Apr. 26, 2024 2:37 p.m. EDT
Preview: Coming Up on Washington Week with The Atlantic
Airs Friday, April 26, 2024 at 8PM on PBS (check local listings) Coming up on Washington Week with The Atlantic: Foreign Funding Fallout and College Campus Chaos: President Joe Biden announced that critical weapons are being rushed to Ukraine after signing into law a $95 billion military aid package, which includes funding for Israel, Taiwan, and other foreign allies. This marks the end to the long-drawn-out fight on Capitol Hill over foreign funding, but the question remains: what will be t...
Apr. 18, 2024 7:09 p.m. EDT
Preview: Coming Up on Washington Week with The Atlantic
Airs Friday, April 19, 2024 at 8PM on PBS (check local listings) Coming up on Washington Week with The Atlantic: Johnson in Jeopardy and Foreign Funding Fight: Embattled Speaker Mike Johnson is facing a fight on two fronts: keeping his gavel and passing crucial aid for America’s overseas allies. Momentum is building among frustrated right-wing Republicans to remove him as speaker after he announced plans to bring long-stalled foreign aid bills to a vote this weekend. Votes on the aid bills c...
Apr. 12, 2024 2:59 p.m. EDT
Preview: Coming Up on Washington Week with The Atlantic
Airs Friday, April 12, 2024 at 8PM on PBS (check local listings) Coming up on Washington Week with The Atlantic: Abortion Politics and Johnson in Jeopardy: The politics around reproductive rights in the U.S. came into sharper focus this week as Arizona’s highest court reinstates a 160-year-old abortion ban on Tuesday. Criticism over the decision poured in from both parties, including former President Trump, who announced this week that he opposes a national abortion ban. This has once again ...
Apr. 04, 2024 8:03 p.m. EDT
Preview: Coming Up on Washington Week with The Atlantic
Airs Friday, April 5, 2024 at 8PM on PBS (check local listings) Coming up on Washington Week with The Atlantic: Biden Rebukes Netanyahu and the State of the Presidential Rematch: President Joe Biden puts Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on notice after Israeli strikes killed seven aid workers earlier this week in Gaza. In a sharp shift, Biden told Netanyahu an immediate ceasefire is needed and warned that future U.S. military support for Israel will come with conditions. Meanwhile, Donald ...
Mar. 28, 2024 8:42 p.m. EDT
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Airs Friday, March 29, 2024 at 8PM on PBS (check local listings) Coming up on Washington Week with The Atlantic: State of the Biden-Trump Rematch: With just 6 months to go until early voting begins in some states, the Biden-Trump rematch is close and shaping up to be a study in campaign contrasts. While President Biden is hitting the road this week, touting his record to voters, and headlining high dollar fundraisers, Donald Trump is spending most of his time in Mar-a-Lago, courting donors, ...
Mar. 22, 2024 2:49 p.m. EDT
Preview: Coming Up on Washington Week with The Atlantic
Airs Friday, March 22, 2024 at 8PM on PBS (check local listings) Coming up on Washington Week with The Atlantic: Israel-Hamas War Divides Washington: Republicans are on the offensive this week, for what they say is the Democrats' lack of support for Israel following Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer's recent criticism of Israel's Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu. Speaker Johnson announced he'll invite Netanyahu to address a joint session of Congress, a move he made without first consulti...
Mar. 14, 2024 5:03 p.m. EDT
Preview: Coming Up on Washington Week with The Atlantic
Airs Friday, March 15, 2024 at 8PM on PBS (check local listings) Coming up on Washington Week with The Atlantic: Schumer Calls For New Israeli Elections and Trump’s Legal Battles: Senate majority leader Chuck Schumer - America’s highest ranking Jewish official - set off a fierce debate in Washington Thursday after criticizing Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and calling for Israel to hold new elections to replace him. But in Russia, where the presidential election is being held this...
Mar. 07, 2024 5:33 p.m. EST
Preview: Coming Up on Washington Week with The Atlantic
Airs Friday, March 8, 2024 at 8PM on PBS (check local listings) Coming up on Washington Week with The Atlantic: A Presidential Rematch and The Disappearance of Moderates: Between Super Tuesday results and President Biden’s State of the Union address, the 2024 election continues to come into sharper focus, and with a Biden-Trump faceoff all but certain, this will be the first presidential rematch since the 1950s. This week, the former President secured an endorsement from the Senate’s top Re...
Mar. 01, 2024 2:20 p.m. EST
Preview: Coming Up on Washington Week with The Atlantic
Airs Friday, March 1, 2024 at 8PM on PBS (check local listings) Coming up on Washington Week with The Atlantic: Senate Republicans' Succession and Presidential Candidates' Electability: Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell’s surprise announcement that he will step down from his role in November will end his tenure as the longest-serving Senate leader in U.S. history and solidify Donald Trump as the leader of today’s Republican Party. Nevertheless, the race to become the Senate’s top Repub...
Feb. 22, 2024 1:36 p.m. EST
Preview: Coming Up on Washington Week with The Atlantic
Airs Friday, February 23, 2024 at 8PM on PBS (check local listings) Coming up on Washington Week with The Atlantic: Two Years of War in Ukraine and U.S. Aid Stalled in Congress: As the war in Ukraine enters a third year, Russia gains momentum from its capture of Avdiivka, while Ukrainian forces face intensifying shortages of manpower and ammunition. Meanwhile, a critical $95 billion foreign aid package stalls in the House. Joining editor in chief of The Atlantic and moderator, Jeffrey Goldbe...
