Kevin Warsh Wins Confirmation as Fed Chair, as the Inflation Gauge Hits 3.8%
The Senate approves the Federal Reserve's new leader 54-45, one day after new figures from the Labor Department show consumer prices accelerating, and not only due to oil stuck at the Strait of Hormuz...
14 Mai 25min
The Trump-Xi Summit in China: Trade, Taiwan, AI and More
Donald Trump lands in Beijing for meetings with Chinese leader Xi Jinping, with agenda items that include trade and tariffs, the future of Taiwan, and the U.S. computer chips that are powering America...
13 Mai 23min
Trump Waives the Jones Act, Temporarily Freeing U.S. Oil Supply Chains
Donald Trump issues a five-month waiver of a 1920 law that says ships carrying cargo between U.S. ports must be American-built. Colin Grabow of the Cato Institute explains the results, as dozens of vo...
12 Mai 22min
Can Trump Break the Impasse With Iran in the Gulf?
Iran rejects Donald Trump's proposal to settle the war, and Trump says the cease-fire may not survive. On this episode of Potomac Watch, Paul Gigot speaks with the Hudson Institute's Michael Doran abo...
11 Mai 23min
Virginia's 10-1 Gerrymander Loses in Court, as Tennessee Draws a 9-0 Map
The Virginia Supreme Court strikes down a Democratic map that voters approved last month. Meantime, Tennessee moves to oust its only congressional Democrat by splitting his Memphis seat, a majority-bl...
8 Mai 25min
The Rising Influence of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas
This week Clarence Thomas becomes the second-longest-service Justice on the Supreme Court, and his impact on American law is growing. Paul Gigot speaks with law professor and former Thomas clerk John ...
7 Mai 29min
Ben Sasse on Experimental Medical Research and Why the Senate is Broken
On this episode of Potomac Watch, Paul Gigot sits down with former Senator Ben Sasse about his diagnosis with Stage IV pancreatic cancer and his experience with experimental drug trials to battle it. ...
6 Mai 31min
The Abortion Pill Mifepristone Comes Back to the Supreme Court
Federal regulations permit the drug to be dispensed by mail without a doctor's visit, but after an appeals court rules against that policy, Justice Samuel Alito halts any change until the Supreme Cour...
5 Mai 18min
