It has been a hugely consequential week in Washington.

Donald Trump cements his status as the de facto leader of the Republican Party

after his Senate allies tanked the bipartisan border deal.

And the Trump campaign catches a lucky break as a

Justice Department report raises questions about Joe Biden's memory and age.

Next.

This is Washington Week with the Atlantic. Good evening and welcome to Washington Week.

The week began with a lot of people asking if Republicans on the Hill are in fact the

gang that couldn't shoot straight.

So many important issues, funding for Ukraine, border security, aid to Israel and Taiwan,

are caught up in the vortex of dysfunctional capital

hill politics. The week ended with President Joe Biden angry and bitter about

a report that raises new questions about his age and memory. There's a lot to get to, and joining me tonight in conversation,

are James Bennett, a senior editor at The Economist

and author of its Lexington column.

John Dickerson is the chief political analyst for CBS News and the anchor of CBS News

Prime Time with John Dickerson.

Josh Gerstein is Politico's senior legal affairs reporter and Amna Navas is the co-anchor of PBS News Hour.

Very exciting to have television professionals with me tonight by the way.

So exciting.

Amna, thank you for joining us.

It's been a long day for you already. I'll come to you in a second, but John, let me start with you and just ask you if you can kind of give us a synthesize, if you will, everything that happened on the hill this week.

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