Full Episode: Sunday, August 24, 2025

Senator Mark Kelly joins Martha Raddatz for the latest on the government shutdown, President Trump’s demolition of the East Wing and the Trump administration’s strikes on alleged Venezuelan drug boats. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Speaker Mike Johnson discusses the latest on the federal government shutdown with Jon Karl, and responds to this weekend’s “No Kings” protests planned across the country; Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries talks about his party’s strategy as the government shutdown enters its third week, plus his response to the "No Kings" protests this weekend Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

George Stephanopoulos speaks with Illinois Governor JB Pritzker about his efforts to push back on President Trump’s deployment of National Guard troops to Chicago; Vice President JD Vance joins George Stephanopoulos to discuss the latest developments in the Gaza peace deal, the administration’s National Guard deployments, and the criminal indictment of NY Attorney General Letitia James. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Martha Raddatz speaks with Sec. Marco Rubio on the latest efforts to end the war in Gaza after Hamas accepted parts of President Trump’s peace proposal – including the release of all remaining hostages; Sen. Cory Booker joins to discuss what’s next in the government shutdown as Democrats keep pushing to extend Obamacare subsidies; Martha Raddatz speaks with Israeli-American former hostage Keith Siegel, who was held hostage by Hamas for 484 days and is advocating for the freedom of all remaining hostages on "This Week." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Martha Raddatz speaks with House Minority Leader Rep. Hakeem Jeffries and Steve Scalise as Congress heads for a government shutdown next week – plus the fallout over the indictment of former FBI Director James Comey on "This Week." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

As the Trump administration puts pressure on free speech, Sen. Chris Murphy (CT-D) joins ABC's Jon Karl on "This Week" to discuss the Democratic pushback – plus the latest on the prospect of a government shutdown; After RFK Jr’s newly appointed vaccine advisory panel voted to make the COVID-19 vaccine “a personal choice,” and postponed other key decisions, Dr. Rich Besser talks about the effects new vaccine guidance will have on public heal; Chris Christie and Stephen A. Smith discuss the Trump administration’s pressure on free speech and campaign against his critics, and pushback from some top Democrats over revelations in former Vice President Kamala Harris' new book. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Following Charlie Kirk's assassination, Utah Governor Spencer Cox joins ABC's Martha Raddatz to discuss how his state and the country heals from this latest act of political violence; Martha Raddatz speaks with a group of college students about Kirk’s legacy, the shock of his assassination, and the future of conservative youth activism; Martha Raddatz interviews Rep. McCaul amid rising international tensions over the incursion of Russian drones in Poland and the Israeli strikes targeting Hamas leadership in Qatar. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

ABC News’ George Stephanopoulos interviews Robert Malley about his new joint book about the Israel-Hamas conflict, ABC News’ Martha Raddatz interviews Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, and Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif., and Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., talk about their joint legislation to force a House vote on releasing the Epstein files.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

ABC News’ Martha Raddatz interviews former Director of the CDC National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases Dr. Demetre Daskalakis, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation President and CEO and former acting CDC Director Dr. Richard Besser, and Gov. Wes Moore, D-Md on "This Week." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

ABC News’ Jonathan Karl interviews former CIA Director and retired Gen. David Petraeus on the fallout from Trump and Putin’s Alaska summit on “This Week.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices