Jan 09 Rex Tillerson unconvinced that ‘deliberate attacks’ in Cuba are over By Josh Lederman and Matthew Lee, Associated Press Rex Tillerson said he’s not convinced that what he calls the “deliberate attacks” are over. Continue reading
Jan 09 Oprah Winfrey’s Golden Globes speech inspires speculation about 2020 campaign By Steve Peoples and Thomas Beaumont, Associated Press Winfrey’s speech as she accepted the Cecil B. DeMille lifetime achievement award on Sunday touched on her humble upbringing and childhood wonder in civil rights heroes. But it was her exhortation of the legions of women who have called out… Continue reading
Jan 09 CBO says Children’s Health Insurance Program would cost $800 million for five years By Alan Fram, Associated Press Financing for the program expired last fall. Congress has temporarily extended its funding, but growing numbers of states have moved closer to exhausting their money. Continue reading
Jan 08 Watch 15:01 Trump insiders ‘afraid for the country,’ says Michael Wolff By PBS News Hour In his explosive new book “Fire and Fury,” exploring the first year of Donald Trump’s presidency, Michael Wolff said the people closest to the president were “afraid for their own careers and for the country.” Wolff sits down with Judy… Continue watching
Jan 08 Watch 3:19 News Wrap: Trump travels to Atlanta for college football game By PBS News Hour President Donald Trump visited Tennessee on Monday to tout the GOP’s tax bill to the American Farm Bureau, before heading to Atlanta, where he planned to attend a college football championship game. In Nevada, a federal judge dismissed criminal charges… Continue watching
Jan 08 Watch 5:42 What the loss of temporary protected status will mean for Salvadorans in the U.S. By PBS News Hour The Trump administration announced Monday that it will end the temporary protected status of more than 260,000 Salvadoran immigrants living in the United States by September 2019. Vox reporter Dara Lind tells Lisa Desjardins to learn what this means for… Continue watching
Jan 08 Watch 7:56 Will ‘Fire and Fury’ split the Republican Party? By PBS News Hour How did Michael Wolff’s book “Fire and Fury” gain traction and did it affect the Republican Party? What are the chances of an Oprah Winfrey presidential run? Amy Walter of The Cook Political Report and Tamara Keith of NPR talk… Continue watching
Jan 08 Democratic activist pledges $30 million to get young voters to the polls By Kevin Freking, Associated Press Tom Steyer is the main source of cash for a super PAC called the NextGen Climate Action Committee, which spent more than $90 million in the last election cycle. Continue reading
Jan 08 Kentucky clerk who denied marriage licenses files for re-election By Associated Press Kim Davis filed for re-election last week, according to documents on the Secretary of State's website. She had announced in November she planned to seek a second term. Continue reading
Jan 08 Justices won’t step into legal fight over gay rights in Mississippi By Associated Press The Supreme Court is refusing to intervene in a legal fight over a Mississippi law that lets government workers and private business people cite their own religious beliefs to deny services to LGBT people. Continue reading