Washington Week with The Atlantic full episode, Nov. 28, 2025

With the longest government shutdown in U.S. history still ongoing, more Americans are feeling the effects. Major airports have begun cutting thousands of flights, and millions who rely on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program face growing uncertainty. “The idea that the administration has chosen to not find money to fund the food assistance program for some 42 million Americans, 1 in 8 Americans, but they have found money for military payments and ICE officers and others — that's a choi

Toluse Olorunnipa: "When you think about the 250 years of this country's history, ... one of the reasons that the founders ... didn't put all of these things in writing was because there were checks and balances. They thought that they would have a co-equal branch of government, with Congress speaking up against these things." | Washington Week PBS

"Seeing the White House being torn down in a way that was never expected, in the way that [President Trump] promised that he wouldn't do, I think that was a big shock to a lot of people," said Toluse Olorunnipa. | Washington Week PBS