Oct 21 Gorsuch: Civility doesn’t mean suppressing disagreement By Associated Press Gorsuch tells a conference of lawyers meeting near the high court that he's worried that college students with unpopular views aren't "able to express themselves."… Continue reading
Oct 21 How to counter Trump? Democrats still searching By Bill Barrow, Associated Press Democrats are still searching for a standard-bearer and a crisp message to corral widespread opposition to an unpopular president and a Republican-led Congress. Continue reading
Oct 21 Appeal for hurricane aid backed by former presidents raises $31 million By Will Weissert, Associated Press All five living former U.S. presidents attended a concert Saturday night in a Texas college town, raising money for relief efforts from Hurricane Harvey. Continue reading
Oct 21 Trump has no plan to block scheduled release of JFK records By Associated Press President Trump says he won't block the scheduled release of thousands of government documents related to President John F. Kennedy's assassination. Continue reading
Oct 21 Trump jabs back at ‘wacky’ congresswoman as spat rolls on By Jonathan Lemire and Jill Colvin, Associated Press President Donald Trump on Saturday jabbed back at the Democratic lawmaker who has slammed him for his words of condolence to a military widow. Continue reading
Oct 20 Watch News Wrap: Rep. Wilson rejects John Kelly’s claims over condolence call By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Friday, the fallout from the political feud over the nation’s war dead continued as Rep. Frederica Wilson, D-Fla., rejected John Kelly’s accusation that she was eavesdropping on the president in a condolence call to a soldier’s… Continue watching
Oct 20 Watch How passing a budget makes GOP tax reform possible By PBS News Hour Congressional Republicans cleared a big hurdle Thursday by pushing a budget resolution through the Senate that will allow them to pass tax reform. Hari Sreenivasan sits down with Lisa Desjardins to discuss why it matters and what’s next in the… Continue watching
Oct 20 Watch 11:57 Shields and Brooks on Trump’s condolence call, Obamacare fix bipartisanship By PBS News Hour Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks join Hari Sreenivasan to discuss the week’s news, including the fracas over President Trump’s condolence call to a Gold Star widow, two former presidents and Sen. John McCain express… Continue watching
Oct 20 WATCH: White House addresses ongoing feud over Trump’s call to widow By Jonathan Lemire, Associated Press White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders is scheduled to hold a briefing at 2 p.m. ET. Continue reading
Oct 20 WATCH: Trump’s opioid commission meets before issuing final report By Laura Santhanam President Donald Trump's opioid commission will meet today fewer than two weeks before its deadline to issue a final report with strategies for how to lead the nation out of a public health crisis. Continue reading