WSJ Opinion: Potomac Watch

The GOP barely kept its House majority in 2022, weighed down by controversial candidates and Democratic attacks on abortion. Will Republicans keep, or even expand, their hold on the chamber? On this episode of All Things, National Republican Congressional Committee Chairman Richard Hudson (R-NC) talks through the candidates that have the best chances to flip seats from blue to red, what the GOP is doing differently on abortion this time, and Donald Trump's influence on down-ballot races. He also weighs in on the chance of a government shutdown and whether the scandal over North Carolina Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson will hurt Trump or other candidates in that battleground state. 

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In his final address to the United Nations General Assembly as president, Joe Biden takes credit for his withdrawal from Afghanistan and his and Vice President Kamala Harris's support for Ukraine after Putin’s invasion. But with conflict raging in Europe and the Middle East and authoritarians on the rise in most regions of the globe, is he leaving the world in more disarray than when he took office?

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Paul Gigot talks to Barton Swaim and Faith Bottum, who have been covering the contests in Wisconsin and Montana, where voters may decide if Republicans can win back a Senate majority in November. Can the GOP topple Democratic incumbents in the two states?    

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Israel's defense minister says the country's war is entering a new phase and turning north, after thousands of Hezbollah pagers suddenly detonate in Lebanon. Plus, the Teamsters union declines to endorse a presidential candidate, for the first time in nearly three decades, despite polling showing that a strong majority of its rank-and-file members support Donald Trump.

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The Federal Reserve takes aggressive measures to cut interest rates by 50 basis points, surprising some in the market. Does this mean the fight against inflation is over? Plus, just weeks away from Election Day, how could this decision affect the race and how would Donald Trump or Kamala Harris handle the Federal Reserve if elected?

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The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals hears arguments over a law that says TikTok must be divested from its Chinese parent company, ByteDance, to stay in U.S. app stores. Why did the judges seem skeptical of the company's challenge, and will it end up at the Supreme Court? Plus, Boeing starts furloughs amid a strike by machinists, who turned down a 25% raise over four years.

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After his idea for no taxes on tips was copied by Kamala Harris, now Donald Trump is pledging to make overtime work tax free. But is there any economic thinking behind this, or is it only a bid for working class votes? Plus, the unknown of Senate control in 2025 is only one of the difficulties of trying to predict how Trump’s and Harris's campaign proposals would actually play out.

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The stakes for control of today's 50-50 Senate are nearly as high as the presidential race between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump. Where are Republicans and Democrats placing their bets? On this episode of All Things, Senate Leadership Fund and One Nation CEO Steven Law talks about the truth of "candidate quality" and the GOP's slate this time around; efforts to convince voters that Democratic incumbents are “living a lie” as moderates; the money game; and how issues like inflation, immigration and women's sports are playing at the state level.

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For the second time in two months, Donald Trump was the target of an assassination attempt, this time by a gunman who was hiding near the former president’s Florida golf course. Plus, leaks from the Supreme Court paint Chief Justice John Roberts as an ally of Donald Trump, but is that accurate? And why are insiders leaking details about internal Court discussions?

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Donald Trump says he won't debate Kamala Harris a second time, yet the two candidates' foreign policy ideas are far from clear as the November election nears. So what should voters know about Trump's and Harris's respective positions on three major questions: Israel's war against Hamas, Ukraine's defense from Russia, and China's looming ambitions for Taiwan?

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