May 04 Watch 6:38 Trump tries to calm hush money storm stirred up by Giuliani President Trump spent much of Friday trying to tamp down a new furor over hush money paid to a porn star. His message: His story has not changed, despite what his lawyer said this week. Yamiche Alcindor joins John Yang… Continue watching
May 04 Watch 12:25 Shields and Brooks on Trump's legal troubles, House chaplain politics Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks join John Yang to discuss the week’s news, including the media blitz by Trump attorney Rudy Giuliani over the payment to adult film actress Stephanie Clifford, a new low… Continue watching
May 04 Watch 7:48 In 'RBG,' Ruth Bader Ginsburg looks back on a life spent working for equality The documentary "RBG" is a look at perhaps the most unlikely rock star Washington has ever seen: Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Tracing her roots, education and career, it's her early and continuing fight for gender equality that winds… Continue watching
May 04 Iowa governor says she'll sign 6-week abortion ban into law By Barbara Rodriguez, Associated Press Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds said she plans to sign a six-week abortion ban into law on Friday that would be the strictest abortion regulation in the nation but set the state up for a lengthy court fight. Continue reading
May 04 WATCH: 'Being weak gets you nuclear war,' Trump says at NRA convention By Associated Press President Donald Trump is touting his administration's tough approaches to North Korea and Iran. Continue reading
May 04 WATCH: 'The quickest way to stop a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun,' Pence says at NRA convention By Associated Press Vice President Mike Pence is offering a vigorous defense of the Second Amendment in an address to the National Rifle Association's annual convention in Dallas. Continue reading
May 04 Rudy Giuliani tries to clarify hush money comments By Associated Press Rudy Giuliani, the newest member of President Donald Trump's legal team, is attempting to clarify some of his remarks about payments to porn star Stormy Daniels to silence her allegations she had a tryst with Donald Trump. Continue reading
May 04 Another aide is leaving the embattled EPA, bringing the total to 4 By Associated Press John Konkus' announcement Friday makes him the fourth senior aide at the Environmental Protection Agency in two weeks to announce departure plans. Continue reading
May 04 Kansas, Oklahoma approve religious veto on LGBT adoptions By Mitchell Willetts, Associated Press State lawmakers in Kansas and Oklahoma have approved legislation to grant protections to faith-based adoption agencies that cite their religious beliefs for not placing children in LGBT homes. Supporters of such measures argued that the core issue is protecting a… Continue reading
May 04 Giuliani will 'get his facts straight' and other takeaways from Trump's comments on the White House lawn By Joshua Barajas As he departed for his speech at the NRA convention in Dallas on Friday, President Donald Trump spent several minutes talking in a freewheeling back-and-forth with reporters outside Air Force One. Here's what he said. Continue reading