WSJ Opinion: Potomac Watch

Republicans on the House Oversight Committee say that members of Joe Biden's family received millions of dollars from overseas entities in recent years, as the President continues to insist that everything was above board. Plus, the Supreme Court upholds a California law on pork production, which could lead other states to try to export their values in a similar fashion.

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Sounding like the Donald Trump who appeared on CNN in 2016, the former President took the stage in front of a town hall audience filled with Republicans and undecided voters in New Hampshire. Will his non-committal answers on abortion appeal to primary voters, or will his potential GOP opponents see an opening to attack Trump on the Jan. 6 riot or his refusal to support Ukraine against Russia?

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A New York jury finds Donald Trump liable for sexually abusing E. Jean Carroll in the 1990s. Did Trump's failure to testify affect the outcome, or what about his belligerent deposition, in which he doubled down on the "Access Hollywood" tape? How will his 2024 rivals for the GOP nomination respond to the verdict?

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A committee created by California Governor Gavin Newsom and the state Legislature recommends that black American residents who are descendants of slaves receive cash payments as racial "reparations." But where will the money come from, and is it even legal? And will programs like this become a new progressive litmus test? 

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An ABC-Washington Post poll finds that a majority of Americans disapprove of the job the President is doing and don't think he has the mental and physical ability to do the job. Do Democrats have to start thinking of an alternative for 2024? Plus, Biden meets Tuesday with Congressional leaders over the debt-ceiling. Any chance of a breakthrough?

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The migrant crisis is about to enter a new phase, as pandemic expulsions end. But now that Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot and other big-city Democrats are warning this can't go on, does President Biden have political leeway to act? Plus listeners write in about the 2024 Senate map and the latest news on Clarence Thomas and Harlan Crow.

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The Federal Reserve raises interest rates for the tenth time in 11 months, and Chairman Powell says the banking panic is over. But investors are still punishing midsize banks after the First Republic failure. Plus, who'll blink first in the debt-limit showdown?

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A Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Supreme Court "ethics" highlights what Democrats have in mind, including an open-ended process for "complaints" against the Justices that could look like an unending confirmation hearing. Plus, West Virginia Governor Jim Justice could help the GOP retake the Senate, if he can beat Sen. Joe Manchin.

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First Republic Bank is seized by regulators and acquired by JPMorgan Chase. CEO Jamie Dimon says the banking crisis is over, but are there still economic vulnerabilities as interest rates rise? Plus, the Supreme Court agrees to hear a case that could overturn Chevron deference, a doctrine that has empowered regulators in the modern administrative state.

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Senate Democrats plan a hearing to attack the ethics of Supreme Court Justices, despite no evidence that there's a problem. What's their real agenda? Plus, James Taranto joins the podcast to talk about his interview with Justice Samuel Alito, who says he thinks he knows who was behind the Dobbs decision leak. 

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