Sep 04 U.S. wildlife agency seeks to carve out areas from protections By Matthew Brown, Associated Press Friday's announcement by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service would place greater weight on the economic benefits of developments when deciding if land or water should be protected. Continue reading
Sep 04 Watch 2:26 Atlantic report highlights Trump’s complex relationship with the military By William Brangham President Trump is facing continued criticism over disparaging remarks he allegedly made about U.S. troops. A report in The Atlantic magazine, which was later confirmed by multiple other news outlets, says Trump repeatedly called fallen American servicemembers “losers” and “suckers.”… Continue watching
Sep 04 Watch 12:10 David Brooks and Jonathan Capehart on Kenosha politics, Trump and the military New York Times columnist David Brooks and Washington Post columnist Jonathan Capehart join Judy Woodruff to discuss the week in politics, including visits to Kenosha, Wisconsin, by President Trump and Joe Biden and how their responses to social unrest have… Continue watching
Sep 04 ‘Our country is in a state of emergency.’ First-time voters reflect on why they are voting in 2020 By Justin Stabley A new set of eligible Americans will cast ballots for the first time this year. These first time voters plan to participate in an election that comes in the midst of a global pandemic that has affected schooling, work, the… Continue reading
Sep 04 WATCH: Trump holds news conference following accusations of U.S. military comments By Associated Press The allegations, sourced anonymously in The Atlantic, describe multiple offensive comments by the president toward fallen U.S. service-members, including calling World War I dead at an American military cemetery in France "losers" and "suckers" in 2018. Continue reading
Sep 04 North Carolina kicks off mail voting as requests spike By Bryan Anderson, Nicholas Riccardi, Associated Press Mail voting has started in the presidential election as North Carolina begins to send out about 600,000 ballots to voters who have requested them. Those voters are overwhelmingly Democrats and independents. Continue reading
Sep 04 Trump says he won’t let Pentagon close Stars and Stripes newspaper By Lolita C. Baldor, Associated Press The Pentagon's plan to shut down the military's independent newspaper, Stars and Stripes, hit a major roadblock Friday, as President Donald Trump announced that he won't allow that on his watch. Continue reading
Sep 04 WATCH: Biden slams Trump over alleged comments mocking U.S. war dead By Zeke Miller, Alexandra Jaffe, Associated Press Biden is intensifying his efforts to frame the 2020 election as a referendum on the president's character. Defending himself, Trump says the allegations published by The Atlantic are false. Continue reading
Sep 04 WATCH: Trump officials hold press conference on Serbia-Kosovo economic deal By Associated Press Serbia and Kosovo announced Friday that they have normalized economic ties as part of U.S.-brokered discussions that also include Belgrade moving its Israeli embassy to Jerusalem and Pristina recognizing Israel. Continue reading
Sep 04 Trump disparaged U.S. military casualties as ‘losers,’ ‘suckers,’ report says By Associated Press The allegations were first reported in The Atlantic. A senior Defense Department official with firsthand knowledge of events and a senior U.S. Marine Corps officer who was told about Trump's comments confirmed some of the remarks to The Associated Press. Continue reading