Sep 05 Watch 6:21 Behind Trump's 'unprecedented' reallocation of DOD money for border security President Trump is diverting some money for Defense Department infrastructure to instead construct or repair additional barrier sections on the U.S.-Mexico border. The 127 projects losing funding include Hurricane Maria recovery efforts in Puerto Rico and education and health services… Continue watching
Sep 05 Trump's Mideast peace envoy is preparing to leave White House By Zeke Miller, Matthew Lee, Associated Press The former Trump Organization lawyer had been leading the effort to devise a peace plan. Continue reading
Sep 05 Former White House press secretary Sarah Sanders lands book deal By Associated Press St. Martin's Press announced Thursday that her memoir, currently untitled, will come out in Fall 2020. Continue reading
Sep 05 Black voters will define what 'electable' means for 2020 Democrats By Errin Haines, Associated Press African Americans make up roughly 24 percent of the Democratic primary electorate, and a much higher percent in early primary states like South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama and Virginia. Continue reading
Sep 05 Here's who could lose food stamps under Trump's proposed changes By Laura Santhanam Under the proposed rule, 9 percent of households nationwide that currently receive food stamps would no longer qualify for those benefits, but that percentage could be much higher in certain states. Continue reading
Sep 04 Watch 10:43 What Middle America is saying about climate change and gun violence Catastrophic damage from Hurricane Dorian is putting natural disasters, and their potential connection to climate change, front and center in the U.S., but gun safety and a flood of Republican congressional retirements are also occupying public attention. Chris Buskirk of… Continue watching
Sep 04 Trump administration switches off rule for energy-saving light bulbs By Associated Press The Energy Department's move is a reversal in a years-long push to switch Americans to bulbs that use less electricity. Continue reading
Sep 04 Full list: The 127 defense projects postponed for the border barrier By Lisa Desjardins The PBS NewsHour has obtained the list of 127 defense projects the Pentagon is temporarily shelving in order to transfer the money allocated for them to building or repairing more miles of barrier on the southern border. The transfers will… Continue reading
Sep 04 Judiciary panel subpoenas Homeland Security over question of pardon offers By Mary Clare Jalonick, Colleen Long, Associated Press The House Judiciary Committee has subpoenaed the Department of Homeland Security over questions about whether officials were offered pardons by President Donald Trump. Continue reading
Sep 04 New French tax turns Trump and tech giants into strange bedfellows By Courtney Vinopal What does French rosé have in common with American software? Both are wrapped up in a brewing trade scuffle between the U.S. and France, which has spawned an unlikely alliance between the Trump administration and major American tech giants. Continue reading