Oct. 23, 2020 9:20 p.m. EDT
Special: An In-Depth Look at the Presidential Campaign
Thursday night’s presidential debate between President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden tackled an array of issues, including health care and immigration. The panel discussed how the two candidates sparred on top issues and how they …
Oct. 23, 2020 9:06 p.m. EDT
Full Episode: The Final Debate Before Election Day
President Donald Trump and Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden sparred on stage at the final presidential debate on Thursday. The panel discussed the debate as well as the latest news from the campaign trail and Congress as more voters cast th…
Oct. 16, 2020 9:41 p.m. EDT
Special: Supreme Court Confirmation Hearings & Mitch McConnell
This week, the Senate held confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett. On our Extra, guest Jane Mayer of The New Yorker discussed how the hearings are part of a years-long effort spearheaded by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McC…
Oct. 16, 2020 9:35 p.m. EDT
Full Episode: President Donald Trump & Joe Biden Host Dueling Town Halls
President Donald Trump and Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden held dueling town hall events Thursday night in place of a scheduled presidential debate. And on Capitol Hill, senators questioned Amy Coney Barrett ahead of a potential confirmati…
Oct. 09, 2020 9:18 p.m. EDT
Web Video: The Washington Week Bookshelf: “We Should Have Seen It Coming” by Gerald Seib
Gerald Seib of The Wall Street Journal discusses his new book “We Should Have Seen It Coming: From Reagan to Trump—A Front-Row Seat to a Political Revolution,” which chronicles the evolution of the conservative movement over forty years, from Ronald…
Oct. 09, 2020 8:59 p.m. EDT
Full Episode: President Trump’s Health & the Vice-Presidential Debate
President Trump is back in the White House after three days at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center. As stimulus negotiations sputter, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced a commission to study the 25th Amendment and presidential fitness. An…
Oct. 02, 2020 9:35 p.m. EDT
Web Video: The Washington Week Bookshelf: “The Man Who Ran Washington” by Peter Baker and Susan Glasser
Peter Baker discusses his latest book “The Man Who Ran Washington,” which chronicles the life of former White House chief of staff and Secretary of State James Baker.
Oct. 02, 2020 9:28 p.m. EDT
Full Episode: President Trump tests positive for COVID-19
President Trump has been taken to Walter Reed Medical Center after testing positive for COVID-19. The panel discussed the implications of this development on national security and the election.
Sep. 25, 2020 9:29 p.m. EDT
Special: Nina Totenberg remembers Justice Ginsburg’s fight for gender equality
“She quite simply changed the way the world is for American women and I simply would not be here today in the job that I have if it had not been for her,” Legal Affairs Correspondent Nina Totenberg told Washington Week. Totenberg remembered her 48-y…
Sep. 25, 2020 9:23 p.m. EDT
Full Episode: The Senate prepares for a confirmation fight as the nation remembers Justice Ginsburg
Washington Week remembers Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and discusses the implications of a confirmation fight just weeks before the 2020 election. And President Trump prepares to announce his selection to fill Ginsburg’s seat.
