Aug 17 Los Angeles mayor Garcetti: Trump sows division, does ‘racist things’ By Michael R. Blood, Associated Press Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti, considering a 2020 presidential run, said Thursday that President Donald Trump has done "plenty of racist things" to divide the nation while failing to deliver on health care reform and other promises. Continue reading
Aug 17 Former U.S. security leaders blast Trump for yanking John Brennan’s clearance By Jill Colvin, Catherine Lucey, Associated Press Former U.S. security officials issued scathing rebukes to President Donald Trump on Thursday, admonishing him for yanking a top former spy chief's security clearance in what they cast as an act of political vengeance. Trump said he'd had to do… Continue reading
Aug 17 Trump nixes $92 million parade, says 2019 costs will be ‘WAY DOWN’ By Catherine Lucey, Lolita C. Baldor, Associated Press President Donald Trump said Friday he had canceled plans for a Veterans Day military parade, citing the "ridiculously high" price tag — a day after U.S. officials said the November event could cost $92 million, more than three times the… Continue reading
Aug 16 Why the government doesn’t always know what happens to unaccompanied migrant children By Patty Gorena Morales There are a number of issues with the government's program for unaccompanied migrant children, according to senators on the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs investigations subcommittee. Here's a look at four of them. Continue reading
Aug 16 Watch 5:22 News Wrap: Omarosa airs secret tape of Trump campaign job offer In our news wrap Thursday, the president’s former adviser Omarosa Manigault Newman is out with another secretly made recording, and says it proves he tried to buy her silence. Also, the Vatican says it feels shame and sorrow over the… Continue watching
Aug 16 Watch 8:32 Trump using his unique power to punish and intimidate critics, former CIA official says President Trump's move to revoke John Brennan's security clearance rippled across Washington, and the former CIA director cast it as a disturbing power play. And Brennan might not be the only former intelligence or national security official to have his… Continue watching
Aug 16 Watch 2:55 Who’s responsible for unaccompanied migrant children? Senators press officials for answers Since 2012, more than 200,000 undocumented kids have entered the U.S. unaccompanied, without an adult. Last night, the Senate Homeland Security Committee released a three-year investigation finding that once the kids are with sponsors, no one in the federal government… Continue watching
Aug 16 Senate Democrats say they’ll sue if they don’t get documents from Supreme Court nominee Kavanaugh By Alan Fram, Associated Press The threat represents Democrats' latest attempt to focus the public — and perhaps more importantly, senators — on potential game-changers they hope are hidden in millions of unreleased pages from Brett Kavanaugh's White House days. Continue reading
Aug 16 Jury submits note with 4 questions to Manafort judge By Associated Press The questions came as the jury in the fraud trial of former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort began deliberations Thursday. Continue reading
Aug 16 WATCH: Trump asks Sessions to file federal lawsuit against opioid manufacturers Trump is asking Sessions to look out for opioids coming into the U.S. from China and Mexico, saying those countries are "sending their garbage and killing our people."… Continue reading