WSJ Opinion: Potomac Watch Podcast
1) Trump Strikes Venezuelan Traffickers / China’s Big Military Parade
Donald Trump orders an airstrike on a speed boat in the Caribbean that he says was carrying narcotics, but should Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro also be worried, as the U.S. orders serious naval a...Show More
2) A Political Brawl Over DEI at Virginia's Public Universities
Democrats move to eject 22 of Gov. Glenn Youngkin's board appointees at three colleges, which they say is to protect the schools from Trump Administration meddling. But the Education Department accuse...Show More
3) Donald Trump’s 'Emergency' Tariffs Lose Again in Court
President Trump has imposed global tariffs by citing a 1977 emergency law known as IEEPA, but a federal appeals court says 7-4 that this is outside of his legal authority. Otherwise, what would stop t...Show More
4) ‘Snap-Back’ Sanctions on Iran / Trump's Next Ukraine Move
The pressure on Iran is rising again, as U.S. allies in Europe trigger "snap-back" sanctions, citing Tehran's uranium stockpiles and nuclear enrichment. Meantime, two weeks after President Trump's pea...Show More
5) Trump Wants to Fight Chicago Crime. JB Pritzker Says Stay Out
Donald Trump considers sending federal forces, including National Guard troops, to clean up Chicago's streets, but Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker says he doesn't want the help. Could Trump do it over the o...Show More
6) The White House Audit of Smithsonian Museum Exhibits
Donald Trump argues the Smithsonian Institution has lost sight of America's ideals and become too focused on the country's historical failures, as his staff launches a review of selected museums and e...Show More
7) Trump's Federal Reserve Power Play, Firing Lisa Cook
Donald Trump dismisses the Fed Governor for "cause," citing allegations aired on social media that she claimed two primary residences while applying for mortgages. Cook says she'll refuse to go, setti...Show More
8) Donald Trump, Alina Habba, and the Senate's 'Blue Slips'
President Trump pushes the Senate to give confirmation hearings to his nominees, after a federal judge rules that Alina Habba has been unlawfully acting as a federal prosecutor since July, and that Tr...Show More
9) The New York City Mayor's Race Keeps Getting Worse
Socialist Zohran Mamdani now leads the polls by a wide margin. Andrew Cuomo attacks Mamdani by calling him "very rich" and demanding he immediately move out of his rent-stabilized apartment. And two f...Show More
10) Trump's Housing Regulator Goes After His Political Opponents
Bill Pulte, the head of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, takes to social media to accuse Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook of mortgage fraud. Pulte has also made similar criminal referrals for Sen...Show More