Week Ahead for Washington: August 10

WASHINGTON (Gray DC) - With Congress remaining on recess until after Labor Day, it’s a busy week ahead for President Donald Trump.

Monday, the president will hold a press conference detailing new efforts to try and secure the Washington. Trump, who surged law federal law enforcement officers to the nation’s capital beginning last Thursday for seven days, has threatened to take control of the city if local government can’t get crime under control despite data showing violent crime hit a 30-year-low in 2024.

The push comes after a Department of Government Efficiency staffer was carjacked and beaten Aug. 3. Two 15-year-old suspects have since been taken into custody.

Also this week, another tariff deadline, this time with China. Tuesday is Trump’s self-imposed deadline to reach a new trade deal with China before new tariffs would go into effect. However, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick says he expects Trump to extend the deadline another 90 days.

Trump welcomes Russian President Vladimir Putin to the U.S. Friday with hopes of ending the three-and-a-half-year war in Ukraine. Trump announced the meeting this past Friday. It’s set to take place in Alaska.

President Trump has also announced he intends to nominate current State Department Spokeswoman Tammy Bruce to be the next U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations.