Mar 07 WATCH: White House says Mexico, Canada, some others may be exempt from tariffs under national security ‘carve-outs’ By Associated Press Press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders tells reporters that the exemptions would be on a "case by case" and a "country by country" basis. Continue reading
Mar 07 Trump reopens a seemingly settled debate on video games and violence By Mae Anderson, Associated Press In the wake of the Florida school shooting, President Donald Trump is reviving an old debate over whether violent video games can trigger violent behavior. There's just one problem: Roughly two decades of research has repeatedly failed to uncover any… Continue reading
Mar 07 Democrats, women candidates score big in Texas primaries By Will Weissert, Paul J. Weber, Associated Press Women running for Congress surged to big wins and Democrats smashed recent turnout levels in Texas' first-in-the-nation 2018 primary elections, giving Republicans a potential glimpse of what's ahead in the first midterms under President Donald Trump. Continue reading
Mar 06 George P. Bush beats Republican challenger for Texas land commissioner By Associated Press Bush, whose grandfather and uncle were president and whose father was Florida's governor, beat his predecessor as land commissioner, Jerry Patterson, Tuesday. The 41-year-old Bush immediately becomes the overwhelming favorite for re-election in November. Continue reading
Mar 06 Democrats head to runoff in bid to unseat Texas Republican Gov. Greg Abbott By Associated Press Abbott easily clinched his party's nomination Tuesday but declared "we cannot afford to take Texas for granted."… Continue reading
Mar 06 Sen. Cruz, Democratic challenger O’Rourke secure party nominations in Texas primary By Associated Press U.S. Rep. Beto O'Rourke is raising more money than Cruz so far but remains very unlikely to win in November. Continue reading
Mar 06 Watch 5:30 Gary Cohn steps down as GOP urges Trump restraint on tariffs By PBS News Hour Chief economic adviser Gary Cohn is stepping down -- another major White House resignation, this time over trade policy. As President Trump pushes ahead with his plan for tariffs on imported steel and aluminum, Republicans are increasingly sounding their concerns… Continue watching
Mar 06 Watch 3:43 News Wrap: Kellyanne Conway broke law by advocating for Roy Moore, says federal watchdog By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Tuesday, a federal watchdog office says White House Senior Adviser Kellyanne Conway illegally tried to influence last year's Senate race in Alabama by advocating for Alabama Republican Roy Moore in TV appearances. Also, President Trump played… Continue watching
Mar 06 Watch 7:23 Sen. Heitkamp: Critics overstating case against bill loosening banking regulations By PBS News Hour A decade after the financial crisis spurred tough financial regulation, the Senate took a step toward rolling back some of those rules on Tuesday. Republicans were joined by more than a dozen Democrats in moving forward with a bill easing… Continue watching
Mar 06 2 Republican lawmakers ask for new special counsel to investigate DOJ, FBI By Mary Clare Jalonick, Associated Press Reps. Robert Goodlatte of Virginia and Trey Gowdy of South Carolina wrote Attorney General Jeff Sessions and Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein on Tuesday to ask for the new special counsel, whose work would be separate from special counsel Robert… Continue reading