FED CHAIR ON TARIFFS IMPACT ON THE ECONOMY
Fed chair jerome powell: "while uncertainty remains elevated, it is now becoming clear that tariff increases will be significantly larger than expected and the same is likely to be true of the economic effects, which will include higher inflation and slower growth." full video here: https://www.c-sp ..WASHINGTON TODAY (4-3-25): PRESIDENT TRUMP SAYS TARIFF PLAN IS 'GOING VERY ..
Stock markets fall big, one day after president donald trump imposes a on almost every other country, with some of the largest u.s. trading partners getting the largest tariffs. president says the new tariff plan is 'going very well' and “markets are going to boom, the stock is going to boom, the ..REP. JOHN LARSON (D-CT) ON PRESIDENT TRUMP'S TARIFF POLICIES AND SOCIAL SEC ..
Rep. john larson (d-ct), a member of the ways and means committee, talked about president trump's tariff policies, the future of social security, and congressional news of the day. full video here: https://www.c-span.org/program/washington-journal/rep-john-larson-on-pres-trumps-tariff-policies-and-s ..AGRICULTURE SECRETARY ROLLINS ON TARIFFS: "THERE MAY BE A SHORT TIME OF UNC ..
Agriculture secretary rollins on tariffs: "for our farmers and our ranchers, they understand that there may be a short time of uncertainty." download the free c-span now app. https://www.c-span.org/c-spannow/ discover the c-span video library at https://www.c-span.org/quickguide/ explore c-span's ..CANADIAN PRIME MINISTER CALLS TARIFFS "UNJUSTIFIED, UNWARRANTED...MISGUIDED ..
Canadian prime minister mark carney on tariffs: "the president's actions will reverberate here in canada and across the world...they are all unjustified, unwarranted, and in our judgment misguided." full video here: https://www.c-span.org/event/international-telecasts/canadian-pm-carney-responds-to ..REP. JOHN MCGUIRE ON TRUMP TARIFFS AND DOGE EFFORTS
Representative john mcguire (r-va) talked about president trump's plans for reciprocal tariffs, the administration's latest doge efforts, and congressional news of the day. https://www.c-span.org/program/washington-journal/rep-john-mcguire-on-trump-tariffs-and-doge-efforts/658066 download the free ..THE WEEKLY PODCAST: A REPUBLICAN PRESIDENT, CANADA, AND TARIFFS: WHAT RONAL ..
If you're listening closely to the language currently being used by leaders of the united states and canada about each other -- what a republican president once said about the two countries might seem unfamiliar. the american people know that putting up walls around our country is a prescription fo ..PRESIDENT TRUMP SIGNS EXECUTIVE ORDERS IMPOSING TARIFFS
President trump signs executive orders imposing sweeping tariffs on u.s. trading partners. full video here: https://www.c-span.org/program/white-house-event/president-trump-delivers-remarks-on-new-tariffs/658000 download the free c-span now app. https://www.c-span.org/c-spannow/ discover the c-spa ..WASHINGTON TODAY (4-2-25): PRES. TRUMP UNVEILS TARIFFS: 10% BASELINE, HIGHE ..
President donald trump rolls out new tariffs on what he called 'liberation day', with a 10 percent universal tariffs and higher tariffs for top trade partners who he says have 'looted' and 'pillaged' the u.s. through unfair trade practices. the senate gets ready to vote on a resolution offered by s ..PRESIDENT TRUMP'S RECIPROCAL TARIFFS
President trump: "i will sign a historic executive order instituting reciprocal tariffs on countries throughout the world. reciprocal, that means they do it to us and we do it to them." full video here: https://www.c-span.org/event/white-house-event/president-trump-delivers-remarks-on-new-tariffs/4 ..EDUCATION SECRETARY SPEAKS AT HOUSE DEMOCRATS EVENT
While house democrats speak outside the department of education, secretary linda mcmahon comes out to speak with them. full video here: https://www.c-span.org/program/news-conference/democrats-hold-news-conference-on-pres-trumps-education-department/658069 download the free c-span now app. https:// .."THIS ISN'T LIBERATION DAY. IT’S RECESSION DAY."
House minority leader hakeem jeffries (d-ny): "this isn't liberation day. it’s recession day in the united states of america. that's what the trump tariffs are going to do." https://www.c-span.org/program/news-conference/house-minority-leader-weekly-briefing/658056 download the free c-span now a ..SEN. CORY BOOKER (D-NJ): "I WAS VERY AWARE OF STROM THURMOND'S RECORD..."
