congressional reaction to President Donald Trump's call for Republicans to 'nationalize' and 'take over' elections; National Institutes of Health Director Dr. Jay Bhattacharya answers questions about vaccines & autism before the Senate Health Committee; Senate hearing on Netflix buying Warner Brothers and antitrust implications.

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February 02 Pres. Trump demands ‘NO CHANGES’ to House funding bill
It’s day three of a partial government shutdown, as lawmakers returned to Capitol Hill today with renewed talks aimed at keeping the disruption brief and reopening shuttered parts of the federal government.
As negotiations continue, we’ll also take a closer look at developments in Minneapolis, where questions about federal enforcement and local response remain in focus. Plus, the Trump administration is rolling out a new health initiative, and President Donald Trump is outlining plans for a memorial arch spanning the Potomac River — a proposal drawing early attention on Capitol Hill and beyond.
Those stories, and more, on Washington Today.

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January 31 The Weekly: A Review of the Week in Washington
The Weekly Podcast: A Review of the Week in Washington takes a clear look at the major political and policy developments shaping the nation’s capital. Each episode breaks down the top stories from Congress, the White House, the courts, and across the country, with context on why they matter and what comes next.
This week: It was a cold, snowy week in Washington — as the White House named the next chair of the Federal Reserve, the Senate worked to avoid a government shutdown, and protests continued around the country over immigration enforcement and ICE.

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January 31 Weekend Edition: ICE Operations in Minneapolis, the Economy and Affordability, and U.S. and Europe Relations
In this weekend's episode, three segments from this past week's Washington Journal.
First: A conversation with Jillian Snider – a former law enforcement officer and senior fellow at the R Street Institute. We talk about ICE operations in Minneapolis – and best practices for law enforcement in the wake of another fatal shooting there.
Then: Amid the fallout in Minnesota, President Trump tried to pivot back to the economy and efforts on affordability. We dig into the numbers with Natalie Baker of the Center for American Progress and Brittany Madni from the Economic Policy Innovation Center.

Finally: President Trump may have backed off his threat to takeover Greenland – but relations are still frayed between the U-S and Europe. That conversation with Andrew Roth of The Guardian -- and Stefanie Bolzen of the German News channel VELT.

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January 30 Senate reaches FY26 spending bills deal, Pres. Trump nominates Kevin Warsh for Federal Reserve chair, Justice Dept releases three million Epstein files
Senate reaches a deal to pass six federal spending bills before funding expires tonight, five as a package & Homeland Security for just two weeks while Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE) reforms are negotiated, but still there will be a weekend partial government shutdown because the House does not return to session until Monday; Former CNN anchor Don Lemon is among four journalists arrested and charged by the Justice Department after they covered an anti-ICE protest in a church in Minnesota where an ICE official serves as a pastor; President Donald
Trump nominates Kevin Warsh to be Federal Reserve Chair; Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche announces the release of 3 million files related to the late sex offender the Jeffrey Epstein, half of the total files reviewed; President Trump signs an Executive Order to have an IndyCar race around the National Mall in Washington, DC as part of the country 250th anniversary.

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January 29 Senate Dems & Pres. Trump agree to avoid partial gov't shutdown with temporary DHS funding extension while ICE reform talks continue
Senate does not advance a package of six FY2026 spending bills ahead of Friday's deadline to avoid a partial government shutdown, but Senators and the White House are reportedly working on a deal to pass five bills as a group and separate out Homeland Security funding and extend it for a short period to allow for more talks on how to reform ICE; President Donald Trump holds a Cabinet meeting, but does not call on Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem or Attorney General Pam Bondi to speak and does not take any reporters' questions; White House Border Czar Tom
Homan says he has ordered federal immigration authorities to work on an eventual drawdown plan for federal law enforcement in Minnesota, operations until then will be targeted and he is “staying ‘til the problem’s gone”; Suspect in the attack on Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) at a town hall this week faces federal charges, as she blames President Trump's rhetoric for threats to her safety; updates from the White House Cabinet meeting on the war in Ukraine, U.S. military build up near Iran, and the Israel-Hamas ceasefire, Phase 2; President's National Security Agency Director nominee testifies before the Senate Intelligence Committee; Senate Agriculture Committee passes a bill to regulate the digital assets market; some in Europe are talking about boycotting the World Cup matches in the U.S.

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January 28 Federal Reserve does change interest rates; Senate Democrats specify ICE reform demands to avoid partial government shutdown
Federal Reserve leaves interest rates unchanged, ending a streak of three consecutive quarter percentage point cuts; Senate Democrats present their demands for reforms to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to get their votes to pass a Homeland Security spending bill and avoid a partial government shutdown. Those demands include: ending roving patrols, tightening the rules for warrants, barring federal offices from wearing masks and requiring them to wear body cameras. We will talk about it with The Hill's Alex Bolton (19); Secretary of State Marco Rubio
tells the Senate Foreign Relations Committee there has been 'good and decent progress' in Venezuela since the U.S. military removed President Nicolas Maduro; Veterans Affairs Secretary testifies before the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee on improving the VA health care system; musician & entertainer Kid Rock testifies before a Senate Commerce Subcommittee about what he sees as unfair business practices in the selling and reselling of tickets to concerts & sporting events; today
is the 40th anniversary of the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster.

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January 27 President Trump calls for 'honest investigation' of Alex Pretti shooting; Senate Democrats demand ICE reform to pass DHS spending & avoid partial gov't shutdown
President Donald Trump calls for "a very honorable and honest investigation" of the shooting death in Minneapolis of Alex Pretti by Border Patrol agents, and the president defends Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem while Congressional Democrats are calling for her impeachment; Senate returns to session just a few days before the deadline to pass a Homeland Security spending bill to prevent a partial government shutdown, with Democrats demanding reforms to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) as the price for their
votes; President Trump travels to suburban Des Moines, Iowa to talk about the economy and affordability; Gov. Wes Moore (D-MD) testifies before a Maryland House committee about the Congressional redistricting bill that could lead to the only U.S. House seat in the state held by a Republican flipping to Democratic control in 2026; National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) holds its final hearing on the mid-air collision last year between an American Airlines regional jet and Army helicopter near Reagan National Airport; Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney denies he walked back criticism of President Trump's foreign policy in a phone call with the president this week; Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists moves its symbolic Doomsday Clock to the closest it has ever been to midnight; United Nations Secretary General marks International Holocaust Remembrance Day.

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