Aug. 24, 2023 2:46 p.m. EDT
Preview: Coming Up on Washington Week with The Atlantic
Airs Friday, August 25, 2023 at 8PM on PBS (check local listings) Coming up on Washington Week with The Atlantic: Donald Trump arrested in Georgia, after skipping the first GOP debate: Former President Donald Trump will surrender to authorities at the Fulton County jail on Thursday on felony charges connected to his efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election results in the state. The Republican frontrunner’s booking in Atlanta came a day after Trump skipped the first Republican pres...
Aug. 17, 2023 8:57 p.m. EDT
Preview: Coming Up on Washington Week with The Atlantic
Coming up on Washington Week with The Atlantic: Donald Trump’s 91 felony charges: Former President Donald Trump is facing what could be his most consequential legal challenge yet, after he was indicted in Fulton County, Georgia this week for his alleged efforts to overturn the state’s 2020 presidential election results. It’s Trump’s fourth indictment in as many months and the sweeping, complex case has potential flaws and some weaknesses. The latest indictment also adds to the chaos of the G...
Aug. 10, 2023 4:24 p.m. EDT
Preview: Coming Up on Washington Week
Airs Friday, August 11, 2023 at 8PM on PBS (check local listings) Coming up on Washington Week with The Atlantic Red flags for Republicans, hard challenges for President Biden: After former President Donald Trump was arraigned for trying to overturn the 2020 election results, a strange question looms over the 2024 race: 'Will the former President and current Republican GOP frontrunner win the presidency, go to prison, or both?’ The challenges facing Democrats and President Biden’s 2024 re-ele...
Aug. 03, 2023 8:20 p.m. EDT
Preview: Coming Up on Washington Week
Airs Friday, August 4, 2023 at 8PM on PBS (check local listings) This week on Washington Week: Trump arrested and arraigned in DC: For the first time in our Nation’s history, a former American president has been criminally charged with trying to hold on to power after losing an election. On Thursday, Former President Donald Trump - and the current 2024 GOP presidential frontrunner - returned to the Nation’s capital as a criminal defendant. In a federal courthouse in Washington, DC, Trump plea...
Aug. 02, 2023 12:08 p.m. EDT
Press Release: Jeffrey Goldberg named new moderator of Washington Week
Sharon Percy Rockefeller, president and chief executive officer of WETA and President of NewsHour Productions, today announced Jeffrey Goldberg, the editor in chief of The Atlantic, as the new moderator of Washington Week.
Jul. 27, 2023 5:17 p.m. EDT
Preview: Coming Up on Washington Week
Airs Friday, July 28, 2023 at 8PM on PBS (check local listings) This week on Washington Week: Legal clouds loom over the 2024 election: Anticipation over the likely indictment of former President - and frontrunner for the GOP nomination in 2024 - Donald Trump heated-up on Thursday. Trump’s legal team met with special counsel Jack Smith, and the grand jury hearing Smith’s team’s evidence on efforts to overturn the 2020 election sat in Washington. Donald Trump isn’t the only one making legal n...
Jul. 20, 2023 3:48 p.m. EDT
Preview: Coming Up on Washington Week
Airs Friday, July 21, 2023 at 8PM on PBS (check local listings) This week on Washington Week: Why Trump’s growing legal challenges will test America’s democracy Former President Trump said this week he recently received notification from Special Counsel Jack Smith's office that he’s a target of the Justice Department’s criminal probe into efforts to overturn the 2020 election. DOJ’s notification is a sign the former president - and current frontrunner for the GOP’s 2024 presidential nominatio...
Jul. 14, 2023 2:17 p.m. EDT
News: Coming Up on Washington Week
Airs Friday, July 14, 2023 at 8PM on PBS (check local listings) This week on Washington Week: President Biden unites NATO allies abroad, as Speaker McCarthy grapples with Republican divides in the House President Biden returns to Washington after a successful and historic trip abroad, where he negotiated Sweden’s accession to NATO, and smoothed over tensions surrounding Ukraine’s pathway to membership of the security alliance. Back at home, Speaker of the House, Kevin McCarthy faced another h...
Jul. 07, 2023 2:01 p.m. EDT
Preview: Coming Up on Washington Week
Airs Friday, June 30, 2023 at 8PM on PBS (check local listings) Coming up on Washington Week: President Biden’s foreign and domestic priorities: President Biden is set to attend an important NATO summit in Lithuania aimed at expanding the number of countries in the security alliance and strengthening the group’s support for Ukraine. The meeting comes at a critical moment: The president is weighing supplying Ukraine with controversial weapons to aid its slow-going counteroffensive against Russ...
Jun. 29, 2023 3:03 p.m. EDT
Preview: Coming Up on Washington Week
Airs Friday, June 30, 2023 at 8PM on PBS (check local listings) On this week's Washington Week: Historic SCOTUS decisions: The Supreme Court ended an historic session with a flurry of decisions with long and lasting consequences, across the political and cultural landscape. The rulings — including the highly anticipated opinion on affirmative action in college admissions — sparked intense reaction from both sides of the political aisle. Conservatives praised the High Court’s decision, but Pr...
