WSJ Opinion: Potomac Watch Podcast
1) Why Is Trump Blaming Investors for High Housing Prices?
President Trump says he wants to ban "large institutional investors" from buying single-family homes, taking up another cause long championed by progressives, including Elizabeth Warren. How much hous...Show More
2) The Minnesota Shooting Aftermath and How Long Will Trump Run Venezuela?
An ICE agent shoots and kills a woman in Minneapolis and both the right and the left are quick to blame the other side. Was a deadly incident like this inevitable? Plus, President Trump says the U.S. ...Show More
3) Trump Still Wants Greenland / RFK Jr.'s New Vaccine Schedule
The White House renews its pressure campaign to take control of Greenland, even suggesting the U.S. could do it by force. But what military access to the island can't already be negotiated? Plus, the ...Show More
4) Tim Walz Bows Out of Re-Election / The Pentagon Censures Mark Kelly
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz ends his campaign for a third term, as the scandal of his state's welfare fraud continues to snowball. Plus, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says the Pentagon will censure Arizo...Show More
5) What's Next for Venezuela After the U.S. Seizes Maduro?
Donald Trump says the U.S. is now "in charge” in Caracas as ousted president Nicolás Maduro appears in federal court in New York. But the dictator's henchmen remain in power for now. Will they bow to ...Show More
6) Zohran Mamdani Promises NYC 'the Warmth of Collectivism'
New York's mayor uses his inaugural address to insist he won't back away from socialism, including freezing rent and providing free buses, as he's sworn into office by Bernie Sanders. But will Mamdani...Show More
7) Another Electric Car Crash: Ford's $19.5 Billion EV Write-Down
Ford takes a huge charge on its EV business, as the Trump Administration rewrites the CAFE standards and the European Union moves to water down its 2035 clean-car mandate. Will politicians ever learn?...Show More
8) Trump Says the U.S. Hit a Venezuelan Dock, as Pressure Rises on Maduro
Donald Trump says he struck a facility in Venezuela that was being used to load drug boats, as the U.S. also seizes another oil tanker. What's the latest on the effort to force dictator Nicolás Maduro...Show More
9) Donald Trump Attempts Two Peace Plan Negotiations at Mar-a-Lago
Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelensky meet to work out an agreement to end Ukraine’s war with Russia, but what kind of security guarantees is Zelensky looking for from the United States? Plus, Benjamin ...Show More
10) The House Passes a Bill to Fix Federal Permitting
Before leaving town for the holidays, the House votes 221-196 to pass the SPEED Act, which would accelerate construction projects that need federal permits under the National Environmental Policy Act,...Show More