Capitol Report Full Broadcast (Aug. 15)

Steve Lance
By Steve Lance
August 15, 2024Capitol Report
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Former President Donald Trump is holding a press conference at his golf club in New Jersey to lay out his economic agenda a day before Vice President Kamala Harris plans to announce hers.

President Joe Biden and Harris spoke in Maryland about a new agreement to reduce prescription drug costs.

The U.S. economy is showing some key signs of an impending recession, according to some analysts. Households are hurting the most, but what will it take to turn it around? We have insights from an economist and former director of the Congressional Budget Office.

Columbia University’s president has resigned. Minouche Shafik announced her resignation on Aug. 14 in a memo sent to the Columbia community. Shafik was one of the university leaders called before Congress earlier this year. She is now the third president of an Ivy League school to step down over campus protests of the Israel–Hamas war. Student protesters have vowed to resume protests when the fall semester starts in a few weeks.

Two House lawmakers on Thursday urged a probe into cyber security risks posed by Chinese-made wi-fi routers. They’re specifically targeting a company called TP-Link Technology and its affiliates.