Dec 07 William Barr’s record on 4 key issues By Daniel Bush, Gretchen Frazee President Donald Trump on Friday tapped Barr, who served as attorney general under George H.W. Bush, to fill the post left empty by his firing of Jeff Sessions. Continue reading
Dec 07 WATCH: Trump addresses the 2018 Project Safe Neighborhoods National Conference By Joshua Barajas Trump is scheduled to speak at 12:50 p.m. ET. Watch the president's remarks here. Continue reading
Dec 07 WATCH: Comey speaks after closed House interview By Mary Clare Jalonick, Associated Press House Republicans are preparing to interview James Comey behind closed doors Friday, hauling the former FBI director to Capitol Hill one final time before they cede power to Democrats in January. Continue reading
Dec 07 Trump says he’ll nominate William Barr for attorney general By Jill Colvin, Zeke Miller, Associated Press President Donald Trump says he will nominate William Barr, former President George H.W. Bush's attorney general, to serve in the same role. Continue reading
Dec 07 Trump says he will nominate Heather Nauert as next UN ambassador By Catherine Lucey, Matthew Lee, Zeke Miller, Associated Press Nauert is to replace Nikki Haley, the former South Carolina governor who announced in October that she would step down as ambassador at the end of this year… Continue reading
Dec 07 Trump says rebuttal to Robert Mueller already drafted By Associated Press President Donald Trump says his legal team has already drafted a rebuttal to any report issued by the special counsel in the Russia investigation. Continue reading
Dec 07 Mueller’s Russia report should be made public, new poll says By Laura Santhanam Public support for the special counsel's probe into Russian interference in the 2016 election and possible ties to President Donald Trump's campaign transcended political party and has remained largely unchanged for nearly a year, according to the latest poll from… Continue reading
Dec 06 Watch 5:23 Could Supreme Court’s double jeopardy case reverse 170 years of precedent? A Supreme Court case is challenging a long-held interpretation of the Fifth Amendment’s ban on prosecution for the same crime twice, known as double jeopardy. The National Law Journal's Marcia Coyle joins Amna Nawaz to explain the 170-year-old “separate sovereigns”… Continue watching
Dec 06 Watch 12:36 Why these 4 congressional freshmen think they’ll find ‘common ground’ The congressional freshman class taking office in January is the largest in decades and the most diverse in history. As the start of the new term approaches, Judy Woodruff sits down with four incoming members of the House of Representatives:… Continue watching
Dec 06 North Carolina GOP open to new election if fraud affected outcome By Gary D. Robertson, Jonathan Drew, Associated Press Entertaining the idea of a new election represents a significant change from last Thursday, when state GOP Chairman Robin Hayes issued a statement saying: "Democrats are throwing everything, including the kitchen sink, at the wall to try and steal an… Continue reading