Mar 19 Watch 5:59 Trump tweets on Andrew McCabe taints Justice Department decision, says former official By PBS News Hour Lisa Monaco, a former assistant attorney general and Homeland Security adviser, says we can't judge the merits of Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ decision to fire Andrew McCabe because the Justice Department’s inspector general report has not been made public, which… Continue watching
Mar 19 Watch 5:20 Amid Cambridge Analytica revelations, Facebook needs ‘rules of the road,’ says Sen. Klobuchar By PBS News Hour Facebook is at the center of a new firestorm, sparked by media reports that political data firm Cambridge Analytica, which worked for the Trump campaign, harvested private information from more than 50 million Facebook profiles -- and Facebook never told… Continue watching
Mar 19 Watch 7:00 Amy Walter and Tamara Keith on Trump’s Mueller attack, Democrats’ midterm momentum By PBS News Hour Amy Walter of The Cook Political Report and Tamara Keith of NPR join Judy Woodruff to discuss President Trump’s tweeting about special counsel Robert Mueller’s ongoing investigation, a new poll that gives Democrats an advantage for the 2018 midterms and… Continue watching
Mar 19 White House continues to deny Trump is considering firing special counsel Mueller By Associated Press Spokesman Hogan Gidley tells reporters aboard Air Force One that "there are no conversations or discussions about removing" Mueller. Continue reading
Mar 19 Trump adds new lawyer to Russia investigation legal team By Associated Press Joseph diGenova, a former United States attorney for the District of Columbia, is scheduled to join the team later this week. Continue reading
Mar 19 WATCH: Trump says U.S. ‘must get tough’ with drug dealers in opioid crisis By Darlene Superville, Associated Press Trump unveiled his plan to combat the nation's deadly opioid addiction in a speech Monday in Manchester, New Hampshire, a state ravaged by the drug. Continue reading
Mar 19 Supreme Court leaves in place ruling that revives two Flint lawsuits By Associated Press The Supreme Court's decision not to get involved means two federal lawsuits over the lead-tainted water crisis in Flint, Michigan, will move forward. Continue reading
Mar 19 Austin police chief says fourth bombing shows ‘different level of skill’ By Paul J. Weber, Will Weissert, Associated Press Texas' capital city was rocked by the fourth bombing this month, which injured two people and which the police chief says was caused by a tripwire and showed "a different level of skill" than the package bombs used in the… Continue reading
Mar 19 What you need to know about the massive spending, guns, and health care bill Congress hasn’t seen yet By Lisa Desjardins Congress is facing another deadline this week as lawmakers rush to pass a spending bill to avoid another government shutdown. Continue reading
Mar 19 Putin’s landslide victory lacked ‘genuine competition,’ international observers say By Associated Press The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe's observer mission noted that Sunday's vote in which Russian President Vladimir Putin won in a landslide "took place in an overly controlled legal and political environment marked by continued pressure on critical… Continue reading