Washington Today

It's a snow day in the nation's capital…. Much of the federal government is closed…. The House is in a district work period this week… The Senate is in today… but votes have been postponed until tomorrow because of the weather… Of course, the Senate must pass a 6-bill spending package by Friday at midnight to avoid a government shutdown…. The legislation includes funding for the Department of Homeland Security through September 30th, which several Senate Democrats have said they will not support.

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In this weekend's episode, three segments from this past week's Washington Journal.

It's been a whirlwind week on the diplomatic front with President Trump announcing a "framework deal" on Greenland after weeks of threats. We speak with Washington Times White House Reporter Jeff Mordock on what the deal entails – and the geopolitical fallout.

Then – a preview of the 2026 midterm elections and key SENATE races to watch with Jessica Taylor of the Cook Political Report

Finally: Democrat Robin Kelly of Illinois joins us to talk about her move to impeach Homeland Secretary Kristi Noem.

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President Donald Trump & Vice President JD Vance speak to the annual anti-abortion March for Life in Washington, DC; Hundreds of businesses in Minnesota close their doors to protest U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE) operations; FBI Director Kash Patel announces the arrest in Mexico of Ryan Wedding, accused major drug trafficker and former Canadian Olympic snowboarder; British Prime Minister Keir Starmer condemns comments by President Trump that NATO troops had stayed “a little off the front lines” during the war in Afghanistan; California Attorney General Rob Bonta (D) announces a lawsuit over whether the

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Former Special Counsel Jack Smith defends his investigations of, and the criminal charges brought against, Donald Trump in testimony before the House Judiciary Committee; President Trump launches his "Board of Peace," initially proposed to maintain the ceasefire in the war between Israel and Hamas, but now the president suggests it could expand its scope to bring peace to the world; still not many details from President Trump on a deal he said is being negotiated on Greenland, other than the U.S. will have 'total access'; U.S. House votes on a War Power resolution requiring the president to get Congressional approval for further military action against Venezuela; House moves to complete the FY2026 spending

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President Donald Trump at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland rules out the use of military force to seize Greenland and again makes the claim that the U.S. must own the island for national and world security, then later, after a meeting with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte, the president announces a framework deal with NATO on Greenland; Supreme Court hears oral argument in Trump v. Cook, about whether president can fire Federal Reserve Board Member Lisa Cook after

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President Donald Trump holds a news conference at the White House on the anniversary of his second term inauguration, highlighting what he sees as accomplishments over the past year and getting questions about his threat to impose tariffs on European countries opposing his desire for the U.S. to acquire Greenland, as he travels tonight to the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, where he will meet with leaders of many of those European countries; House Speaker Mike Johnson gives a speech before the British Parliament in London, celebrating U.S.-U.K. friendship as America marks its 250th birthday. But the speech is overshadowed by the rift over Greenland. We will talk about it with C-SPAN's Westminster Correspondent Peter Knowles (14); Gov. Mikie Sherrill (D-NJ) is inaugurated,  comparing President Trump to Great Britain's King George III during the American Revolution; latest from the federal immigration operations in Minneapolis that have led to weeks of protests; Supreme

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U.S. President Donald Trump linked his aggressive stance on Greenland to last year’s decision not to award him the Nobel Peace Prize, telling Norway’s prime minister that he no longer felt “an obligation to think purely of Peace,” in a text message released Monday.

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In this weekend's episode, three segments from this past week's Washington Journal.

Tensions continue to mount in Minnesota – and elsewhere across the country -- over the role and tactics of Immigration & Customs Enforcement agents.

We spoke with two guests about the protests – and threats of the President to invoke the Insurrection Act in response.

FIRST: Chad Wolf - former acting Homeland Security Secretary in the first Trump administration.

And Sarah Pierce – who served as a policy analyst for U-S Citizenship and Immigration Services under the Biden administration.

PLUS – a conversation with Behnam Ben Taleblu -- Iran Program Senior Director at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies -- , about the brutal crackdown on protesters in Iran -- and potential U.S. military response.

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President Donald Trump says he does not see a reason now to invoke Insurrection Act and send the U.S. military to deal with anti-ICE protesters in Minneapolis, but, he says, "If I needed it, I'd use it. It's very powerful"; House & Senate Democrats hold a hearing in Minneapolis to highlight what say are abuses by federal immigration officers carrying out raids in the city; President Trump suggests he may use tariffs against countries that block his efforts for the U.S. to acquire Greenland, while a bipartisan Congressional delegation meets with Danish and Greenlandic officials in Copenhagen to offer support for Greenland's territorial integrity; Venezuela's opposition leader Maria Corina Machado holds a news conference a day after meeting President Trump at the White House giving him the Nobel Peace Prize she won; Iranian opposition figure Reza Pahlavi, son of the last shah, says he should return to Iran and lead the country when the current wave of protests overthrows the Islamic Republic; President Trump highlights rural health care; Governors start delivering their annual state of the state addresses; NASA gets ready for the next mission to return to the moon, Artemis II.

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President Donald Trump threatens to invoke the Insurrection Act and send troops to Minneapolis as anti-ICE protests escalate following two shootings in the past week involving federal law enforcement officers; Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado meets with President Trump at the White House and a bipartisan group of Senators on Capitol Hill about the future of Venezuela after the U.S. military removed former President Nicolas Maduro; United Nations Security Council holds an emergency meeting on the Iranian government's deadly response to protests throughout that country; U.S. Senate passes another package of federal spending bills, sending it to the president, as the clock ticks to another potential partial government shutdown in two weeks; President

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