Jun 29 Democrats embrace ‘Abolish ICE’ as new rallying call for 2020 elections By Bill Barrow, Associated Press The debate over the agency's future follows the widespread outcry in recent weeks after the Trump administration separated more than 2,000 migrant children from their parents. Continue reading
Jun 29 GM, Toyota among manufacturers who oppose Trump’s call for auto tariffs By Paul Wiseman, Associated Press The threat of auto tariffs "risks undermining GM's competitiveness against foreign auto producers," according to General Motors in a filing Friday with the U.S. Commerce Department. Continue reading
Jun 29 Republicans propose using online sales tax money for new tax cuts By David A. Lieb, Associated Press "To just take that revenue would be a tax increase," said Missouri Sen. Andrew Koenig, echoing the reasoning of many tax-adverse Republicans leery of simply spending or saving the expected influx. Continue reading
Jun 29 Concern over using U.S. military at southern border draws bipartisan support By Robert Burns, Associated Press The Pentagon says it received a Department of Homeland Security request to house up to 12,000 detained migrant family members, starting with shelters for 2,000 people to be available within 45 days. Continue reading
Jun 29 WATCH: Trump says attack on Capital Gazette newspaper ‘shocked conscience of the nation’ By Joshua Barajas Trump also said that "journalists, like all Americans, should be free from the fear of being violently attacked while doing their job."… Continue reading
Jun 29 Supreme Court confirmation process likely to follow the Gorsuch playbook By Catherine Lucey, Associated Press The Republican game plan for selecting the next member of the Supreme Court was ready to go even before longtime Justice Anthony Kennedy made his retirement announcement this week. Continue reading
Jun 29 Family separations push new protesters to join immigrant activists By Gillian Flaccus, Amy Taxin, Associated Press Immigrants who have spent years fighting to change the country's immigration system are getting newfound support from liberal activists, moms and first-time protesters motivated by a visceral narrative: President Donald Trump's administration separating children from their parents at the U.S.-Mexico… Continue reading
Jun 28 Watch 3:21 Democrats warn rights are ‘on the line’ in coming Supreme Court fight A day after Justice Anthony Kennedy announced his retirement, Democratic senators warned that the stakes could not be higher in the fight to replace him, and called for any nomination to wait until after the midterm elections. President Trump promised… Continue watching
Jun 28 Watch 8:21 Why Justice Kennedy’s final Supreme Court term is consequential The Supreme Court wrapped up its term with a bang. Justices handed down blockbuster rulings on the president’s travel ban, racial gerrymandering, public employee unions and abortions -- each decided along ideological lines. Judy Woodruff gets analysis from Marcia Coyle… Continue watching
Jun 28 Watch 6:48 Gillibrand: ‘America’s women need to speak out and stand up’ on Trump Supreme Court nominee Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand says women's basic reproductive freedoms are at risk as President Trump prepares to name a new justice. Judy Woodruff talks with the New York Democrat about the brewing political battle, why she says Senate Leader Mitch McConnell… Continue watching