Sen. cory booker (d-nj) spoke to reporters following his 25+ hour floor speech: "i was very aware of strom thurmond's record...it always seemed wrong to me...i just didn't know if i could..." https://www.c-span.org/program/news-conference/sen-booker-speaks-to-reporters-after-longest-ever-senate-floo ..SEN. CORY BOOKER (D-NJ) CONCLUDES RECORD 25+ HOURS REMARKS ON SENATE FLOOR
Sen. cory booker (d-nj) concludes his 25+ hours of remarks on the floor of the u.s. senate. "let's get in good trouble. my friend, madame president, i yield the floor." sen. booker set the record for longest speech from the floor of the u.s. senate. https://www.c-span.org/program/us-senate/senate-s ..SEN. CORY BOOKER (D-NJ) SETS RECORD FOR LONGEST U.S. SENATE FLOOR SPEECH
Sen. chuck schumer (d-ny): "would the senator yield for a question?" sen. cory booker (d-nj): "chuck schumer, it's the only time in my life i can tell you no." sen. schumer: "i just wanted to tell you, a question, do you know you have just broken the record?" sen. cory booker sets record for long ..WASHINGTON TODAY (4-1-25): JOINT CHIEFS CHAIR NOMINEE TELLS SENATE CMTE MAG ..
President donald trump's nominee for chair of the joint chiefs of staff, lt. gen. dan caine (ret) tells the senate armed services committee he never wore a red maga hat, as the president said he did when they met in iraq in 2018. dan caine also pledges to be above politics if he is confirmed. as pr ..OLIVER STONE ASKS CONGRESS TO RE-OPEN JFK ASSASSINATION INVESTIGATION
Oliver stone: "i ask the committee to re-open what the warren commission failed miserably to complete. i ask you...to re-investigate the assassination of this president kennedy from the scene of the crime to the courtroom..." full video here: https://www.c-span.org/event/house-committee/oliver-stone ..OLIVER STONE AND OTHERS TESTIFY ON PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY ASSASSINATION ..
Filmmaker oliver stone and others testify on the declassification of the records pertaining to the assassination of president john f. kennedy before the house oversight and government reform committee. https://www.c-span.org/event/house-committee/oliver-stone-testifies-on-pres-kennedys-assassination .."WE SHOULD ALWAYS PRESERVE THE ELEMENT OF SURPRISE."
Joint chiefs of staff chair nominee lt. gen. dan caine (ret.) on signal group chat: "that was a partisan political chat, so the joint force should not have been represented in there...we should always preserve the element of surprise." full video here: https://www.c-span.org/program/senate-committee ..SPEAKER JOHNSON: "WE'RE NOT DE-FUNDING COURTS."
House speaker mike johnson: "we're not de-funding courts. we're not doing anything other than limiting, in this legislation, the ability of a judge to issue a nationwide injunction." full video here: https://www.c-span.org/event/news-conference/house-gop-leaders-hold-news-conference/432146 downloa ..REP. BRITTANY PETTERSEN (D-CO) SPEAKS WHILE HOLDING INFANT SON
Parental proxy resolution author rep. brittany pettersen (d-co) speaks while holding her nine month old son, sam: "it is unfathomable that in 2025 we have not modernized congress to address these very unique challenges that members face, these life events." https://www.c-span.org/event/us-house-of-r .."JUDICIAL COUP D'éTAT"
Heated exchange between rep. joe neguse (d-co) and former house speaker newt gingrich on "judicial coup d'état" rep. neguse: "i didn't hear much from you about judicial coup d'états when president biden's policies were being rejected by federal judges across the country. it's very convenient now. ..BOOKNOTES+ PODCAST: DENNIS HUTCHINSON, "THE FORGOTTEN MEMOIR OF JOHN KNOX"
As a follow on to stuart banner's history of the supreme court, this week's booknotes+ podcast features a 2002 interview with dennis hutchinson, a university of chicago law professor emeritus. the subject matter: the forgotten memoir of john knox, a law clerk to former justice james mcreynolds, a na ..SEN. CORY BOOKER (D-NJ) STARTS SPEAKING IN SENATE "FOR AS LONG AS I AM PHYS ..
Sen. cory booker (d-nj): "i rise with the intention of getting in some good trouble, i rise with the intention of disrupting the normal business of the united states senate for as long as i am physically able. i rise tonight because i believe sincerely that our country is in crisis..." full video he ..PRESIDENT TRUMP EXECUTIVE ORDER ON TICKET RESELLING
President trump, joined by kid rock, announces an executive order to crack down on the ticket reselling business in the country. full video here: https://www.c-span.org/program/white-house-event/president-trump-signs-executive-orders/657933 download the free c-span now app. https://www.c-span.org/c ..WASHINGTON TODAY (3/31/25): PRESIDENT PREPARING SWEEPING TARIFFS TO TAKE EF ..
