Feb. 16, 2024 2:44 p.m. EST
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Airs Friday, February 16, 2024 at 8PM on PBS (check local listings) Coming up on Washington Week with The Atlantic: Trump’s Consequential Week In Court And Ukraine Aid Hangs in the Balance: A New York judge has set March 25th as the start date in Donald Trump’s hush money case, making it the first criminal trial against a former American president in U.S. history. A hearing that could derail Trump’s Georgia election interference case is also underway, as a judge considers whether Fulton Coun...
Feb. 08, 2024 7:39 p.m. EST
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Airs Friday, February 9, 2024 at 8PM on PBS (check local listings) Coming up on Washington Week with The Atlantic: Trump’s Legal Trouble and Bipartisan Border Deal Collapse: The Supreme Court is set to play a pivotal role in the 2024 presidential election, as it weighs former President Donald Trump’s appeal to appear on Colorado's Republican presidential primary ballot. Trump is also expected to ask the Supreme Court as early as next week to overturn a federal appeals court’s rejection of his...
Feb. 01, 2024 7:23 p.m. EST
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Coming up on Washington Week with The Atlantic: U.S. Retaliation Amid Middle East Chaos: Earlier this week, President Biden told reporters that he has decided how the U.S. will respond to the Iran-backed militia drone attack that killed three American soldiers in Jordan on Sunday. The Biden administration has made it clear that the U.S. does not want war with Iran, as any plans to retaliate could further escalate tensions in the Middle East. It’s unclear if the mounting foreign conflicts w...
Jan. 26, 2024 2:40 p.m. EST
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Airs Friday, January 26, 2024 at 8PM on PBS (check local listings) Coming up on Washington Week with The Atlantic: The 2024 Presidential Election Takes Shape and Border Deal in Jeopardy: The 2024 presidential election race is coming into focus this week, after Republican frontrunner Donald Trump’s victory in New Hampshire brings him one step closer to the GOP's Presidential nomination. But, his final primary opponent, former South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley has rejected calls to drop out o...
Jan. 19, 2024 2:07 p.m. EST
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Airs Friday, January 19, 2024 at 8PM on PBS (check local listings) Coming up on Washington Week with The Atlantic: Countdown to New Hampshire and Retaliation in the Middle East: With just days until New Hampshire’s presidential primary election, tension is growing between Republican rivals former President Donald Trump and former South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley. Trump, fresh off his win in Iowa and leading in the polls, is weighing possible vice presidential running mates, including Rep. ...
Jan. 04, 2024 9:09 p.m. EST
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Airs Friday, January 5, 2023 at 8PM on PBS (check local listings) Coming up on Washington Week with The Atlantic: Elections, Court Dates & Culture Wars: 2024 is shaping up to be a particularly busy and consequential presidential election year. On Friday, a day before the third anniversary of the January 6th insurrection, President Biden is set to deliver his first speech of the new year in battleground Pennsylvania, and plans to warn voters of what’s at stake this November. His likely Repub...
Dec. 29, 2023 2:10 p.m. EST
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Airs Friday, December 29, 2023 at 8PM on PBS (check local listings) Coming up on Washington Week with The Atlantic: If Trump Wins: On this year-end episode, a look at what a second Trump term might look like with some of the contributors to the TheAtlantic’s January/February issue. In this special issue, we asked twenty-four Atlantic writers––experts in foreign and domestic policy, economics and national security––to examine Trump’s record, and his recent statements, and tell us what they bel...
Dec. 21, 2023 5:12 p.m. EST
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Airs Friday, December 22, 2023 at 8PM on PBS (check local listings) Coming up on Washington Week with The Atlantic: Looking ahead to 2024: On Tuesday, Colorado’s Supreme Court disqualified Donald Trump from the state’s primary ballot after determining his actions on January 6, 2021 make him ineligible under the U.S. Constitution’s insurrection clause. The Colorado court’s actions are just the latest developments in a strange year in politics, and on the eve of what is expected to be another...
Dec. 15, 2023 3:33 p.m. EST
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Coming up on Washington Week with The Atlantic: President Biden’s difficult week: President Joe Biden found himself facing an incredible convergence of political problems this week. Issues ranging from funding Ukraine, Israel’s war with Hamas and border security, to his son, Hunter’s legal issues and the House officially opening an impeachment inquiry, could all hinder his re-election.
Nov. 22, 2023 1:44 p.m. EST
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Airs Friday, November 24, 2023 at 8PM on PBS (check local listings) Coming up on Washington Week with The Atlantic: Speaker Mike Johnson’s challenges ahead: Anger and frustration is growing from some hard-right members of GOP Speaker Mike Johnson’s (R-LA) caucus over government spending. Johnson has a long legislative to-do list when the House returns to Washington after Thanksgiving, and with Republicans holding a razor-thin majority, his moves will be scrutinized by Republicans and Democra...
