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53 Episodes 2019 - 2019
Episode 1
Fri, Jan 4, 2019 27 mins
Topics include the 116th Congress; and the government shutdown.
Episode 2
Fri, Jan 11, 2019 27 mins
The shutdown standoff is discussed.
Episode 3
Fri, Jan 18, 2019 27 mins
Topics include the government shutdown; the confirmation hearing for William Barr, President Trump's pick for Attorney General; and the Russia investigation.
Episode 4
Fri, Jan 25, 2019 27 mins
Topics include the government shutdown, the State of the Union address, and the Senate Intelligence Committee's subpoenaing of Michael Cohen, President Trump's former personal lawyer.
Episode 5
Fri, Feb 1, 2019 27 mins
Topics include President Trump's criticism of the National Intelligence, CIA and FBI directors; the Russian investigation; and the negotiations to avert another government shutdown.
Episode 6
Fri, Feb 8, 2019 27 mins
Whether bipartisan compromise is possible in divided government.
Episode 7
Fri, Feb 15, 2019 27 mins
Episode 8
Fri, Feb 22, 2019 27 mins
Topics include of special counsel Robert Mueller's Russia investigation, which may be coming to an end; and the summit between President Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jung-Un in Vietnam.
Episode 9
Fri, Mar 1, 2019 27 mins
Topics include the future efforts by the U.S. to get North Korea to denuclearize; and the fallout from the Cohen testimony.
Episode 10
Fri, Mar 8, 2019 27 mins
Topics include the Democratic-led inquiries into President Trump; North Korea; and the U.S. trade deficit.
Episode 11
Fri, Mar 15, 2019 27 mins
Topics include the congressional rebukes of President Trump; whether President Trump can hold the Republicans together; and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's comment that she opposes impeachment.
Episode 12
Fri, Mar 22, 2019 27 mins
A discussion and analysis on the major news and current events of the week.
Episode 13
Fri, Mar 29, 2019 27 mins
Topics include the fallout from Attorney General Barr's four-page summary of the Mueller Report; and President Trump's decision to move foward with repealing and replacing the Affordable Care Act.
Episode 14
Fri, Apr 5, 2019 27 mins
Topics include Attorney General William Barr's summary of the Mueller Report; President Trump's decision not to close the southern border; and the House Democrats' effort to obtain the president's tax returns.
Episode 15
Thu, Apr 11, 2019 27 mins
Topics include Attorney General William Barr's testimony before Congress; top congressional Republicans quietly raising concerns about the Trump administration's shakeup among the senior staff at the Department of Homeland Security; and the arrest of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange.
Episode 16
Thu, Apr 18, 2019 27 mins
The Mueller Report is discussed, including how it may impact the Trump presidency.
Episode 17
Fri, Apr 26, 2019 27 mins
Topics include President Trump's challenge of Congress's oversight authority; and the state of the 2020 presidential race.
Episode 18
Fri, May 3, 2019 27 mins
Topics include Attorney General William Barr's testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee; and the ongoing subpoena war between the White House and Capitol Hill.
Episode 19
Fri, May 10, 2019 27 mins
Topics include the showdown between President Donald Trump and Democrats over the Mueller Report; and the standoff between the U.S. and China over a trade deal.
Episode 20
Fri, May 17, 2019 27 mins
Topics include: President Trump's new merit-based immigration proposal; U.S.-Iran tensions; and Alabama's strict abortion ban.
Episode 21
Fri, May 24, 2019 27 mins
A team of journalists participates in a roundtable discussion of major news events and public affairs.
Episode 22
Fri, May 31, 2019 27 mins
A team of journalists participates in a roundtable discussion of major news events and public affairs.
Episode 23
Fri, Jun 7, 2019 27 mins
Topics include U.S.-Mexico border security; a possible GOP rebellion over President Trump's threatened Mexico tariffs; and President Trump's promise to Britain of a "phenomenal" post-Brexit trade deal.
Episode 24
Fri, Jun 14, 2019 27 mins
Topics include President Trump's remarks that he would accept foreign opposition research during his campaign; and the debate over impeachment.
Episode 25
Fri, Jun 21, 2019 27 mins
Topics include Iran; President Trump's kick off his 2020 re-election campaign; and Joe Biden's remarks about working with segregationists early in his career.
Episode 26
Fri, Jun 28, 2019 27 mins
A panel of journalists discusses major news events.
Episode 27
Fri, Jul 5, 2019 27 mins
Topics include President Donald Trump's July 4th "Salute to America" event on the National Mall; a secret Facebook group of border patrol officers who posted racist and sexist comments; and the Democratic presidential race.
Episode 28
Fri, Jul 12, 2019 27 mins
Topics include adding a citizenship question to the 2020 census; tensions between House leadershhip and progressive freshmen; and Labor Secretary Alex Acosta's defense of his actions as a U.S. Attorney in the prosecution of multimillionaire Jeffrey Epstein for sex crimes in 2008.
Episode 29
Fri, Jul 19, 2019 27 mins
Topics include President Trump's criticisms of Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) and three other Democratic lawmakers; and the House passing a symbolic resolution to denounce Mr. Trump.
Episode 30
Fri, Jul 26, 2019 27 mins
Topics include former special counsel Robert Mueller's testimony before Congress.
Episode 31
Fri, Aug 2, 2019 27 mins
Topics include the Democratic presidential debates; President Trump's escalation of the trade war with China; and concerns of an economic slowdown.
