Feb 28 Trump calls Sessions’ handling of Russia probe ‘disgraceful’ By Sadie Gurman, Associated Press WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump renewed his attacks on his attorney general Wednesday, describing as "disgraceful" his handling of Republican complaints that the FBI abused its surveillance power during the early stages of the Russia probe. Continue reading
Feb 28 Inside the study showing conservatives retweeted Russian trolls 30 times more often than liberals By Rashmi Shivni Computational social scientists found that 40,000 American Twitter users retweeted Russian trolls more than 80,000 times in a single month before the 2016 election. Continue reading
Feb 28 Hicks acknowledges ‘white lies’ for Trump, but not on Russia By Mary Clare Jalonick, Associated Press WASHINGTON — White House communications director Hope Hicks acknowledged to a House intelligence panel that she has occasionally told "white lies" for President Donald Trump but has not lied about anything relevant to the Russia investigation, according to those present… Continue reading
Feb 27 Kushner’s security clearance downgraded per new White House policy By Jonathan Lemire, Associated Press White House senior adviser Jared Kushner, President Donald Trump's son-in-law, is one of dozens of White House aides who have been working without permanent security clearances for the better part of a year. Continue reading
Feb 27 Watch 6:57 Congress is chewing over several gun proposals. What’s really possible? By PBS News Hour Students-turned-activists from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School were in the halls of Congress on Tuesday to press for more gun control. Senate Republicans pointed to a bill that would push more agencies to work with the background check system. But… Continue watching
Feb 27 Watch 4:03 How does Jared Kushner’s downgraded security clearance affect his White House role? By PBS News Hour Jared Kushner, President Trump’s son-in-law and senior advisor, has been stripped of his top security clearance. That move comes after revelations about Kushner and other top officials at the White House working without permanent clearances. Judy Woodruff learns more from… Continue watching
Feb 27 Watch 6:36 Can the U.S. force Microsoft to give up emails stored abroad? Supreme Court weighs privacy vs. security By PBS News Hour A case involving Microsoft and overseas data puts a familiar tech issue before the Supreme Court: the balancing act between the interests of law enforcement and personal privacy. Marcia Coyle of The National Law Journal joins Judy Woodruff to break… Continue watching
Feb 27 WATCH: White House says Trump is exploring more ways to prevent Russian meddling By Associated Press "I can tell you that we are taking a number of steps to prevent this and we are looking at a variety of other ways that we're going to continue to implement over the coming weeks and months," White House… Continue reading
Feb 27 Trump names former digital adviser as 2020 campaign manager By Zeke Miller and Ken Thomas, Associated Press Brad Parscale, an Austin, Texas-based digital consultant, ran the Trump campaign's sophisticated digital operations in 2016. Continue reading
Feb 27 Hope Hicks to appear before House panel in Russia probe By Mary Clare Jalonick, Associated Press President Donald Trump's longtime aide Hope Hicks is scheduled to meet with the House intelligence committee Tuesday for a closed-door interview as part of the panel's Russia investigation. Continue reading