FOX News Radio’s National Correspondent Jared Halpern along with a team of FOX News reporters & contributors look at the week that was inside the beltway.

THIS WEEK:

Earlier this week a bipartisan committee of lawmakers, hoping to avoid another shutdown, met to negotiate a path forward on border security. The big question looming over the negotiations is, will a physical barrier be included in the deal? FOX’s Senior Capitol Hill Producer Chad Pergram explains.

President Trump and the U.S. intelligence community seemed at odds this week after the president claimed they “should go back to school”, one day after top officials briefed the Senate Intelligence Committee on global security threats. Catherine Herridge, FOX’s Chief Intelligence Correspondent, discusses the hearing with FOX’s Washington Correspondent, Rachel Sutherland.

President Trump has made trade with China a top foreign policy initiative since taking office.  Jessica Stone, White House correspondent for China Global Television Network–America, discusses the upcoming meeting between the two economic heavyweights.

On Friday morning, Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) officially launched his 2020 Presidential campaign, adding to an already crowded field of Democratic candidates. Hanna Trudo follows the Democratic race for National Journal and discusses the state of play with a year to go before the first of the voting begins.

Listen to the latest “From Washington”:

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