Politics Sep 03 Why 2018 is looking like a wave election for House Democrats Based on past predictions and results, the battle for the House in particular looks more and more like it will be a wave election.
Politics Aug 22 How are Republicans and Democrats reacting to Cohen and Manafort charges? Fallout continued today after a guilty plea and a guilty verdict for two men with close ties to President Trump in federal court on a combined 16 counts, ranging from tax fraud to campaign finance violations. Yamiche Alcindor, Lisa Desjardins…
Politics Aug 22 What just happened? The 2-hour saga of yesterday made simple In the span of two hours yesterday, two former Trump associates were guilty in court and a Congressman was indicted for misusing campaign funds. Here's what happened and what we're watching now.
Politics Aug 21 Michael Cohen’s plea deal, explained What does the 22-page plea deal tell us about Trump's personal attorney and Trump himself? Here are some highlights:…
Nation Aug 21 Read Michael Cohen’s full plea deal outlining his campaign finance violations Read the entirety of the plea agreement, including accusations that may involve Trump's campaign and time in office.
Politics Jul 10 Kavanaugh’s long paper trail could decide confirmation fight The fight over President Trump’s Supreme Court nominee began today. Brett Kavanaugh started his climb toward confirmation by meeting with the Senate's top Republican and the chairman of the Judiciary Committee. Democrats are mostly united in opposition, fearing he would…
Politics Jul 05 ‘My son is not the same’: New testimony paints bleak picture of family separation A motion filed by 18 attorneys general Monday asked the federal government to provide more immediate information and access to those detained after being separated at the border. Here are highlights from more than 900 pages of declarations, including personal…
Politics Jul 03 This is what you need to know about the Supreme Court nomination A compilation of current information on the who, what and when of President Donald Trump's next Supreme Court pick.
Politics Jul 02 Government finally confirms that child separations due to ‘zero tolerance’ policy have ended The question has hovered over the agencies involved since the president signed his executive order on June 20. Administration officials told reporters that it would take an unknown amount of time to fully implement the change in policy.
Politics Jul 02 Read: HHS just stopped telling us how many kids have been separated This week, when the NewsHour asked about the current number of separated children, as well their ages, two different staff members received an identical HHS response which did not contain any of those numbers.