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- Weekend Edition: President Trump Pardons TX Democrat Henry Cuellar, AfghanEvac, and Electricity and Utility Prices on the RiseIn this weekend's episode, three segments from this past week's Washington Journal.
First: President Trump stuns House Republicans with a surprise pardon this
week for Texas Democrat Henry Cuellar – whose Laredo seat Republicans were hoping to pick up in the midterms. We'll get the scoop from Gabby Birenbaum Washington Correspondent for the Texas Tribune.Then: A conversation with Shawn VanDiver -- founder and president of#AfghanEvac --a nonprofit run by American veterans helping to resettle Afghans who assisted the U.S. during the two-decade war.Plus: Electricity and utility prices are rising across the country as winter weather starts to kick in. We speak with Robinson Meyer – Founder of the website Heatmap News – about what's driving the increases.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
30 min - Pres. Trump attends World Cup draw, receives FIFA Peace Prize; CDC vaccine advisory committee votes not to recommend all newborns get hepatitis B shot
President Donald Trump attends the 2026 World Cup Draw at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC with the leaders of co-hosts Mexico & Canada. The three talking about what it means to co-host the world's largest sports tournament; President Trump receives the inaugural peace prize from world soccer's governing body, FIFA; Trump Administration releases a National Security Strategy that calls for a “readjustment” of the US military presence in the Western Hemisphere to fight migration, drug trafficking and foreign power influence in the region. We will talk about it with Breaking Defense senior reporter Ashley Roque (13); former President Joe Biden receives an award from a prominent LGBTQ+ advocacy group; Centers for Disease Control vaccine advisory committee recommends eliminating the recommendation that all newborns receive the Hepatitis B vaccine; Indiana's House of Representatives passes a new Congressional district map designed to gain Republicans two more
U.S. House seats, part of nationwide gerrymandering push now by both parties. Rep. Adelita Grijalva (D-AZ) says she was pepper sprayed when she sought more information at ICE raid in Tucson; First Lady Melania Trump reads a Christmas book to patients at National Children's hospital in Washington, carrying on a long-standing First Ladies holiday tradition.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
54 min - FBI arrests suspect in 2021 RNC & DNC headquarters pipe bombs case; Pentagon briefs lawmakers on second strike against drug boat that killed survivors
A 30 year-old man from Woodbridge, Virginia is arrested and charged in the FBI's investigation of pipe bombs placed outside the Republican and Democratic party headquarters on the eve of the January 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol; A Navy admiral tells lawmakers Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth did not issue a "kill them all" order against a suspected drug-carrying boat in the Caribbean Sea near Venezuela in September, but Rep. Jim Himes (D-CT), Intelligence Committee ranking member, says the video he saw of a second strike against survivors is "deeply, deeply troubling"; President Donald Trump hosts a peace signing ceremony in Washington with the presidents of Rwanda and Democratic Republic of the Congo, where he also promotes mineral exploration in those countries; Senate
Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) says Democrats will put up for a vote next week a clean 3 year extension of expiring Obamacare health insurance enhanced premium subsidies; bipartisan group of House Members release their own health care reform plan; Senate votes to overturn the Biden Administration's limits on oil & gas drilling in Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge; Muhammad Ali's widow, Lonnie Ali, testifies at a Congressional hearing on reforming the sport of boxing; President Trump & First Lady Melania Trump attend the National Christmas Tree Lighting.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
59 min - Republican wins Congressional special election in Tennessee; President Trump rolls back Biden-era vehicle fuel economy standards
The Republican candidate wins the Tennessee 7th Congressional District special election by a comfortable margin, but not as big as President Donald Trump's victory in the 2024 presidential election. We get reaction from party leaders in Congress about what this may mean for the 2026 midterm elections; President Trump grants a full pardon to Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-TX) and his wife Imelda, who were facing bribery charges; President Trump announces of a roll back of Biden-era vehicle fuel economy standards, arguing it will lower car prices; Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) introduces a bill to cut down on ICE automatic detention of certain groups of immigrants and end for-profit, private immigrant detention centers; NASA Administrator nominee Jared Isaacman gets a second Senate confirmation hearing. He was nominated earlier this year, then the president withdrew the nomination, and then renominated him; NATO Secretary General & British Prime Minister talk about Russian President Vladimir Putin saying Russia is ready to go to war with NATO, comments made while talks were ongoing trying to end Russia's war in Ukraine.
