The Weekend

February 22, 2026; 9am: Ranking member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Rep. Gregory Meeks, joins “The Weekend” to discuss potential U.S. action against Iran and calls out President Trump for attempting to sidestep Congress in getting authorization for potential strikes, and calls on the president to brief lawmakers.

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February 22, 2026; 8am: President Donald Trump’s State of the Union is shaping up to be a very dramatic event before it even begins. It comes as the president has faced several setbacks, including a major Supreme Court loss after the court struck down his tariffs. Former speechwriter and special assistant to former President Joe Biden, Jeff Nussbaum, joins “The Weekend” to discuss.

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February, 22 2026, 7AM; Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will meet with committee members on Thursday, and former President Bill Clinton will testify a day later. The depositions will take place behind closed doors, but they will be filmed and transcribed. Both have denied any wrongdoing, and Hillary Clinton has said that neither of them has links to the late sex offender. Rep. James Walkinshaw, who will be in the room for both depositions, joins The Weekend to discuss the depositions and his decision to bring Jeffrey Epstein survivor Jess Michaels as his guest to President Trump’s State of the Union address on Tuesday.

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February 21, 2026; 9am: After former Prince Andrew's arrest for misconduct in public office, there are growing calls for accountability here in the United States over the Jeffrey Epstein investigation. This week, we got a look inside the deposition of Epstein's former billionaire benefactor, Les Wexner. The former CEO of Victoria’s Secret testified behind closed doors to several Democrats on the House Oversight Committee, and Republican lawmakers did not attend. Congressman Suhas Subramanyam joins “The Weekend” to discuss.

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February 21, 2026; 8am: Election season is here with early voting underway in Texas with special focus on the U.S. Senate primaries. On the Democratic side, Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett is facing off against State Representative James Talarico. And for Republicans, incumbent Senator John Cornyn is fighting to keep his seat against State Attorney General Ken Paxton and Congressman Wesley Hunt. The primary is set for March 3, and the results could shake up the direction of both parties come November. Matthew Bartlett, Republican Strategist and former Trump appointee to the State Department, and Shaniqua McClendon, Vice President of politics at “Crooked Media,” joins “The Weekend” to discuss.

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