Washington Today (12-18-25): Reax to POTUS' year-end speech; POTUS signs marijuana Exec Order

White House and Democratic lawmakers weigh in on President Donald Trump's Wednesday night primetime TV year-end address, during which the president highlighted what he sees as his achievements after almost a year in office.

Democrats make a last-ditch effort to get a vote to extend expiring Affordable Care Act health insurance premium subsidies.

Health & Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. announces new rules that aim to prohibit gender-affirming care for transgender youth.

President Trump signs an Executive Order to reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug, to ease restrictions and allow for more research. We will talk about it with Axios reporter Herb Scribner. (30)

White House says the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts has been renamed by the board of trustees the Trump-Kennedy Center, but there are questions about whether it would take an act of Congress.

House votes to require the gray wolf be removed from the Endangered Species Act list.

Pope Leo XIV names a new Catholic Archbishop of New York, who is from Chicago, like the pope.

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Title: Washington Today (12-18-25): Reax to POTUS' year-end speech; POTUS signs marijuana Exec Order
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