Washington Today

In this weekend's episode, three segments from this past week's Washington Journal –First, National Constitution Center's Jeffrey Rosen discusses the importance of Constitution Day. Then, Presidential historian Richard Norton Smith discusses the two assassination attempts against former President Gerald Ford. Plus, Brookings Institution's William Galston on why the national debt is not being discussed this presidential cycle.  

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Secret Service points to “multiple operational and communications failures” and "complacency" among some employees in the first assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump. House passes a bill requiring major party presidential nominees to get the same Secret Service protection as a sitting president. House passes bills to overturn the EPA's tailpipe emission rule and block federal money for undocumented immigrants to 'sanctuary cities'. President Biden says about Israel-Hamas ceasefire talks, 'we have to keep at it'. Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson talks about her new book, "Lovely One: A Memoir."

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President Biden says Fed's interest rate cut 'isn’t a declaration of victory" but is 'a declaration of progress' in economic recovery, Sen. Schumer introduced backup bill to fund government if House can't pass a bill by Oct. 1 deadline, White House responds to Iran hacking Trump campaign and sending material to people affiliated with Biden campaign.

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Federal Reserve cuts interest rates half a percent, House debates a bill to fund the federal government for six months and require people registering to vote show they are U.S. citizens, Justice Department sues the owner and operator of the cargo ship that ran into the Key Bridge causing it to collapse for $100 million, Vice President Kamala Harris talks about immigration at the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute conference, former President Donald Trump talks about the auto industry in Flint, Michigan, Hezbollah walkie-talkies explode.

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Growing calls to increase the Secret Service budget and provide protection for presidential nominees, especially Donald Trump, after the latest assassination attempt against him. And more debate over whether divisive political rhetoric – and from which side – is encouraging this violence. Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) announces a state criminal investigation of the second Donald Trump assassination attempt. Vice President Kamala Harris is interviewed by a panel from National Association of Black Journalists. Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) says the House will vote Wednesday on a government funding bill combined with requiring proof of citizenship to vote. Senate Republican again block an IVF access bill. Pagers carried by Hezbollah operatives explode around the same time in apparent coordinated attack.

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-President Biden and House Speaker Mike Johnson said today the Secret Service needs to do more to protect former President Trump after the attempt on his life yesterday…Meanwhile, the man the FBI says made that attempt appeared in court for the first time today…He's been charged with two counts of illegal gun possession…

-Chinese company ByteDance had their day in federal court over the law that orders them to sell their social media app TikTok or face a ban in the US… Attorney Andrew Pincus said that the law unconstitutionally bans free speech…

While Justice Department Attorney Daniel Tenney said that law does not target protected expression…We'll hear parts of today's oral argument coming up…

-Congress is back to work this week facing an end-of-the-month government funding deadline…Bloomberg Government's Jonathan Tamari will give us the state of the talks on a continuing resolution that would avert a government shutdown…

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In this weekend's episode, three segments from this past week's Washington Journal. First, Hamline University professor David Schultz discusses the role so-called "generational politics" is playing in the presidential campaign – and how the "baby boom" generation is no longer dominating American politics. Then, an update on the investigations into the Secret Service and the assassination attempt on former President Trump with Ellen Gilmer, Senior Reporter for Bloomberg Government. Plus, with concerns about food safety on the rise – a conversation with Barbara Kowalcyk Director of the Institute for Food Safety and Nutrition Security at George Washington University. 

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Donald Trump says he will conduct a mass deportation of Haitian immigrants from Springfield, Ohio; Gov. Tim Walz campaigns in East Lansing, Michigan; White House encourages bargaining in good faith to resolve strike at Boeing; British Prime Minister Keir Starmer visits White House to discuss with President Joe Biden Ukraine's use of long-range missiles; NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams speak from Space Station about being stuck in space for months.

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Attorney General Merrick Garland says he will not allow the Justice Department “to be used as a political weapon" and warns about “conspiracy theories and “dangerous falsehoods” targeting federal law enforcement, Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA) says Louisiana will 'get the money that we deserve from the federal government' to recover from Hurricane Francine, Senate Health Committee plans to hold CEO of Steward Health Care in contempt of Congress for defying subpoena to testify about the company's bankruptcy, House passes a bill to prohibit the electric vehicle tax credit from being claimed if the EV has batteries manufactured by Chinese entities, Secretary of State Antony Blinken on questions about allowing Ukraine to hit targets inside Russia, former Sen. James Sasser (D-TN) dies.

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Interview with The Hill's Mychael Schnell on Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) canceling vote on bill to fund federal government six months and require proof of U.S. citizenship to register to vote (6); former President Donald Trump calls presidential debate host network ABC "the most dishonest news organization”; ceremonies in NYC, at the Pentagon and in Pennsylvania on the 23rd anniversary of 9/11 terrorist attacks; Secretary of State Antony Blinken visits Kyiv to discuss Ukraine possibly using long-range weapons to hit Russia territory.

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