Global markets saw sharp swings today in advance of president trump's tariff announcements that are expected tomorrow. the s&p 500 finished up just over half a percent after being down over 1 percent this morning and after one of its worst losses of the past couple of years last week. the dow jon ..JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR ON NORMS AND RULE OF LAW
Justice sonia sotomayor: "once we lose our common norms we've lost the rule of law completely...at the end what judges should do, but it's in the end of whatever citizens should do, which is ensure that the courts are fearlessly independent..." full video here: https://www.c-span.org/program/public- ..WASHINGTON TODAY (3-28-25): VP VANCE IN GREENLAND: 'WE DON'T THINK MILITARY ..
Vice president jd vance visits a u.s. military base in greenland, accusing denmark 'under-investing' in greenland's 'security architecture' against threats from russia, china and other nations, and that is why president donald trump has been saying america needs to have greenland. vice president als ..PRESIDENT TRUMP ON PULLING REP. ELISE STEFANIK'S (R-NY) NOMINATION TO BE U. ..
President trump on pulling rep. elise stefanik's (r-ny) nomination to be u.s. ambassador to the u.n.: "she's very popular in her district and i didn't want to take a chance...we have a slim margin. we don't want to take any chances...would you mind staying in congress?" full video here: https://www. ..WASHINGTON TODAY (3-27-25): HHS SEC SAYS 'SPRAWLING BUREAUCRACY' DEPT. TO B ..
Health and human services secretary robert f. kennedy, jr. announces a reorganization and downsizing of his department, calling the current setup a “sprawling bureaucracy.” he says there will be a “painful period” but the result will be better able to achieve the mission of helping to make a ..SECRETARY RUBIO ON DETAINED TURKISH STUDENT: "WE REVOKED HER VISA."
Secretary of state marco rubio on detained turkish student: "we revoked her visa...we gave you a visa to come and study and get a degree not to become a social activist that tears up our university campuses. if we've given you a visa and then you decide to do that we're going to take it away." full ..REP. ED CASE ON DEMOCRATIC PARTY DIVISIONS AND TRUMP ADMINISTRATION AGENDA
Representative ed case (d-hi), a member of the appropriations committee, talked about democratic party divisions and the approach to counter republicans and the trump administration. full video here: https://www.c-span.org/program/washington-journal/rep-ed-case-on-democratic-party-divisions-and-trum ..REP. TOM TIFFANY ON REPUBLICAN EFFORTS TO ADVANCE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION AGEN ..
Representative tom tiffany (r-wi), a member of the judiciary committee and freedom caucus, talked about news of the day and republican efforts to advance the trump administration agenda. https://www.c-span.org/program/washington-journal/rep-tom-tiffany-on-republican-efforts-to-advance-trump-administ ..NTSB CHAIR ON 15,000 CLOSE PROXIMITY EVENTS AT DCA FROM 2021 TO 2024
Ntsb chair jennifer homendy: "between october 2021 and december 2024 there were over 15,000 close proximity events between commercial aircraft and helicopters at dca." full video here: https://www.c-span.org/event/senate-committee/transportation-officials-testify-on-dc-midair-collision/431685 downl ..THE WEEKLY PODCAST: ANNUAL BASEBALL EPISODE: AN ORAL HISTORY OF THE WDC NAT ..
October 31st, 2019. the u.s. house debates and passes a resolution laying out the rules in the first impeachment inquiry of president trump. house democratic leader steny hoyer addresses the house that day — but there's something else on his mind as well: today is a serious day. last nig ..WASHINGTON TODAY (3-26-25): ATLANTIC PUBLISHES SIGNAL GROUP CHAT TEXTS ON H ..
Atlantic magazine publishes texts of the group chat on the signal app where trump administration officials discussed military strikes on the houthis, and to which an atlantic's editor in chief jeffrey goldberg was mistakenly invited. debate continues over whether classified information was discus ..REP. MOULTON (D-MA) ON IF DEFENSE SECRETARY HEGSETH WAS INCOMPETENT OR DRUN ..
Rep. seth moulton (d-ma) on defense secretary pete hegseth: "now the debate among national security professionals is over whether the secretary was just incompetent or whether he was drunk." download the free c-span now app. https://www.c-span.org/c-spannow/ discover the c-span video library at ht ..WASHINGTON TODAY (3-25-25): PRES. TRUMP DEFENDS NAT'L SECURITY ADVISER, ATT ..
