September is the end of the fiscal year for Congress, and there is considerable concern on Capitol Hill about whether they will finish the appropriations process in time. And last month, President Trump announced that he would utilize the National Guard and other federal forces to crack down on crime in Washington, D.C. Since then, he has said the city is sa ... Show More
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The Correspondents’ Dinner Shooting: A Firsthand Account
Shots rang out Saturday night at the Washington Hilton as a gunman attempted to crash the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner. The alleged attacker, identified as 31-year-old Cole Allen of Torrance, California, was neutralized by Secret Service as he approached a secur ... Show More
35m 15s
Apr 6
The End of the Department of Education? Linda McMahon on The President's Historic Plan
President Trump isn't giving up on his historic campaign promise to dismantle the U.S. Department of Education. But as the administration works to shift federal programs to other agencies, it is facing legal challenges from states, schools, and teachers' unions. Education Secreta ... Show More
32m 18s
Aug 2025
Trump Sends the National Guard Into Washington, D.C.
<p>President Trump said on Monday that he would take control of the Washington, D.C., police department and send hundreds of National Guard troops to the city.</p><p>Devlin Barrett, who covers the F.B.I. for The New York Times, explains why the president says this is necessary an ... Show More
23m 48s
Oct 2025
Kathy Hochul on Mamdani, Trump and Where Democrats Went Wrong
New York Governor Kathy Hochul has a lot to juggle, from a federal government shutdown to immigration enforcement to the state’s affordability crisis. In a conversation taped at The Journal live event, Hochul joins host Ryan Knutson to talk about how she’s managing those challeng ... Show More
26m 42s
Jun 2025
GOP bill’s CBO score, FEMA confusion, town evacuated & more
The Congressional Budget Office released its analysis on President Donald Trump’s domestic policy bill, and it could complicate its path in the Senate. The Trump administration has taken hundreds of migrant children out of their homes and into government custody. A decision by th ... Show More
6m 44s
Sep 2025
Trump Says D.C. Is Now ‘Crime Free.’ What’s The Reality?
After nearly a month of federal law enforcement and military personnel patrolling the streets of Washington, D.C., President Trump says the District is a “crime-free zone.” We discuss what’s really going on in the city, as well as the pressures on the majority Democratic city’s D ... Show More
20m 43s