Sep 19 How Supreme Court justices could avoid issuing a verdict on Trump’s travel ban By Mark Sherman, Associated Press WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s travel ban offers the Supreme Court the chance to make a major pronouncement on the president’s power over immigration. But the case also could vanish into the legal ether, and that may be what a… Continue reading
Sep 19 WATCH LIVE: Senate leaders to speak about health care reform By Associated Press Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., are expected to speak about the latest GOP effort to reform the Affordable Care Act in Tuesday news conferences. Continue reading
Sep 19 Trump lawyer to testify in public hearing on Russia probe By Eric Tucker, Mary Clare Jalonick, Associated Press Senate intelligence committee leaders say they canceled a scheduled interview with President Donald Trump's personal lawyer after he released a public statement. Continue reading
Sep 19 WATCH: At UN, Trump threatens to ‘totally destroy’ North Korea By Jonathan Lemire and Darlene Superville, Associated Press NEW YORK — President Donald Trump, in a combative debut speech to the U.N. General Assembly, threatened the "total destruction'" of North Korea if it does not abandon its drive toward nuclear weapons. Continue reading
Sep 19 WATCH: Navy chief says budget cuts strain force amid ship collisions By Lolita C. Baldor, Associated Press Frequent extended deployments, delayed maintenance, gaps in training and nearly a decade of budget constraints and uncertainly have strained the U.S. Navy, eroding readiness in its Pacific fleet, Navy leaders and members of Congress said today. Continue reading
Sep 19 GOP says there’s momentum for their Obamacare repeal bill, but hurdles remain By Alan Fram, Associated Press Senate Republicans have less than two weeks to succeed and face a tough fight to win enough GOP support to reverse the summer's self-inflicted defeat on the party's high-priority issue. Continue reading
Sep 18 Watch 8:04 What’s at stake for Republicans in Alabama’s runoff election By PBS News Hour Amy Walter of the Cook Political Report and Tamara Keith of NPR join William Brangham to discuss Sean Spicer’s Emmys cameo, the runoff election in Alabama, last-ditch GOP efforts to repeal the Affordable Care Act and the Democratic push for… Continue watching
Sep 18 Watch 6:17 Hillary Clinton on losing in Wisconsin, getting universal health care By PBS News Hour Why didn’t Hillary Clinton win the key states of Wisconsin, Michigan and Pennsylvania in the 2016 election? In the second part of their conversation, Clinton, author of “What Happened,” sits down with Judy Woodruff to discuss lessons learned from the… Continue watching
Sep 18 Senate passes bill to pump $700 billion into military By Richard Lardner, Associated Press WASHINGTON — The Senate has overwhelmingly approved a sweeping policy bill that would pump $700 billion into the military, putting the U.S. armed forces on track for a budget greater than at any time during the decade-plus wars in Iraq… Continue reading
Sep 18 After violence at embassy, U.S. withdraws proposal to let Turkish security guards buy guns By Josh Lederman, Associated Press The Trump administration has withdrawn a proposal to let Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's security guards buy $1.2 million in U.S.-made weapons, a congressional official said Monday, following violence against protesters during Erdogan's visit to Washington this spring. Continue reading