Aug. 14, 2025 5:56 p.m. EDT
News: Coming Up on Washington Week with The Atlantic
Airs Friday, Aug. 15, 2025 at 8PM on PBS (check local listings) Coming up on Washington Week with The Atlantic: High Stakes Summit and Trump’s DC Takeover All eyes are on Anchorage, Alaska as President Trump hosts his first one-on-one meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin since returning to the White House. The high stakes summit comes after Trump threatened Russia with “very severe consequences” if a ceasefire deal in Ukraine is not reached. Meanwhile, residents in the nation’s cap...
Aug. 08, 2025 8:49 p.m. EDT
Full Episode: Washington Week with The Atlantic full episode, 8/8/25
President Trump will slap tariffs on any country, at any time, for any reason. It’s a dramatic and destabilizing way to manage America’s economy and our relationships with other countries. Join moderator Jeffrey Goldberg, Jonathan Karl of ABC News, Tyler Pager of The New York Times and Jonathan Lemire and Vivian Salama of The Atlantic to discuss this and more.
Aug. 08, 2025 8:37 p.m. EDT
Clip: What to expect from Trump's meeting with Putin
President Trump will be meeting with Vladimir Putin next week in Alaska to talk about ending Russia's war in Ukraine. The panel discusses what the world can expect from the summit.
Aug. 08, 2025 8:36 p.m. EDT
Clip: Trump’s dramatic and destabilizing approach to the economy
President Trump likes attention, he likes movement, and he especially likes to keep people guessing. He doesn’t like trade deficits and numbers that don’t match his understanding of reality. The panel discusses Trump’s dramatic, and possibly destabilizing, approach to the economy.
Aug. 07, 2025 9:15 p.m. EDT
Preview: Coming Up on Washington Week with The Atlantic
Airs Friday, Aug. 8, 2025 at 8PM on PBS (check local listings) Coming up on Washington Week with The Atlantic: Reality Check President Trump continued to advance his agenda to reshape the country, and the world, in his image, this week by imposing additional global tariffs, potentially obscuring future job number reports, and proposing a redesign of the actual White House. One notable exception to that growing list is ending the war in Ukraine. He hopes to change that next week during his fir...
Aug. 01, 2025 9:07 p.m. EDT
Full Episode: Washington Week with The Atlantic full episode, 8/1/25
As the humanitarian crisis worsens in Gaza, Israel finds itself under enormous pressure. Plus, President Trump fires the messenger after a weak jobs report. Join guest moderator Franklin Foer of The Atlantic, Leigh Ann Caldwell of Puck, Andrea Mitchell of NBC News, Alexander Ward of The Wall Street Journal and Nancy Youssef of The Atlantic to discuss this and more.
Aug. 01, 2025 9:01 p.m. EDT
Clip: Trump fires the messenger after dismal jobs report
President Trump fired the director of the Bureau of Labor Statistics after the release of a dismal jobs report. And U.S. nuclear submarines are redirected towards Russia after comments from the country's former president, Dmitry Medvedev.
Aug. 01, 2025 9:01 p.m. EDT
Clip: Will Israel's troubles with Trump force its hand in Gaza?
America’s historically rock-solid support for Israel appears to be weakening after President Trump broke with Prime Minister Netanyahu over mass starvation. The panel discusses if Israel's Washington troubles will force its hand in Gaza.
Jul. 31, 2025 9:22 p.m. EDT
Preview: Coming Up on Washington Week with The Atlantic
WASHINGTON WEEK Airs Friday, Aug. 1, 2025 at 8PM on PBS (check local listings) Coming up on Washington Week with The Atlantic: Under Pressure This week, President Donald Trump, broke publicly with Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over his downplaying of the starvation in Gaza, and a fissure was exposed within the Republican Party after some lawmakers questioned Israel’s military strategy and expressed concern over the handling of the worsening humanitarian situation. Joining guest m...
Jul. 25, 2025 8:56 p.m. EDT
Full Episode: Washington Week with The Atlantic full episode, 7/25/25
Epstein, Epstein, Epstein. Six months into President Trump’s second term, lingering questions about his relationship with the sex trafficker are consuming his White House and paralyzing Congress. Join guest moderator Franklin Foer of The Atlantic, Peter Baker of The New York Times, Eugene Daniels of MSNBC, Susan Glasser of The New Yorker and Jonathan Karl of ABC News to discuss this and more.
