Weekend Edition: Key Senate Races in the Fall & Third-Party Presidential Nominees

Growing calls to increase the Secret Service budget and provide protection for presidential nominees, especially Donald Trump, after the latest assassination attempt against him. And more debate over whether divisive political rhetoric – and from which side – is encouraging this violence. Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) announces a state criminal investigation of the second Donald Trump assassination attempt. Vice President Kamala Harris is interviewed by a panel from National Association of Black Journalists. Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) says the House will vote Wednesday on a government funding bill combined with requiring proof of citizenship to vote. Senate Republican again block an IVF access bill. Pagers carried by Hezbollah operatives explode around the same time in apparent coordinated attack. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

-President Biden and House Speaker Mike Johnson said today the Secret Service needs to do more to protect former President Trump after the attempt on his life yesterday…Meanwhile, the man the FBI says made that attempt appeared in court for the first time today…He's been charged with two counts of illegal gun possession… -Chinese company ByteDance had their day in federal court over the law that orders them to sell their social media app TikTok or face a ban in the US… Attorney Andrew Pincus said that the law unconstitutionally bans free speech… While Justice Department Attorney Daniel Tenney said that law does not target protected expression…We'll hear parts of today's oral argument coming up… -Congress is back to work this week facing an end-of-the-month government funding deadline…Bloomberg Government's Jonathan Tamari will give us the state of the talks on a continuing resolution that would avert a government shutdown… Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this weekend's episode, three segments from this past week's Washington Journal. First, Hamline University professor David Schultz discusses the role so-called "generational politics" is playing in the presidential campaign – and how the "baby boom" generation is no longer dominating American politics. Then, an update on the investigations into the Secret Service and the assassination attempt on former President Trump with Ellen Gilmer, Senior Reporter for Bloomberg Government. Plus, with concerns about food safety on the rise – a conversation with Barbara Kowalcyk Director of the Institute for Food Safety and Nutrition Security at George Washington University.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Donald Trump says he will conduct a mass deportation of Haitian immigrants from Springfield, Ohio; Gov. Tim Walz campaigns in East Lansing, Michigan; White House encourages bargaining in good faith to resolve strike at Boeing; British Prime Minister Keir Starmer visits White House to discuss with President Joe Biden Ukraine's use of long-range missiles; NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams speak from Space Station about being stuck in space for months. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Attorney General Merrick Garland says he will not allow the Justice Department “to be used as a political weapon" and warns about “conspiracy theories and “dangerous falsehoods” targeting federal law enforcement, Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA) says Louisiana will 'get the money that we deserve from the federal government' to recover from Hurricane Francine, Senate Health Committee plans to hold CEO of Steward Health Care in contempt of Congress for defying subpoena to testify about the company's bankruptcy, House passes a bill to prohibit the electric vehicle tax credit from being claimed if the EV has batteries manufactured by Chinese entities, Secretary of State Antony Blinken on questions about allowing Ukraine to hit targets inside Russia, former Sen. James Sasser (D-TN) dies. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Interview with The Hill's Mychael Schnell on Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) canceling vote on bill to fund federal government six months and require proof of U.S. citizenship to register to vote (6); former President Donald Trump calls presidential debate host network ABC "the most dishonest news organization”; ceremonies in NYC, at the Pentagon and in Pennsylvania on the 23rd anniversary of 9/11 terrorist attacks; Secretary of State Antony Blinken visits Kyiv to discuss Ukraine possibly using long-range weapons to hit Russia territory. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Interview with Politico's Meredith McGraw on first presidential debate tonight between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump (5), Speaker Mike Johnson's plan to link a temporary government funding bill to a requirement to show U.S. citizenship to vote clear first procedural hurdle, former Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D-NY) testifies before a House subcommittee about nursing home COVID-19 deaths, Congressional Gold Medal awarded to the 13 U.S. servicemembers killed in the suicide bombing during the 2021 withdrawal from Afghanistan, Secretary of State Antony Blinken calls for 'fundamental changes' after IDF killed U.S. activist in West Bank. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

-Congress returned from its summer recess today…. With members facing a September 30th government funding deadline…and multiple reports saying that even though the prospects of shutdown are low, the dynamics of getting an agreement are still difficult…We'll tell you what House Speaker Mike Johnson is pushing and what it's prospects are coming up… -We are a little more than 24 hours away from the first and possibly only debate between Vice President Harris and former President Trump…it happens Tuesday night at the National Constitution center in Philadelphia…We'll tell you how both candidates have been preparing and what some experts think each should do to help their performance… -In a new report, House Foreign Affairs chair Michael McCaul is accusing President Biden of demanding a US exit from Afghanistan no matter the cost, ….The report comes after a three year investigation into the US withdrawal from Afghanistan…We'll hear more from Chair McCaul and Democrats response coming up… Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this weekend's episode, three segments from this past week's Washington Journal – First up: Alliance for American Manufacturing President Scott Paul discusses the state of manufacturing in the U.S. -- and the presidential candidates' plans to boost jobs in that sector. Then: Dennis Shea, executive director of the Center for Housing Policy at the Bipartisan Policy Center, discusses proposals to address housing affordability. Plus: we speak with Joshua Jacobs –Undersecretary for Benefits at the V-A – about issues impacting veterans and the implementation of the PACT Act – a program offering new disability benefits to vets who suffered toxic exposure injuries while in the ranks. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

August jobs report, President Biden in Michigan signs executive order promoting labor standards for federally funded projects, Donald Trump speaks to Fraternal Order of Police in North Carolina, Liz Cheney says her father – former Vice President Dick Cheney – will vote for Kamala Harris, interview with C-SPAN's Westminster Producer Peter Knowles on polling errors ahead of the British election and lessons for the U.S. campaign (28), Ukrainian President Zelensky attends the Ukraine Defense Contact Group meeting in Germany, Turkish American activist has been killed by Israeli forces in the West Bank. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices