Jul 23 Watch 8:21 Amy Walter and Susan Page on Helsinki summit poll numbers, Trump factor in midterm races Amy Walter of the Cook Political Report and Susan Page of USA Today join Judy Woodruff to discuss how President Trump’s controversial meeting in Helsinki with Vladimir Putin is playing out in the polls, how the president is affecting midterm… Continue watching
Jul 23 Judge postpones trial for former Trump campaign chair Paul Manafort By Chad Day, Associated Press U.S. District Judge T.S. Ellis III pushed the trial back until July 31 to give Manafort's lawyers more time to review thousands of pages of data and documents turned over by special counsel Robert Mueller's office in the last several… Continue reading
Jul 23 WATCH: After first Virginia Senate debate, Kaine and challenger Stewart talk economy, Trump By Erica R. Hendry After the debate, at a Virginia Bar Association forum in Hot Springs, Virginia, both candidates sat down with Woodruff to talk about their state's changing demographics, economic growth, family separation at the border and President Donald Trump's performance in office,… Continue reading
Jul 23 The legal battle over Trump’s D.C. hotel could be entering uncharted territory By Tess Conciatori A ruling on a lawsuit over the Emoluments Clause and Trump International Hotel in Washington, D.C. could push the case into unchartered legal territory. Continue reading
Jul 23 WATCH: Senate confirms Robert Wilkie as Veterans Affairs secretary By Hope Yen, Associated Press Senators confirmed Pentagon official Robert Wilkie as Veterans Affairs secretary. He now faces the task of fulfilling President Donald Trump's promises to fire bad VA employees and steer more patients to the private sector. Continue reading
Jul 23 AP fact check: Trump mischaracterizes FBI documents on Carter Page wiretap By Anne Flaherty, Associated Press Among Trump's false claims is that the FBI relied on a politically tainted source and withheld that aspect from the court. The documents actually suggest the opposite. Continue reading
Jul 23 WATCH: White House says Trump considering revoking security clearances of former Obama officials White House spokeswoman Sarah Huckabee Sanders said Monday that the president is "exploring the mechanisms" to strip clearance from former CIA director John Brennan, along with former FBI director Jim Comey, former national intelligence director James Clapper and others. Continue reading
Jul 23 WATCH: Trump to speak at ‘Made in America’ event at White House By Erica R. Hendry President Donald Trump is expected to speak at 3:15 p.m. ET. Watch live here. Continue reading
Jul 23 Trump’s tweeted threat underscores rising tensions with Iran By Nasser Karimi, Zeke Miller, Will Lester, Associated Press Trump's bellicose, all-caps challenge addressed to President Hassan Rouhani followed a speech by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in which he accused Iran's leadership of massive corruption and widespread rights abuses and urged Iranians to rise up in protest. Continue reading
Jul 23 AP fact check: Trump off base on Russia, veterans and Queen Elizabeth II By Hope Yen, Calvin Woodward, Associated Press It was a week of bewilderment over what President Donald Trump really thinks about Russian interference in the U.S. election and what he and Russia's Vladimir Putin told each other in their private meeting. Here's a week of statements in… Continue reading