WSJ Opinion: Potomac Watch

WSJ Opinion: Potomac Watch

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  • Mike Johnson, the SAVE Act, and the Sept. 30 Shutdown Deadline

    The deadline to fund the government is coming fast, and House Speaker Mike Johnson wants a six-month spending bill paired with the SAVE Act, which would require Americans to show proof of citizenship when registering to vote. But the Democratic Senate won't go along, and how wise would it really be to rewrite the voting laws like this 53 days before the 2024 election?


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    23 min
  • On Debate Night, Donald Trump Loses his Cool and Lets Kamala Harris Off the Hook

    With jabs about his legal troubles and crowds leaving his rallies, Kamala Harris threw Donald Trump off his game during their first debate. Trump dwelled on the past and missed opportunities to expose her progressive agenda. Harris wants another debate, but does Trump?  


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    27 min
  • Kamala Harris and Donald Trump Both Need a Good Debate

    The presidential polls are close to a dead heat, as the two candidates prepare to meet in what could be their only 2024 debate. Will Harris do a better job of explaining her policy shifts since 2020, and is her media-shy strategy a potential mistake? Will Trump steer clear of his personal grievances, and could the mute button on his microphone end up working in his favor?


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    22 min
  • All Things With Kim Strassel: Previewing The Big Harris/Trump Debate

    What should viewers expect from the long-awaited (and possibly only) debate between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump? On this episode of All Things, Trump campaign Senior Adviser Tim Murtaugh predicts how Harris will try to split the difference on her record, talks through the expectations game and previews the new ideas Trump will talk about during the debate--as well as the Republican candidate's plans for reaching out to moderates and independents.



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    28 min
  • House Republicans Find Biden Ignored His Advisers in Withdrawing From Afghanistan

    The House Foreign Affairs Committee releases its 350-page report documenting that President Biden failed to plan for the collapse of the Afghan government, though he was warned it would happen. But does the report let Donald Trump off the hook too easily, and what does it say about who should be America's next commander in chief? 


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    24 min
  • House Republicans Find Biden Ignored His Advisers in Withdrawing From Afghanistan

    The House Foreign Affairs Committee releases its 350-page report documenting that President Biden failed to plan for the collapse of the Afghan government, though he was warned it would happen. But does the report let Donald Trump off the hook too easily, and what does it say about who should be America's next commander in chief? 


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    24 min
  • Georgia Arrests the Apalachee School Shooter's Father

    Colt Gray, the 14-year-old who killed four people this week, is facing life in prison. His father, Colin Gray, could get 180 years for knowingly letting his son possess the gun. Could holding parents responsible in this way help prevent such shootings from happening? Plus, Hunter Biden pleads guilty to federal tax charges, avoiding an embarrassing trial, but is a pardon coming from Joe Biden?


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    23 min
  • Analyzing Kamala Harris's 'Moderate' Tax Increase

    The Vice President is trying to put some political distance between her ideas and the Biden economy. But is her proposal for a nearly 40% increase in the capital gains tax rate really moderate? Plus, Joe Biden is set to block Nippon Steel's proposed takeover of U.S. Steel, and layoffs at the U.S. company are a likely result.



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    23 min
  • Renewed Protests at Columbia, as Students Return to Campus

    As colleges begin the fall term, students at Columbia University are met by another round of disruptive protests against Israel. Have administrators learned any lessons from this spring's campus chaos? Plus, new reports at Columbia and Stanford find pervasive antisemitism, while UCLA won't appeal a judge's ruling that it must guarantee equal access for Jewish students.


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    23 min
  • All Things with Kim Strassel: Back to School with Corey DeAngelis

    As millions of students head back to the classroom for another year, school-choice "evangelist" Corey DeAngelis joins Kim Strassel on All Things with the latest in the reform revolution taking place at the state level, and the challenges still to come. The senior fellow at the American Federation for Children breaks down the successes, the best policy prescriptions in the school-choice field, the campaign to replace rural, anti-choice Republicans with reformers, the union threat and his own call to eliminate the Department of Education. 


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    28 min

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