Jan 09 Trump suggests 2-phase immigration deal that includes agreement on ‘Dreamers’ By Alan Fram, Ken Thomas, Associated Press The president says he would need construction of a border security wall as part of an agreement involving young immigrants, but he says Congress could then pursue a comprehensive immigration overhaul in the second phase. Continue reading
Jan 09 Joe Arpaio says he will run for U.S. Senate seat in Arizona By Associated Press The 85-year-old Joe Arpaio is a close ally of President Donald Trump and tweeted Tuesday he seeking the post “to support the agenda and policies of President Donald Trump in his mission to Make America Great Again.”… Continue reading
Jan 09 Your state may be good at football. Or politics. But probably not both By Lisa Desjardins A handful of states dominate college football. Is the same true of presidential politics?… Continue reading
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