May 30 Trump hits Mexico with 5 percent tariff in response to migrants By Jill Colvin, Colleen Long, Associated Press Trump said in a tweet the tariff will gradually increase "until the Illegal Immigration problem is remedied."… Continue reading
May 30 Watch 4:27 News Wrap: Trump tries to clarify tweet about Russia 'helping' him In our news wrap Thursday, President Trump renewed attacks on Robert Mueller and his probe into Russian election interference. Trump also tweeted that he himself had nothing to do with Russia's “helping me get elected,” but later tried to walk… Continue watching
May 30 Judge considering Missouri abortion clinic license case By Jim Salter, Summer Ballentine, Associated Press If the St. Louis clinic's license is not renewed before it expires at midnight Friday, Planned Parenthood officials said Missouri would become the first state without a functioning abortion clinic since the 1973 Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision legalizing… Continue reading
May 30 Watch 7:52 Planned Parenthood: 'It's simply not true' Mo. abortion clinic breaks rules Missouri is part of a recent wave of state laws that would ban abortion almost entirely, sometimes without exceptions for rape and incest. The state is also making news on abortion for trying to deny its one remaining abortion provider,… Continue watching
May 30 Watch 5:01 Anti-abortion group says Mo. Planned Parenthood violated patient safety The national abortion debate is raging with renewed fervor, as a series of states pass restrictive laws banning almost all instances of the procedure. Among those states is Missouri, where officials are also trying to shutter its only remaining abortion… Continue watching
May 30 Historic cemeteries and family memories stand in the path of Trump's border wall By Nomaan Merchant, Associated Press Under current plans for the border wall, one 19th century cemetery could be lost entirely. Some graves would have to be exhumed; others without a headstone might be paved over. Continue reading
May 30 Lawsuit calls Mississippi's rules for choosing governors racist By Emily Wagster Pettus, David A. Lieb, Associated Press In 1890, as white politicians across the South cracked down on the black population with Jim Crow laws, Mississippi inserted into its constitution an unusually high bar for getting elected governor or winning any other state office. Continue reading
May 30 History says the odds are against repeat presidential candidates like Biden and Sanders. Here's why By Lisa Desjardins When political parties choose someone who many voters think “could have” or “should have” won the last time, they lose, according to data from the last three decades of U.S. elections. Continue reading
May 30 GOP blocks disaster aid bill in the House for the third time By Associated Press Another attempt to pass a $19 billion disaster aid bill in the House has failed after Republican John Rose of Tennessee stepped in to block it during Thursday's pro forma session. Continue reading
May 30 Louisiana's Democratic governor signs abortion ban into law By Melinda Deslatte, Associated Press Gov. John Bel Edwards signed the measure Thursday, making Louisiana the fifth state to enact such a law, joining Mississippi, Kentucky, Ohio and Georgia. Continue reading