Jul. 24, 2025 5:59 p.m. EDT
Preview: Coming Up on Washington Week with The Atlantic
Airs Friday, July 25, 2025 at 8PM on PBS (check local listings) Coming up on Washington Week with The Atlantic: Trump’s Defense Mechanisms The Jeffrey Epstein file saga continued to culminate this week after several new developments, including the Justice Department’s meeting with Ghislaine Maxwell, which has turned the once-fringe conspiracy theory into a spiraling controversy. Meanwhile, the Trump administration has been accused of trying to deflect from the controversy by asking the DOJ t...
Jul. 17, 2025 5:32 p.m. EDT
Preview: Coming Up on Washington Week with The Atlantic
WASHINGTON WEEK Airs Friday, July 18, 2025 at 8PM on PBS (check local listings) Coming up on Washington Week with The Atlantic: MAGA Erupts Over Epstein Files President Trump’s best efforts earlier this week to quell growing unrest within his MAGA base over his administration's handling of the Jeffrey Epstein investigation files have failed. He is now resorting to attacking some of his supporters, calling them “stupid” and “foolish” after coming under fire from prominent right-wing influence...
Jul. 10, 2025 4:58 p.m. EDT
Preview: Coming Up on Washington Week with The Atlantic
Airs Friday, July 11, 2025 at 8PM on PBS (check local listings) Coming up on Washington Week with The Atlantic: Trump’s Texas Visit and Ukraine Policy Shift As the death toll climbs and scores of people remain missing, President Trump will be in Kerr County, Texas on Friday to meet with first responders and those impacted by the devastating July 4th floods. We’ll examine the role of the federal agencies responsible for emergency response and disaster preparedness and how they've been altered...
Jun. 26, 2025 8:49 p.m. EDT
Preview:: Coming Up on Washington Week with The Atlantic
WASHINGTON WEEK Airs Friday, June 27, 2025 at 8PM on PBS (check local listings) Coming up on Washington Week with The Atlantic: Mission Accomplished? President Trump and key members of his administration are on offense this week, seeking to shape the Israel-Iran war narrative by claiming that U.S. airstrikes “obliterated” Tehran’s nuclear facilities, despite the leak of an initial intelligence report contradicting that assessment. Meanwhile, Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, is...
Jun. 05, 2025 8:22 p.m. EDT
Preview: Coming Up on Washington Week with The Atlantic
Airs Friday, June 6, 2025 at 8PM on PBS (check local listings) Coming up on Washington Week with The Atlantic: On a special edition of Washington Week with The Atlantic, moderator Jeffrey Goldberg will be joined by Thomas L. Friedman, a Foreign Affairs Columnist at The New York Times, to unpack President Trump’s efforts to address critical issues in the Middle East. Friedman dives into his own recent trip to Israel, the parallels between Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu a...
May. 22, 2025 5:11 p.m. EDT
Preview: Coming Up on Washington Week with The Atlantic
Airs Friday, May 22, 2025 at 8PM on PBS (check local listings) Coming up on Washington Week with The Atlantic: Biden’s Cancer Diagnosis and Allegations of a White House Cover-Up On a special edition of Washington Week with The Atlantic, moderator Jeffrey Goldberg will be joined by Jake Tapper, CNN’s Anchor and Chief Washington Correspondent and Alex Thompson, Axios’ National Political Correspondent to discuss their revealing new book, Original Sin. Major funding for “Washington Week with T...
May. 15, 2025 7:18 p.m. EDT
Preview:: Coming Up on Washington Week with The Atlantic
Airs Friday, May 16, 2025 at 8PM on PBS (check local listings) Coming up on Washington Week with The Atlantic: Trump’s Transactional Diplomacy President Trump returns from the Middle East on Friday, following the first major overseas trip of his second term. Deal-making overshadowed foreign policy conversations, as the visit was marked by Trump's announcement of multi-billion dollar investments for America. Meanwhile, the Trump Organization’s recent expansion in Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the ...
May. 08, 2025 4:13 p.m. EDT
Preview: Coming Up on Washington Week with The Atlantic
Airs Friday, May 9, 2025 at 8PM on PBS (check local listings) Coming up on Washington Week with The Atlantic: Trump’s Middle East Trip President Donald Trump is about to begin the first major foreign trip of his second term, traveling next week to Saudi Arabia, while also making stops in the United Arab Emirates and Qatar, nations which play a key role in mediating conflicts in the region. His Middle East visit comes at a critical time, as America’s role and influence in the world under his...
May. 01, 2025 4:04 p.m. EDT
Preview: Coming Up on Washington Week with The Atlantic
Airs Friday, May 2, 2025 at 8PM on PBS (check local listings) Coming up on Washington Week with The Atlantic: Trump’s Cabinet Shakeup and the Courts Push Back: Just days after marking the first 100 days of his second term, President Trump is shaking up his cabinet. In a Truth Social post on Thursday, the president announced that he’s nominating National Security Advisor Michael Waltz to be the next U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. and that Secretary of State Marco Rubio will serve as the Acting N...
Apr. 29, 2025 11:48 a.m. EDT
Watch Live: Trump’s first 100 days – A Washington Week with The Atlantic special edition
Join Washington Week host and Atlantic editor-in-chief Jeffery Goldberg as he convenes Atlantic staff writers Tim Alberta, Ashley Parker, Tom Nichols and Anne Applebaum to discuss President Donald Trump’s second term after 100 days in office. This special program is presented as part of the On the Future Atlantic Festival Event. Following the panel, Goldberg will interview Francis Collins, former director of the National Institutes of Health, about the Trump administration’s reshaping of U....