Episode 32
Fri, Aug 9, 2019 27 mins
Topics include the debate over gun control; immigration; and the threat of white supremacist.
Episode 33
Fri, Aug 16, 2019 27 mins
Episode 34
Fri, Aug 23, 2019 27 mins
Topics include the economy; President Trump's flip-flop on tougher background checks for gun purchasers; and President Trump's desire to purchase Greenland.
Episode 35
Fri, Aug 30, 2019 27 mins
Conversations about President Trump's order to transfer funding from FEMA disaster relief and Homeland Security to immigration and border enforcement. Also includes the President's trade war with China.
Episode 36
Fri, Sep 6, 2019 27 mins
Topics include the Pentagon diverting $3.6 billion to build parts of President Donald Trump's wall along the U.S.- Mexico border; Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell's decision to wait for President Trump to take the lead on gun-control legislation; and the spate of Republican congressmen who have announced their retirement from the House.
Episode 37
Fri, Sep 13, 2019 27 mins
Episode 38
Fri, Sep 20, 2019 27 mins
Topics include U.S.-Iran tensions; President Donald Trump distancing himself from a whistleblower complaint about an alleged "promise" to a foreign leader; and the congressional testimony of Corey Lewandowski.
Episode 39
Fri, Sep 27, 2019 27 mins
Topics include the impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump's conduct launched by the House of Representatives.
Episode 40
Fri, Oct 4, 2019 27 mins
The impeachment inquiry into President Trump's behavior regarding Ukraine is discussed.
Episode 41
Fri, Oct 11, 2019 27 mins
Topics include President Trump's decision to pull U.S. troops out of northern Syria; and the impeachment inquiry.
Episode 42
Fri, Oct 18, 2019 27 mins
Topics include the situation in northern Syria; and the impeachment inquiry.
Episode 43
Fri, Oct 25, 2019 27 mins
Capitol Hill descended into partisan warfare this week following the testimony of U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine William Taylor, who accused President Donald Trump of tying security assistance to Ukraine in exchange for politically motivated investigations of his political opponent. In defense of the president, House Republicans stormed into the secure room where House committees were conducting their impeachment inquiry, demanding that Democrats open up their hearings to the public.
Episode 44
Fri, Nov 1, 2019 27 mins
The impeachment inquiry moved to the next phase Thursday with a historic vote by the House of Representatives to formalize impeachment proceedings against President Donald Trump. The move authorizes the House Intelligence Committee to hold open hearings and establishes rules for due process that will allow Republicans and the president the ability to call witnesses. The vote mirrors the partisan divide in the country and split along party lines with only two Democrats going against their party.
Episode 45
Fri, Nov 8, 2019 27 mins
As the final week of closed impeachment hearings wraps up, Democrats release testimony from several key witnesses in the inquiry that explicitly links U.S. security assistance for Ukraine in exchange for politically motivated investigations.
Episode 46
Fri, Nov 15, 2019 27 mins
It was the first week of public impeachment hearings looking into allegations that President Donald Trump held up critical military assistance for Ukraine in exchange for Ukrainian investigations into the Biden's and the 2016 U.S. elections to the benefit of his 2020 re-election campaign. House Intelligence Chairman Adam Schiff (D-CA) and Representative Devin Nunes (R-CA) drew clear partisan battle lines as the Democrats and Republicans presented two different narratives.
Episode 47
Fri, Nov 22, 2019 27 mins
It was a week of pivotal, first-hand witnesses testifying before the House Intelligence Committee in its investigation into whether President Donald Trump pressured Ukraine to launch politically motivated investigations in exchange for military aid. One key witness: US Ambassador to the EU Gordon Sondland, a Trump 2016 campaign donor. He walked back his initial testimony.
Episode 48
Fri, Nov 29, 2019 27 mins
Washington Week airs a special Thanksgiving edition featuring Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times white house correspondent and CNN political analyst Maggie Haberman, and Pulitzer Prize-winning author, historian and Time Magazine contributing editor, Jon Meacham, in conversation with Robert Costa. For this special edition of Washington Week, Costa will conduct one-on-one conversations that focus on the president, impeachment and the presidency, past and present.
Episode 49
Fri, Dec 6, 2019 27 mins
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi announced the House of Representatives is going forward in drafting articles of impeachment. President Donald Trump allegedly pressured Ukraine to investigate a political rival as leverage for a White House meeting and military aid, actions Pelosi said "strikes at the very heart of our Constitution." And on foreign policy, the president is just back from a whirlwind visit to London for the NATO summit.
Episode 50
Mon, Dec 2, 2019 27 mins
This week, the House Judiciary Committee announced two articles of impeachment accusing President Trump of abuse of power and obstruction of Congress over his conduct regarding Ukraine. A vote is expected as soon as late Thursday. Shortly after the impeachment announcement, members of Congress announced a breakthrough on the USMCA trade deal, with both Democrats and Republicans claiming a win.
Episode 51
Mon, Dec 9, 2019 27 mins
Episode 52
Mon, Dec 16, 2019 27 mins
President Trump's impeachment lingered over Washington during the holidays. As the debate over his upcoming Senate trial continues, some senators are speaking out. Meanwhile, with 2020 just days away, we'll look at how key issues like immigration, the economy, and foreign policy could affect the president and the nation in the new year.
Episode 53
Mon, Dec 23, 2019 27 mins