May 18 Analysis: Trump's truce with China on tariffs comes at a cost to U.S. credibility By Zongyuan Zoe Liu, Council on Foreign Relations U.S.-China trade talks in Geneva resulted in a temporary slash of tariff rates, but the ripple effect of this tit-for-tat escalation won’t disappear anytime soon. Continue reading
May 18 Biden has been diagnosed with aggressive form of prostate cancer, his office says By Josh Boak, Associated Press Former President Joe Biden was diagnosed with prostate cancer on Friday, with the cancer cells having spread to the bone, his office said Sunday. Continue reading
May 17 Trump says he will call Putin and then Zelenskyy on Monday to discuss ending war in Ukraine By Yehor Konovalov, Joanna Kozlowska, Associated Press Trump's remarks came less than a day after the first direct talks between Moscow and Kyiv in years failed to yield a ceasefire. Continue reading
May 17 Comey is under investigation for posting '86' in reference to Trump. What does it mean? By Maria Ramirez Uribe, PolitiFact Former FBI Director Jamey Comey is under investigation after posting a photo of seashells spelling out “86 47”. Here’s a look at where the term "eighty-six" comes from and what it means. Continue reading
May 17 'I'll be watching': Trump tells Walmart to eat the cost of his tariffs instead of raising prices By Josh Boak, Associated Press As Trump has jacked up import taxes, he has tried to assure a skeptical public that foreign producers would pay for those taxes and that retailers and automakers would absorb the additional expenses. Most economic analyses are deeply skeptical of those… Continue reading
May 16 Supreme Court rejects Trump bid to resume deporting Venezuelans under Alien Enemies Act By Mark Sherman, Associated Press The high court action is the latest in a string of judicial setbacks for the Trump administration’s effort to speed deportations of people in the country illegally. Continue reading
May 16 Watch 9:12 Trump business deals revive questions about his family profiting off the presidency By Laura Barrón-López, Ali Schmitz, Courtney Norris This week, President Trump visited three Middle Eastern nations where his family has deep business ties. Over the past month, billions of dollars have poured into Trump-owned companies. It has revived longstanding questions about whether the financial windfalls are influencing… Continue watching
May 16 Watch 10:41 Brooks and Capehart on Trump's Middle East policy shifts By Amna Nawaz, Kyle Midura New York Times columnist David Brooks and Washington Post associate editor Jonathan Capehart join Amna Nawaz to discuss the week in politics, including President Trump's trip to the Middle East and his policy shifts in the region, Qatar’s luxury plane… Continue watching
May 16 What's inside the House GOP's budget bill? Here's a look By Kevin Freking, Lisa Mascaro, Associated Press House committees have labored on the legislation, which runs a whopping 1,116 pages and is titled the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” a nod to President Donald Trump himself. Continue reading
May 16 What would help families have more babies? Here's what readers said By Hannah Grabenstein, Vivian Hoang PBS News asked readers to share their thoughts on having children and incentivizing childbirth — and more than 900 people responded. Here's what they said. Continue reading