Rutgers professor David Love discusses Black voters and Campaign 2024, AEI's Jay Cost discusses his new report "Defeated Congress," and National Council on Problem Gambling's Keith Whyte discusses regulation of online sports betting.
Thursday evening from the White House the President made a statement about the report from the special counsel looking into his handling of classified documents
In Palm Beach, Florida, 2024 Republican presidential candidate and former President Donald Trump spoke to reporters after the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in a case considering his eligibility to be placed on Colorado's primary ballot. Mr. Trump, while at his Mar-a-Lago home, said he considers the process to be more "election interference by the Democrats." This is the first time in U.S. history the Court heard a case involving a presidential candidate and the insurrection clause of the 14th Amendment in the U.S. Constitution, which was implemented following the Civil War. The last case the justices decided involving a presidential candidate was in the year 2000 in Bush v. Gore.
Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan was interviewed by federal Judge Jeffrey Sutton as part of the 2024 Supreme Court Fellows Program, at the Library of Congress in Washington, DC. She discussed her life and career, including other career options she considered before deciding on law, what it was like to clerk under first-ever Black Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall, and her approach to writing opinions.
Clarence Thomas is the only remaining member of the Supreme Court that, in December 2000, decided Bush v. Gore. In this week's episode of C-SPAN's podcast "The Weekly," right as the Court decides a new case with immediate bearing on a presidential election, we hear what Justice Thomas has said about that landmark Supreme Court case, Bush v. Gore.
2024 Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley spoke to voters at a rally in Los Angeles, her first focus on a Super Tuesday state. During her remarks on American energy dependency the GOP candidate was interrupted by a climate change protester. Following her remarks she held a meet and greet with voters in attendance. California's GOP primary election is scheduled for March 5th, 2024.
This week, 2024 Campaign Trail takes viewers to California and Nevada, where Republicans Nikki Haley and former President Donald Trump were campaigning, and to New York for a look at the final days of a special race to fill the House seat once filled by expelled Republican George Santos. Also, a discussion with Amy Becker of Loyola University Maryland on the impact of late-night show appearances by candidates.
Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger (R) discussed election security ahead of the 2024 November elections, at Georgetown University in Washington, DC. He discussed his "infamous phone call" with former President Trump in which Mr. Trump demanded that Georgia's presidential election results be changed to make him the winner. This incident was part of the evidence used against Mr. Trump to bring federal and state indictments against him for trying to overturn the 2020 election. Mr. Raffensperger talked about the aftermath of this as well as preparing for future elections.
"I know the thoughts of the House and the country are with the king and his family. We wish his majesty a speedy recovery," said British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak of his weekly question time with members of the House of Commons. The prime minister addressed a variety of topics, including on the Israel-Hamas war, the cost of living, illegal migration, mental health and suicide prevention, and the health care system.
Venezuelan opposition leader and presidential candidate María Corina Machado spoke on the upcoming Venezuelan election and the push for democracy in her country during a roundtable meeting of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere. She spoke about her campaign to unseat President Nicolás Maduro and was confident that she would prevail, despite being removed from the ballot by the comptroller general of Venezuela in order to eliminate opposition to President Maduro's reelection.
Congressional Budget Office (CBO) Director Phillip Swagel released the agency's budget and economic outlook report for 2024 to 2034. Topics included growth projections, the deficit, tax revenues and the impact of undocumented migration to the U.S. on the U.S. budget and economy.
