Mar 19 Watch 4:17 How Trump and Brazil's Bolsonaro align, both personally and politically At the White House on Tuesday, President Trump welcomed Brazil’s president, Jair Bolsonaro, in the latter’s first bilateral foreign visit. The two leaders share many similar views, as they reiterated at a press conference, and Bolsonaro represents Brazil’s first pro-U.S. Continue watching
Mar 19 Watch 9:33 HUD Sec. Carson on white supremacists, public housing and that dining room set The Department of Housing and Urban Development assists more than five million families with affording their rent, among other programs. Yamiche Alcindor talks to HUD Secretary Ben Carson about his reaction to President Trump's rhetoric on race, whether Carson plans… Continue watching
Mar 19 Watch 7:32 Former deputy secretary of state on 'a deep hole' for American diplomacy William Burns, former deputy secretary of state and ambassador to Russia, may have spent more time with Vladimir Putin than other American diplomat. In his book, “The Back Channel,” Burns discusses how a “sense of grievance” underlies Putin's interactions with… Continue watching
Mar 19 What does Andrew Yang believe? Where the candidate stands on 5 issues By Dan Cooney Yang is a 44-year-old entrepreneur, the child of Taiwanese immigrants, and a first-time presidential candidate. Continue reading
Mar 19 Read new Michael Cohen court documents that may offer clues on Mueller probe By Lisa Desjardins The new court filings on Michael Cohen underline one key aspect of Robert Mueller’s investigation: The special counsel appears to have far more documents than the public knows about -- and his team has had those documents for a significant… Continue reading
Mar 19 WATCH: Trump predicts 'fantastic working relationship' with Brazil's Jair Bolsonaro President Donald Trump praised Brazil's new far-right leader Tuesday as he welcomed him to the White House, saying the man who's been described as the "Trump of the Tropics" has done "a very outstanding job."… Continue reading
Mar 19 WATCH: Elizabeth Warren supports elimination of electoral college By Associated Press Elizabeth Warren supports the elimination of the electoral college, the most pointed instance of the Democratic presidential candidate opposing the polarizing mechanism the nation uses to elect its presidents. Continue reading
Mar 19 Supreme Court set for case on racial bias in jury selection By Jeff Amy, Mark Sherman, Associated Press This week, the Supreme Court will consider whether Curtis Flowers' conviction and death sentence in a sixth trial should stand or be overturned for a familiar reason: because prosecutors improperly kept African-Americans off the jury. Continue reading
Mar 19 Records show FBI was investigating Michael Cohen long before raid By Jim Mustian, Larry Neumeister, Associated Press A search warrant released Tuesday shows the federal inquiry into Michael Cohen had been going on since July 2017 — far longer than had previously been known. Continue reading
Mar 18 Watch 5:20 With 'angry' weekend Twitter storm, Trump took on GM, McCain President Trump has long been a prolific Twitter user, but this past weekend, he tweeted with even greater frequency than usual, including more than 30 times on Sunday alone. In his fiery posts, the president attacked the news media, the… Continue watching