Washington Week with The Atlantic

Washington Week with The Atlantic is a public affairs TV show in the U.S. that has been broadcast on PBS, and earlier on National Educational Television, since 1967. Unlike many other panel shows that often promote lively and sometimes heated discussions, Washington Week maintains a focus on respectful and calm dialogue. The show features a roundtable format, where the moderator sits with two to four journalists based in Washington, D.C.

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What’s in the first draft of the GOP’s ‘big, beautiful bill’ cutting taxes and spending

17 hours ago | pbs.org | Kyle Midura

Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Audio House Republicans advanced the largest portions of the Trump agenda package, which the president calls the big, beautiful bill, out of committee. It includes trillions in tax cuts along with changes to Medicaid that would affect millions of people. Congressional correspondent Lisa Desjardins reports on what’s in this sweeping plan.
Microsoft is laying off about 3% of its workforce

1 day ago | pbs.org | Matt O'Brien

Economy May 13, 2025 3:24 PM EDT Microsoft began laying off nearly 3 percent of its entire workforce Tuesday, its largest mass layoff in more than two years. The tech giant didn’t disclose the total amount of lost jobs but it will amount to about 6,000 people. Microsoft employed 228,000 full-time workers as of last June, the last time it reported its annual headcount.
WATCH: Schumer vows to hold up DOJ nominees for answers about Qatar’s jet gift to Trump

1 day ago | pbs.org | Mary Clare Jalonick

Politics May 13, 2025 2:29 PM EDT WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer said Tuesday that he will hold up all Department of Justice nominations on the Senate floor until he gets more answers about the free Air Force One replacement that President Donald Trump says would be donated by Qatar. Trump said this week that he wants to accept the $400 million plane, and that it would later be donated to a presidential library.
Pope Leo and Trump are the most powerful Americans, but lead in different roles and realms

1 day ago | pbs.org | Laurie Kellman

The motto of one newly elected American world leader: ” Fight! ” The other introduced himself to the world with his first public word as pope: “ Peace.”The contrast between President Donald Trump and Chicago-born Pope Leo XIV couldn’t be more stark — politically, personally or in their world views. They lead in different roles and realms.
Trump says he will lift sanctions on Syria, moves to restore relations with new leader

1 day ago | pbs.org | Zeke Miller |Bassem Mroue |Aamer Madhani

World May 13, 2025 1:00 PM EDT RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — President Donald Trump said Tuesday he will move to normalize relations and lift sanctions on Syria’s new government to give the country “a chance at peace.”Trump was set to meet Wednesday in Saudi Arabia with Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa, the onetime insurgent who last year led the overthrow of former leader Bashar Assad.
Qatar gifting Trump $400M luxury jet raises ethical and legal concerns

2 days ago | pbs.org | Ian Couzens

PBS News Full Episodes Podcasts Newsletters Live May 12, 2025 6:40 PM EDT Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Audio President Trump says the U.S. government is poised to accept an airplane from Qatar valued at nearly $400 million. He claims the 747 aircraft will replace the 40-year-old Air Force One. But the announcement has raised ethical and national security concerns.
Polls close in Albanians election dominated by uphill efforts to join the EU

3 days ago | pbs.org | Llazar Semini

TIRANA, Albania (AP) — Albanians voted Sunday in parliamentary elections after a boisterous campaign dominated by the country’s uphill effort to join the European Union and Prime Minister Edi Rama’s bid for a fourth term in office. Polls closed at 7 p.m. Sunday and vote counting is expected to conclude within 48 hours in an election in which 140 lawmakers will be selected to four-year terms.
New book ‘Four Mothers’ explores the first year of parenthood around the world

3 days ago | pbs.org | Satvi Sunkara

Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Audio This Mother’s Day, we explore how government policies and society’s expectations shape the experience of new moms. Ali Rogin speaks with journalist Abigail Leonard, whose new book “Four Mothers” follows the ups and downs of the first year of motherhood around the world.
One woman’s mission to help save cheetahs from extinction

3 days ago | pbs.org | Kaisha Young

May 11, 2025 5:35 PM EDT Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Audio Cheetahs, the fastest mammals on Earth, are now in a race against extinction. It’s estimated that fewer than 7,000 exist in the wild. John Yang speaks with Laurie Marker, a woman who has already helped dramatically reduce one threat to cheetahs and is tackling new ones that have emerged, for our Weekend Spotlight.
Tufts student Rumeysa Ozturk back in Boston after release from Louisiana detention center

3 days ago | pbs.org | Rodrique Ngowi |Claire Rush

BOSTON (AP) — A Tufts University student from Turkey returned to Boston on Saturday, one day after being released from a Louisiana immigration detention center where she was held for over six weeks. Upon arrival at Logan Airport, Rumeysa Ozturk told reporters she was excited to get back to her studies during what has been a “very difficult” period. “In the last 45 days, I lost both my freedom and also my education during a crucial time for my doctoral studies,” she said.