Jun 04 White House orders Hope Hicks, former aide, to defy subpoena By Mary Clare Jalonick, Lisa Mascaro, Associated Press The letters from the White House to the Judiciary panel are the latest effort by the White House to thwart congressional investigations into President Donald Trump. Continue reading
Jun 04 WATCH: Virginia governor to call special session on guns By Alan Suderman, Associated Press Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam will recall lawmakers to the state Capitol in coming weeks to take up a package of gun-control legislation he said is urgently needed to prevent killings like Friday's mass shooting in Virginia Beach. Continue reading
Jun 04 Joe Biden's $5 trillion climate plan: Net zero emissions by 2050 By Bill Barrow, Associated Press "Science tells us that how we act or fail to act in the next 12 years will determine the very livability of our planet," the Democratic presidential candidate said in a statement ahead of the plan's unveiling Tuesday. Continue reading
Jun 04 Progressive groups want Democrats, Pelosi to do more to impeach Trump By Mary Clare Jalonick, Lisa Mascaro, Associated Press The groups said in a letter being released Tuesday that voters gave Democrats control of the House "because they wanted aggressive oversight of the Trump administration."… Continue reading
Jun 04 Blacks, Latinos at risk of undercount in 2020 census, report says By Mike Schneider, Associated Press With the 2020 census count less than a year away, a new report says undercounting certain populations will be likely, despite the best efforts of the U.S. Census Bureau, nonprofits and state and local officials to encourage participation. Continue reading
Jun 04 WATCH: Trump says he would have 'sued and settled' if he were negotiating Brexit President Donald Trump couldn't resist a slight dig at UK Prime Minister Theresa May, evoking the two years of broadsides he had lobbed at her by recalling that he urged her to sue the EU rather than try to negotiate… Continue reading
Jun 03 Watch 2:37 How California's new earlier primary is drawing in 2020 Democrats Over the weekend, California played host to 14 Democrats running for president in 2020. With its primary three months earlier than normal, the state is poised to play a bigger role in shaping the nominating process for the Democratic Party. Continue watching
Jun 03 Watch 8:52 Tamara Keith and Amy Walter on Trump's tariffs and California campaigning NPR’s Tamara Keith and Amy Walter of the Cook Political Report join Amna Nawaz to discuss the latest in politics, including how primary campaigning has become more national, the changing role of California, an interview with Jared Kushner and why… Continue watching
Jun 03 Watch 6:17 Inside the Mueller report, a sophisticated Russian interference campaign The 448-page Mueller report contains copious detail about how Russia interfered in the 2016 U.S. presidential election, both by using social media to influence American voters with misinformation and by hacking into the Clinton campaign’s computers. Russian operatives also connected… Continue watching
Jun 03 House panel to vote on holding William Barr and Wilbur Ross in contempt By Matthew Daly, Associated Press The contempt of Congress vote comes after the attorney general and commerce secretary failed to comply with subpoenas for documents related to the Trump administration's decision to add a citizenship question to the 2020 census. Continue reading