President donald trump says his national security adviser michael waltz 'has learned a lesson' after a journalist was mistakenly added to a private chat of top administration officials about military strikes on houthi rebels. president says no classified material was on the chat. that journalist, j .."THERE WAS NO CLASSIFIED INFORMATION AS I UNDERSTAND IT."
President trump on signal group chat: "there was no classified information as i understand it." national security adviser michael waltz: "we have our technical experts looking at it. we have our legal teams looking at it...the attack was phenomenal and it's ongoing." full video here: https://www.c ..SENATE INTELLIGENCE CMTE. EXCHANGE ON SIGNAL GROUP CHAT
Sen. mark kelly (d-az) questions dni gabbard and cia director ratcliffe over signal chat group. sen. kelly: "i understand that dod policy prohibits discussion of even 'controlled unclassified information' on unsecured devices. are you both aware of that dod policy?" dni gabbard: "i haven't read t ..SPEAKER JOHNSON ON SIGNAL GROUP CHAT: "I DON'T THINK ANYONE SHOULD HAVE LOS ..
Speaker johnson on signal group chat: "they've acknowledged that it was an error and they're correcting it...i don't think anyone should have lost their job over that."https://www.c-span.org/event/news-conference/house-republican-leaders-speak-to-reporters/431928 download the free c-span now app. h ..REP. MIKE FLOOD (R-NE) CALLS FOR STREAMING PROVIDERS TO CARRY C-SPAN
Rep. mike flood (r-ne): "mr. speaker, i rise today to recognize the 46th anniversary of c-span's coverage of the u.s. house of representatives, a milestone in government transparency. for nearly five decades since march of 1979 c-span has provided the american people with unfiltered gravel to gravel ..HEATED EXCHANGE BETWEEN SEN. OSSOFF (D-GA) AND CIA DIRECTOR RATCLIFFE
Sen jon ossoff (d-ga) to cia director ratcliffe: "this is an embarrassment. this is utterly unprofessional. there's been no apology. there has been no recognition of the gravity of this error...we will get the full transcript of this chain and your testimony will be measured carefully against its co ..HEATED EXCHANGE BETWEEN SEN. BENNET (D-CO) AND CIA DIRECTOR RATCLIFFE
Heated exchange between sen. bennet (d-co) and cia director ratcliffe regarding a signal chat. sen. bennet: "this sloppiness, this incompetence, this disrespect for our intelligence agencies and the personnel who work for them is entirely unacceptable! it's an embarrassment! you need to do better!" ..REP. SEAN CASTEN ON DEMOCRATIC PARTY DIVISIONS AND TRUMP ADMINISTRATION AGE ..
Rep. sean casten (d-il), a member of the new democrat coalition and financial services committee, talked about democratic party divisions on how best to counter republicans and the trump administration. full video here: https://www.c-span.org/program/washington-journal/rep-sean-casten-on-democratic- ..DNI GABBARD: "THERE WAS NO CLASSIFIED MATERIAL THAT WAS SHARED IN THAT SIGN ..
Sen. mark warner (d-va) questions dni gabbard and cia director ratcliffe and fbi director patel about the signal chat. dni gabbard: "there was no classified material that was shared in that signal chat." sen. warner: "if there was no classified material share it with the committee. you can't have ..DEFENSE SECRETARY HEGSETH: "NOBODY WAS TEXTING WAR PLANS..."
Defense secretary hegseth on the atlantic editor-in-chief jeffrey goldberg: "you're talking about a deceitful and highly discredited so-called journalist who's made a profession of peddling hoaxes time and time again...this is a guy who peddles in garbage...nobody was texting war plans and that's al ..WASHINGTON TODAY (3-24-25): TRUMP ADMIN OFFICIALS MISTAKENLY TEXT MILITARY ..
The atlantic editor in chief jeffrey goldberg says vice president jd vance and defense secretary pete hegseth and other senior trump administration officials mistakenly included him in a discussion on an unsecure app about war plans against the houthis. the u.s. court of appeals hears the case invo ..SEN. SCHUMER (D-NY) ON ATLANTIC’S EDITOR-IN-CHIEF BEING ACCIDENTALLY INCL ..
President trump on atlantic’s editor-in-chief being accidentally included in a signal group chat: "this is one of the most stunning breaches of military intelligence i have read about in a very, very long time...it's bad enough that a private citizen was added to this chain...it's far worse that s ..PRESIDENT TRUMP ON ATLANTIC’S EDITOR-IN-CHIEF BEING ACCIDENTALLY INCLUDED ..
President trump on atlantic’s editor-in-chief being accidentally included in a signal group chat with top officials discussing a potential military operation: "i don't know anything about it. i'm not a big fan of the atlantic, to me it's a magazine that's going out of business. i think it's not mu ..