Jan. 26, 2023 5 p.m. EST
Preview: Coming Up on Washington Week
Airs Friday, January 27, 2023 at 8PM on PBS (check local listings)
More mass shootings, the future of the GOP, plus the discovery of classified documents continues.
On Wednesday, Vice President Kamala Harris returned to her home state of California,…
Jan. 19, 2023 4:30 p.m. EST
Preview: Coming Up on Washington Week
Airs Friday, January 20, 2023 at 8PM on PBS (check local listings)
Biden tries to get back to business after document blunder. The debt ceiling debate. And alarming political violence.
The discovery of additional classified documents at President B…
Jan. 12, 2023 3:30 p.m. EST
Preview: Coming Up on Washington Week
Airs Friday, January 13, 2023 at 8PM on PBS (check local listings)
President Biden’s controversial document discovery. Kevin McCarthy’s first week as speaker.
Attorney General Merrick Garland announced on Thursday he appointed a special counsel to i…
Jan. 05, 2023 1:49 p.m. EST
Preview: Coming Up on Washington Week
Airs Friday, January 6, 2023 at 8PM on PBS (check local listings)
House Turmoil & Senate Bipartisanship:
After multiple days of failed votes to elect a new speaker, for the first time in 100 years, lawmakers cannot yet be sworn-in, and cannot conduc…
Dec. 29, 2022 2:18 p.m. EST
Preview: Coming Up on Washington Week
Airs Friday, December 30, 2022 at 8PM on PBS (check local listings)
On the last Washington Week of 2022, an all-star panel of newsroom leaders from America’s top media outlets reflect on this year’s headlines, and discuss the stories most likely to …
Dec. 16, 2022 2:32 p.m. EST
Preview: Coming Up on Washington Week
Airs Friday, December 16, 2022 at 8PM on PBS (check local listings)
Government funding feud & Trump’s popularity problem:
With days to go before this session of Congress ends, the House and Senate are scrambling to wrap-up work before heading home f…
Dec. 09, 2022 3:43 p.m. EST
Preview: Coming Up on Washington Week
Airs Friday, December 9, 2022 at 8PM on PBS (check local listings) Democrats enjoy some wins. Republicans clash over Trump:On Tuesday, incumbent Democratic Senator Raphael Warnock defeated Republican challenger Herschel Walker in the runoff for Georgia’s Senate seat. In addition to securing a Democratic majority in the Senate chamber and it’s committees, the win ends the need for a power-sharing arrangement and single senators’ - like Joe Manchin (WV) - ability to hold-up President Biden’s ...
Nov. 03, 2020 5:10 p.m. EST
News: What happens after Election Day? The process is longer (and more unclear) than you might think.
Election Day is November 3, but regardless of who wins or how close the results may be, the election will not officially be over. In every presidential election cycle, there are a handful of key dates when the full results of the election are legally certified and the election is made official. As millions of voters have contributed to a surge in early and mail-in voting amid the COVID-19 pandemic and President Donald Trump has made statements questioning the validity of his potential defeat,...
Mar. 26, 2019 4:51 p.m. EDT
News: What are trigger laws? Examining states' preemptive legislative bans on abortion
The Supreme Court passed Roe v. Wade nearly 50 years ago, making abortion legal across the United States. But the court’s makeup has shifted in recent years. Republican President Donald Trump nominated Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh to the bench, leaving some states to draft their own abortion laws on the chance Roe is ever overturned. Five states currently have what are known as "trigger laws" in place. “They express a legislative intent to ban all or most abortions as soon as it’s legally...
Apr. 03, 2018 6:54 p.m. EDT
News: 4 of Martin Luther King Jr.'s most memorable speeches
Before he was assassinated at age 39, Martin Luther King Jr. led the 1955 Montgomery bus boycott, organized the 1963 March on Washington, advocated for civil disobedience and non-violent protest, and became one of the most influential figures in Ame…
