Sep 30 Race to decide if West Coast keeps its only GOP-led chamber By Associated Press The Washington state Senate is the only Republican-led legislative chamber on the West Coast. Continue reading
Sep 30 Google cooperating with Russia probe after Twitter slammed By Associated Press Google says it is digging into its vaults for evidence of Russian meddling in the 2016 election. Continue reading
Sep 30 Trump lashes out at San Juan mayor who begged for more help By Jill Colvin, Associated Press President Donald Trump on Saturday lashed out at the mayor of San Juan and other officials in storm-ravaged Puerto Rico. Continue reading
Sep 29 Watch 3:59 Price resignation over charter flights amid questions about other Cabinet members’ travel By PBS News Hour Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price resigned Friday after it was revealed that he spent hundreds of thousands of dollars on private flights for himself and his staff. Similar questions about the use of expensive charter flights have also… Continue watching
Sep 29 Watch 12:42 Brooks and Klein on Tom Price’s plane scandal, Trump taking aim at the NFL By PBS News Hour New York Times columnist David Brooks and Ezra Klein of Vox join Judy Woodruff to discuss the week’s news, including the resignation of Tom Price as HHS secretary over expensive chartered flights, the anti-establishment upset in the Alabama Senate runoff… Continue watching
Sep 29 Read Health Secretary Price’s full resignation letter By Daniel Bush Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price resigned Friday. Read Price's full letter. Continue reading
Sep 29 Groups say they’ll challenge Trump’s latest travel ban By Jessica Gresko, Associated Press The American Civil Liberties Union says it's challenging the Trump administration's latest travel ban, the first legal action to be announced against the new ban. Continue reading
Sep 29 Health Secretary Price resigns after private flight controversy By Daniel Bush Don J. Wright of Virginia will serve as acting secretary as of Friday night, the White House said. Continue reading
Sep 29 Trump says Price’s travel becoming a distraction, AP sources say By Jonathan Lemire, Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar, Associated Press President Donald Trump has been telling associates that his health chief has become a distraction, overshadowing his agenda and undermining his campaign promise to "drain the swamp" of corruption, according to people familiar with the discussions. Continue reading
Sep 29 Zinke dismisses charter as a ‘little BS over travel’ By Matthew Daly, Associated Press Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke is dismissing controversy over his use of charter flights as "a little BS over travel," but says the American public has the right to know the costs of official travel. Continue reading