Nov 12 Republican Mark Sanford ends his 2020 presidential bid By Associated Press The former South Carolina governor and congressman centered his Republican primary challenge to President Donald Trump on warnings about the national debt. Continue reading
Nov 12 WATCH: Trump addresses the Economic Club of New York By Associated Press President Donald Trump said the administration is responsible for creating 7 million jobs, though only 6.25 million have been created since he took office in January 2017. Continue reading
Nov 12 Former President Jimmy Carter recovering from surgery with no complications By Jay Reeves, Shameka Dudley-Lowe, Associated Press Carter underwent surgery to relieve pressure from brain bleeding linked to recent falls. Continue reading
Nov 11 Mulvaney to file his own impeachment lawsuit, lawyers say By Eric Tucker, Associated Press White House acting Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney plans to file his own lawsuit over testimony in the House impeachment inquiry, withdrawing his bid to join a separate case filed last month by a former Trump adviser, his attorneys said… Continue reading
Nov 11 Watch 5:46 Mulvaney objected to 2017 Ukrainian aid package, says State Dept. official Additional closed-door deposition transcripts from the impeachment inquiry were released Monday. Laura Cooper, deputy assistant secretary at the Department of Defense, testified during her appearance that her colleagues questioned whether aid appropriated by Congress for Ukraine could legally be frozen… Continue watching
Nov 11 Watch 8:50 How Rudy Giuliani went from ‘America’s mayor’ to Ukraine business broker By Yamiche Alcindor Mentioned frequently in transcripts from closed-door testimonies in the impeachment inquiry, Rudy Giuliani stands at the center of the saga over President Trump’s Ukraine policy. Giuliani is now the president’s personal lawyer, but he first entered the national spotlight as… Continue watching
Nov 11 Watch 8:19 Tamara Keith and Amy Walter on public impeachment hearings, Bloomberg’s possible 2020 bet NPR’s Tamara Keith and Amy Walter of the Cook Political Report join Judy Woodruff to discuss the latest political news, including whether open hearings could change Americans' minds about impeachment, implications for Joe Biden’s presidential campaign, the potential entry of… Continue watching
Nov 11 DoD witness, Laura Cooper, said officials objected to stopping Ukraine aid By Lisa Mascaro, Mary Clare Jalonick, Associated Press That was the testimony of Laura Cooper, a Defense Department official, whose deposition was released Monday in the House impeachment inquiry of President Donald Trump. Continue reading
Nov 11 Watch 5:43 After failed legislative attempts on DACA, fate of ‘Dreamers’ lies with Supreme Court By Amna Nawaz, Courtney Norris On Tuesday, the Supreme Court will hear arguments that could decide the fate of some 700,000 “Dreamers,” members of a younger generation of undocumented immigrants brought to the United States as children. They are currently protected from deportation by an… Continue watching
Nov 11 Read Christopher Anderson’s full testimony in the impeachment inquiry By Candice Norwood The House will hold the first public hearings of the inquiry this week as they investigate whether Trump violated his oath of office by pushing Ukraine to investigate his political rival. Continue reading