Apr. 04, 2025 2:17 p.m. EDT
Preview: Coming Up on Washington Week with the Atlantic
Airs Friday, April 4, 2025 at 8PM on PBS (check local listings) Coming up on Washington Week with The Atlantic: Trump’s Tariffs Turmoil President Trump’s sweeping tariffs hit countries across the world, baffling friends and foes alike and forcing global leaders and markets to reckon with the fallout from America’s dramatic shift in international trade policy. Some countries are preparing to retaliate, and others are pressing for further negotiations. Meanwhile, economists warn the tariffs wil...
Mar. 27, 2025 4:39 p.m. EDT
Preview: Coming Up on Washington Week with The Atlantic
Airs Friday, March 28, 2025 at 8PM on PBS(check local listings) Coming up on Washington Week with The Atlantic: Signal Leak Fallout continues from The Atlantic's explosive report this week that top members of President Trump’s national security team discussed military attack plans in a Signal group chat that inadvertently included Atlantic editor in chief and moderator Jeffrey Goldberg. National Security Advisor Mike Waltz, who accidentally added Goldberg to “Houthi PC small group”, and Sec...
Mar. 20, 2025 5:49 p.m. EDT
Preview: Coming Up on Washington Week with the Atlantic
Airs Friday, March 21, 2025 at 8PM on PBS (check local listings) Coming up on Washington Week with The Atlantic: Judicial Backlash and Future of the DOE New fears of a possible constitutional crisis are on the rise this week following an apparent standoff between President Trump and a federal judge who ordered a stop to the administration's deportation flights of non-U.S. citizens. The Trump administration seems to have defied the order and now the president and his allies are calling for th...
Mar. 13, 2025 6:23 p.m. EDT
Preview: Coming Up on Washington Week with The Atlantic
Airs Friday, March 14, 2025 at 8PM on PBS (check local listings) Coming up on Washington Week with The Atlantic: American Instability In less than two months since his return to the White House, Donald Trump has upended decades of foreign policy by targeting traditional allies and seeming to side with enemies. The effects of his actions are not only being felt abroad, but also here at home, as his erratic approach to tariffs continues to upset the financial markets. All of this looms against...
Mar. 06, 2025 7:46 p.m. EST
Preview: Coming Up on Washington Week with The Atlantic
Airs Friday, March 7, 2025 at 8PM on PBS (check local listings) Coming up on Washington Week with The Atlantic: Recession Fears on the Rise: New warning signs emerged this week that President Trump’s unpredictable economic policies are negatively affecting the U.S. and global economies. His moves to shrink the federal government and impose tariffs on the country’s largest trading partners have rattled the markets and prompted warnings of a possible recession. Additionally, a new report shows...
Feb. 27, 2025 9:20 p.m. EST
Preview: Coming Up on Washington Week with The Atlantic
Airs Friday, February 28, 2025 at 8PM on PBS (check local listings) Coming up on Washington Week with The Atlantic: Trump & Zelenskyy’s Meeting and Pressuring the Press After weeks of rising tensions between President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, the two leaders are set to meet face to face at the White House on Friday, where they are expected to sign a rare earth minerals deal – which Zelenskyy has stressed hinges on U.S. security guarantees and aid. Meanwhile, ...
Feb. 20, 2025 9:01 p.m. EST
Preview: Coming Up on Washington Week with the Atlantic
Airs Friday, February 21, 2025 at 8PM on PBS (check local listings) Coming up on Washington Week with The Atlantic: Trump’s Russia Pivot and Looming Pentagon Cuts: Just days before the third anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, President Donald Trump falsely blamed Ukraine for starting the war and called President Volodymyr Zelenskyy a dictator. This dramatically reversed 80 years of American foreign policy, after Trump seemed to align with Russia’s Vladimir Putin on ending the war i...
Feb. 13, 2025 8:31 p.m. EST
Preview: Coming Up on Washington Week with The Atlantic
Airs Friday, February 14, 2025 at 8PM on PBS (check local listings) Coming up on Washington Week with The Atlantic: An Emboldened Musk and Trump’s Ukraine Shift: Mass firings are underway at some federal agencies this week after President Donald Trump and Elon Musk defended and expanded on their efforts to slash and overhaul the government. Trump signed new executive orders giving Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency even more power to make drastic changes to each agency. Meanwhile, T...
Feb. 06, 2025 8:58 p.m. EST
Preview: Coming up on Washington Week with The Atlantic
Airs Friday, February 7, 2025 at 8PM on PBS (check local listings) Coming up on Washington Week with The Atlantic: Controversial Gaza Plan and Musk’s Takeover of Washington: This week, President Trump sparked backlash from around the world by proposing to seize control of Gaza and displace the Palestinian population living there. Meanwhile, the world’s richest man targeted federal agencies, slashing workforces and crippling programs that support millions around the world. Elon Musk is an un...
Jan. 30, 2025 8:32 p.m. EST
Preview: Coming Up on Washington Week with The Atlantic
Airs Friday, January 31, 2025 at 8PM on PBS (check local listings) Coming up on Washington Week with The Atlantic: Trump’s Controversial Orders and Confirmation Chaos In just his second week back in the Oval Office, President Donald Trump is forced to deal with a crisis not of his, or his administration’s, own making - the worst American aviation disaster in almost a quarter century. The deadly crash is the first real test of Trump’s second term. And it comes amid a week of chaos and confus...
