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
Aug 16 WATCH LIVE: MLK's dream in the age of Trump By Vanessa Dennis Join PBS NewsHour special correspondent Charlayne Hunter-Gault and Henry Louis Gates Jr. (PBS' "Finding Your Roots") as they host and moderate the 2018 Hutchins Forum on "A Single Garment of Destiny: MLK's Dream in the Age of Trump." Panelists include… Continue reading
Aug 16 Omarosa offered $15K a month to be 'positive' after firing, according to tape By Anne Flaherty, Associated Press Omarosa Manigault Newman on Thursday released another secret audio tape that she says proves President Donald Trump wanted to silence her after firing her from the White House. Continue reading