May. 23, 2024 5:31 p.m. EDT
Preview: Coming Up on Washington Week with The Atlantic
Airs Friday, May 24, 2024 at 8PM on PBS (check local listings) Coming up on Washington Week with The Atlantic: Trump On Trial: With closing arguments set to begin on Tuesday in former President Donald Trump’s unprecedented hush money trial, the jury could get the case as early as Wednesday. We’ll look at how a verdict could affect the current race for the White House. Joining editor in chief of The Atlantic and moderator, Jeffrey Goldberg to discuss this and more: Major funding for “Washin...
May. 16, 2024 2:14 p.m. EDT
Preview: Coming Up on Washington Week with The Atlantic
Airs Friday, May 17, 2024 at 8PM on PBS (check local listings) Coming up on Washington Week with The Atlantic: Trump On Trial and Swing State Polls This week, former President Donald Trump’s top Republican allies rally to his defense outside a New York City courthouse as his former fixer Michael Cohen takes the stand in Trump's hush money trial. We’ll look at Mr. Cohen’s testimony and what it means for the prosecution and defense. Meanwhile, the recent New York Times/Siena College’s swing st...
May. 09, 2024 5:22 p.m. EDT
Preview: Coming Up on Washington Week with The Atlantic
Airs Friday, May 10, 2024 at 8PM on PBS (check local listings) Coming up on Washington Week with The Atlantic: Porn Stars, Parasitic Brain Worms & Presidential Politics: It's been a week of weird political headlines related to the looming presidential election. Adult film star Stormy Daniels testified for several hours in former President Donald Trump’s hush money trial. Presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. confirmed that a dead worm was found in his brain over a decade ago. And Go...
May. 02, 2024 5:51 p.m. EDT
Preview: Coming Up on Washington Week with The Atlantic
Airs Friday, May 3, 2024 at 8PM on PBS (check local listings) Coming up on Washington Week with The Atlantic: Middle East Tensions and Biden’s Dilemma: This week, President Biden has been forced to address fallout from the war in Gaza on two fronts; here in the United States as pro-Palestinian protests spread across college campuses—and abroad, as the war remains central to the conversations surrounding what could be a historic security pact between the U.S. and Saudi Arabia. On a special ed...
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
News: Coming Up on Washington Week with The Atlantic
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...