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55 min - Defense Secretary Hegseth says he learned of survivors and second missile strike on alleged drug boat hours later, cites 'fog of war'
President Donald Trump holds a Cabinet meeting at the White House, where Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says he did not see any survivors in the water when a second strike was ordered and launched on a boat alleging carrying illegal drugs in the Caribbean Sea in September, and President Trump says he does not want Somali immigrants in the United States because they add little to the country, rely on government safety net benefits and complain too much. He calls Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) 'garbage'. Supreme Court hears a case contending faith-based antiabortion pregnancy centers in New Jersey deceived clients and donors by suggesting they offered abortion referrals; Senate leaders discuss plans to vote before Affordable Care Act health insurance enhanced premium tax credits expire; Billionaires Michael and Susan Dell
donate over $6-and-a-quarter billion to put $250 in the individual investment accounts for 25 million children, an extension of the Trump Accounts created under the so-called One Big Beautiful Bill signed into law earlier this year.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
56 min - White House says admiral ordered follow-on strike on alleged drug boat, insists attack was lawful
The White House confirmed President Trump will meet today with his national security team to discuss Venezuela as his administration intensifies its pressure campaign on the country…The meeting comes as lawmakers from both parties voice concerns over reports of a possibly unlawful follow-up strike on an alleged drug vessel in the Caribbean that killed two survivors…We'll hear from the president, Senate leaders Thune and Schumer on this topic coming up…
Congress returned today from the Thanksgiving holiday recess….The House is considering legislation banning those who were involved in the October 7th terror attack on Israel from entering the U.S…The Senate is working on judicial nominations…Off the floor, talks continue on proposals to extend health care tax credits set to expire at the end of the year. … Majority Leader Thune has promised to hold a floor vote on health care legislation by mid-December as part of the deal to end the government shutdown.
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41 min - Weekend Edition: The US Economy and the "Affordability" Crisis, Mood of the nation this Thanksgiving, and the FCC in the Trump Administration
In this weekend's episode, three segments from this past week's Washington Journal.
First: As the holiday shopping season kicks off – a discussion about the U-S economy and the "affordability" crisis with Heather Long - columnist and Chief Economist for Navy Federal Credit Union.Then: Pollster and strategist Frank Luntz discusses what his focus groups are telling him about the mood of the nation this Thanksgiving.Plus: From threatening broadcasters to reviewing multi-billion-dollar media mergers - the F-C-C in the Trump administration is flexing its regulatory muscle. We'll take a closer look at the agency's actions so far with TED JOHNSON - political editor for "Deadline."Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
30 min - Two Nat'l Guardsmen are shot & wounded in DC; Georgia judge dismisses criminal 2020 election interference case against Pres. Trump & co-defendants
Two National Guard troops patrolling Washington, DC not far from the White House are shot. A suspect, also shot is in custody; Judge in Georgia dismisses the election interference criminal case against President Donald Trump and co-defendants at the request of the prosecutor. We will talk with USA Today Justice Department reporter Aysha Bagchi (11); Vice President JD Vance and his family serve an early Thanksgiving meal to U.S. troops at Ft. Campbell on the Kentucky/Tennessee border; almost two dozen states led by Democratic Attorneys General sue the federal government over SNAP food aid program restrictions for certain immigrants; latest on the U.S.-led peace plan talks to end the war between Ukraine & Russia.
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52 min - Pres. Trump pardons Thanksgiving turkeys, says food prices are dropping; Pres. Trump says Russia-Ukraine peace deal 'very close'; DC Mayor Bowser (D) not running for reelection
Two days before Thanksgiving, President Donald Trump pardons two turkeys, named Gobble & Waddle, jokes that former President Joe Biden's turkey pardons are invalid due to his use of an autopen, and says food prices are coming down; Washington, DC Mayor Muriel Bowser (D) announces she will not run for a fourth term in 2026; Attorney General Pam Bondi says the federal law enforcement surge in Memphis, Tennessee
has been a success in drastically reducing crime; Ukrainian President Zelensky says Ukraine has accepted the 'essence' of a U.S. plan to end the Russia-Ukraine war, while President Trump says "I think we’re getting very close to a deal" and that he will be sending special envoy Steve Witkoff to meet with Russian President Putin in Moscow.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
47 min - Sen. Mark Kelly (D-AZ) to Sec. of Defense Pete Hegseth: Pentagon investigation over ‘illegal orders’ video won’t ‘intimidate me’
The Pentagon announced today it is investigating Arizona Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly over possible breaches of military law…It comes after the former Navy pilot along with a five other Democratic lawmakers called for troops to disobey illegal orders in a social media post last week… AND after President Trump ramped up the rhetoric by accusing the lawmakers of sedition “punishable by DEATH….”White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt talked about it late this afternoon…We'll hear what she and Sen. Kelly are saying coming up…
The UN Security Council met today amid escalating tensions in Gaza …The meeting follows last week's approval of President Trump’s peace plan there…We'll hear part of what the Palestinian ambassador, Israeli ambassador and the US delegation said about the situation there in a few minutes…
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