Mar 06 Baltimore students march on City Hall to protest gun violence By Associated Press Students from multiple high schools walked out of class Tuesday, chanting "Grades up! Guns down!" during a 5-mile march to the plaza outside City Hall. Continue reading
Mar 06 Gary Cohn, Trump’s top economic adviser, to leave White House By Zeke Miller, Jonathan Lemire, Associated Press The departure comes after a dispute over trade. Continue reading
Mar 06 Trump says he’ll move forward with tariffs, despite pressure from GOP By Ken Thomas, Lisa Mascaro, Associated Press Warning of economic fallout, congressional Republicans and industry groups pressed President Donald Trump on Tuesday to narrow his plan for across-the-board tariffs on imports of steel and aluminum. Continue reading
Mar 06 What to watch in Tuesday’s Texas primary By Saher Khan A guide to Tuesday's primaries in Texas, which kick off the 2018 midterm elections cycle. Continue reading
Mar 06 Britain vows to respond ‘robustly’ if Russia link proven in illness of ex-spy By Martin Benedyk, Jill Lawless and Danica Kirka, Associated Press Britain will respond "appropriately and robustly" if Russia's involvement is established in the case of an ex-Russian spy who became critically ill after coming into contact with an "unknown substance" in southern England, the U.K. foreign secretary said today. Continue reading
Mar 06 Trump cites ‘possible progress’ in talks with North Korea By Darlene Superville, Associated Press The president commented on Twitter today that a "serious effort" is being made by all sides. Continue reading
Mar 05 Watch 4:05 News Wrap: Trump ‘not backing down’ on tariffs plan By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Monday, President Trump insisted that he is going ahead with plans to impose new tariffs on steel and aluminum imports. House Speaker Paul Ryan said through a spokeswoman that he’s “extremely worried” the tariffs could incite… Continue watching
Mar 05 Watch 2:12 DACA sits in limbo as symbolic deadline passes By PBS News Hour Last fall, Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced the DACA program would end by March 5 unless Congress acted. But that day has come and Congress has not acted, despite efforts to strike a deal that was ultimately rejected by President… Continue watching
Mar 05 Watch 7:09 Tamara Keith and Susan Page on the DACA deadline, GOP in-fighting on trade By PBS News Hour President Trump’s deadline for action on DACA has passed by without any new legislation enacted to protect undocumented immigrants. Where does the immigration debate go from here? Tamara Keith of NPR and Susan Page of USA Today join William Brangham… Continue watching
Mar 05 Senate poised to ease Dodd-Frank rules for most banks By Kevin Freking, Associated Press Ten years after a financial crisis rocked the nation's economy, the Senate is poised to pass legislation that would roll back some of the safeguards Congress put into place to prevent a relapse. Continue reading