Jan 06 Watch 4:52 The latest timetable for Trump’s impeachment trial in the Senate The impeachment process against President Trump has remained largely frozen in place since the holidays began. There is still no firm start date for a Senate trial, and some aspects of how such a trial would be run remain in… Continue watching
Jan 06 Watch 3:29 With Soleimani’s death, foreign policy enters 2020 primary spotlight By Amna Nawaz In 2019, the Democratic primary race was dominated by domestic issues. But during the first weekend of the new year, the targeted killing of a top Iranian general in a U.S. airstrike put foreign policy in the spotlight. Sen. Bernie… Continue watching
Jan 06 Georgia’s new GOP senator sworn into office amid impeachment By Alan Fram, Ben Nadler, Associated Press Wealthy Republican businesswoman Kelly Loeffler was sworn in Monday as the newest senator from Georgia, a political newcomer who takes office amid a presidential impeachment, swirling tensions with Iran and at the dawn of what looms as a bruising national… Continue reading
Jan 06 Watch 7:10 Tamara Keith and Lisa Lerer on Soleimani killing, Iowa poll numbers NPR’s Tamara Keith and Lisa Lerer of The New York Times join Judy Woodruff to discuss the latest political news, including how the killing of a top Iranian general could affect U.S. policy in the Middle East, President Trump’s reelection… Continue watching
Jan 06 Congress demands answers from Trump about Soleimani killing By Robert Burns, Jonathan Lemire, Associated Press On Monday, two top Senate Democrats called on Trump to immediately declassify the administration’s reasoning for the strike on the Iranian official, Gen. Qassem Soleimani, saying there is “no legitimate justification” for keeping the information from the public. Continue reading
Jan 06 Julián Castro endorses Elizabeth Warren in presidential race By Associated Press Castro, also the former mayor of San Antonio, dropped out of the presidential race last week. Continue reading
Jan 05 AP Fact Check: Lest old distortions be forgot By Hope Yen, Josh Boak, Calvin Woodward, Associated Press President Donald Trump closed out the old year by reprising a selection of his most familiar falsehoods and putting a few of his predecessor’s accomplishments in his own win column. Continue reading
Jan 05 Protests across U.S. condemn action in Iran and Iraq By Associated Press Demonstrators in dozens of cities around the U.S. gathered Saturday to protest the Trump administration’s killing of an Iranian general and decision to send thousands of additional soldiers to the Middle East. Continue reading
Jan 05 Pompeo: U.S. is now targeting Iran’s ‘actual decision-makers’ By Robert Burns, Associated Press Pompeo was explaining U.S. strategy in the aftermath of the U.S. drone strike that killed Iran’s most powerful general, Qassem Soleimani. Continue reading
Jan 05 Iran abandons nuclear deal limits after U.S. kills general By Nasser Karimi, Jon Gambrell, Zeina Karam, Associated Press Iran said Sunday it would no longer abide by any of the limits of its unraveling 2015 nuclear deal with world powers after a U.S. airstrike killed a top Iranian general in Baghdad. Continue reading