Nation Apr 30 Trump meets with Cabinet and praises policies that have sparked pushback President Donald Trump crossed the 100-day mark Tuesday with a late-night rally and a heated primetime interview where he defended his controversial mass deportations. Wednesday, he held a roundtable meeting with his Cabinet, who spent much of it touting their…
Nation Apr 17 Investigators say FSU shooter is son of deputy who used mother’s former service weapon A shooter at Florida State University in Tallahassee killed two people and injured six more. According to officers, the suspect in custody is a 20-year-old FSU student and the son of a deputy sheriff. William Brangham reports.
World Apr 08 Global economies hang in the balance with Trump’s tariffs set to officially go into effect Just hours before major new tariffs are set to kick in, President Trump and his team said he remains open to deals but generally would not back down from levies on goods from more than 80 countries. That includes a…
World Mar 28 Vance lands in Greenland as Trump reiterates desire to take territory President Trump again reiterated his desire to take over Greenland, which is a self-governed part of Denmark. Vice President Vance, along with his wife and the president's national security advisor, traveled to the U.S. military base there to again make…
Nation Mar 26 NPR and PBS heads face sharp questioning about federal funding during House hearing On Capitol Hill, the heads of America’s public media networks, PBS and NPR, faced sharp questioning by a House oversight subcommittee about allegations of bias and why their work justifies continued federal support. That support also helps fund programs like…
Nation Mar 17 White House ignores court and invokes Alien Enemies Act to deport hundreds of Venezuelans A U.S. federal judge asked the Trump administration to explain how it failed to act on its court order to halt the deportation of hundreds of Venezuelan migrants, including alleged gang members, escalating the confrontation between the President and the…
Politics Feb 27 Trump meets with British PM amid tensions with Europe over Ukraine and tariffs British Prime Minister Keir Starmer continued a week of Oval Office diplomacy, arriving at the White House for meetings with President Trump and his team. Starmer is the second of three critical European allies to meet with the president this…
Politics Feb 26 Trump and Musk preview more cuts to federal workforce in first Cabinet meeting At the White House Wednesday morning, President Trump convened the very first Cabinet meeting of his second administration. In an hour-plus question and answer with reporters, Trump did most of the talking. But there was one figure there who didn’t…
World Feb 19 Trump calls Zelenskyy a ‘dictator’ as he tries to pressure Kyiv to accept deal to end war President Donald Trump denounced Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy as a dictator as he tried to pressure Kyiv to accept a deal to end the war. The U.S. is negotiating those terms directly with Russia. It comes a day after Trump…
Nation Feb 14 Justice Department in upheaval over order to dismiss NYC Mayor Adams’ corruption case A wave of resignations is shaking up the Justice Department after the Trump administration gave orders to drop the corruption case against New York City Mayor Eric Adams. William Brangham reports on the exodus that began Thursday with one of…