Oct 18 Twitter chat: How the gun control debate mirrors larger issues of partisanship in America By Lora Strum What would it take to turn Texas, a Republican stronghold, into a blue state? According to data from SurveyMonkey, just remove all the gun owners from the Lone Star State and it would have gone to Hillary Clinton in… Continue reading
Oct 18 Trump and the new politics of honoring war dead By Calvin Woodward and Russ Bynum, Associated Press WASHINGTON — After her Army son died in an armored vehicle rollover in Syria in May, Sheila Murphy says, she got no call or letter from President Donald Trump, even as she waited months for his condolences, wrote to him… Continue reading
Oct 18 WATCH: Democratic senators to press Sessions on talks with Trump By Sadie Gurman and Eric Tucker, Associated Press WASHINGTON — Democratic senators plan to press Attorney General Jeff Sessions about his private communications with the president when he appears before a Senate committee Wednesday to discuss his leadership of the Justice Department. Continue reading
Oct 18 Karen Pence to outline goals for art therapy initiative By Darlene Superville, Associated Press WASHINGTON — When Karen Pence found out that an art therapist in hurricane-ravaged Puerto Rico couldn't afford the clay her clients needed, she sprang into action. Continue reading
Oct 17 WATCH: President Trump speaks about tax policy at the Heritage Foundation By Jill Colvin, Associated Press President Donald Trump took his tax plan sales pitch to the conservative think tank. Continue reading
Oct 17 Watch Senators take a bipartisan step toward a health care fix By PBS News Hour Two leading senators reached a bipartisan deal Tuesday to stabilize health insurance markets under Obamacare. Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., and Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., said their two-year compromise would fund federal subsidies that President Trump ended last week. Judy Woodruff… Continue watching
Oct 17 Watch 3:37 Trump ignites furor with claim past presidents didn’t console military families by phone By PBS News Hour President Trump dealt with the fallout from his assertion that President Obama didn't call the families of service members killed in action. John Yang reports on the president's response to military casualties and the latest controversy to engulf his presidency. Continue watching
Oct 17 Judge in Hawaii blocks latest version of Trump’s travel ban By Jennifer Kelleher, Associated Press HONOLULU — A federal judge in Hawaii blocked the Trump administration Tuesday from enforcing its latest travel ban, just hours before it was set to take effect. U.S. District Judge Derrick Watson granted Hawaii’s request to temporarily block the policy… Continue reading
Oct 17 WATCH: Senators reach bipartisan deal on resuming payments to health insurers By Alan Fram, Associated Press WASHINGTON — Key senators reached a breakthrough deal Tuesday on resuming federal payments to health insurers that President Donald Trump has blocked. Insurers had warned that unless the money is quickly restored, premiums will go up. At the White House,… Continue reading
Oct 17 WATCH: Trump, Greek prime minister hold joint press conference By Ken Thomas, Associated Press WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is welcoming Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras to the White House to address a range of economic and security issues — and perhaps make amends. Continue reading