Aug 24 Interior Department calls for changes to national monuments but offers no details. Here’s how we got here By Nsikan Akpan Interior secretary Ryan Zinke called Thursday for a “handful” of changes to 27 national monuments that have been under review since this spring. The 120-day review, set in motion by an executive order from President Donald Trump, was due… Continue reading
Aug 24 WATCH: White House addresses Trump’s frustration with Congress in news briefing By Joshua Barajas White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders will hold a news briefing at 2:30 p.m. ET. Watch her remarks live here. Continue reading
Aug 24 Column: Can corporate America afford to walk away from President Trump? By Neal Hartman, The Conversation After campaigning as the candidate best able to work with business, President Donald Trump has shown he is anything but. Continue reading
Aug 24 Republican agenda threatened by Trump-McConnell feud By Steve Peoples and Alan Fram, Associated Press President Donald Trump can't enact his agenda without Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell. McConnell may not have a majority to lead without Trump's help. It's simple, and still so complicated. Continue reading
Aug 24 Within 24 hours, a pair of wildly different Trump speeches By Julie Bykowicz and Jonathan Lemire, Associated Press Within a 24-hour span, President Donald Trump delivered one speech in which he tore into the media and members of his own party, and a second in which he called for national unity and love. Continue reading
Aug 23 Why the DOJ and an internet company are heading to court over data from an anti-Trump protest website By Rhana Natour UPDATE: A D.C. Superior Court judge ruled Thursday that DreamHost must comply with a scaled-back Department of Justice demand for data from DisruptJ20.org, an inauguration protest website it hosts. Last week, DreamHost said it would not comply with a… Continue reading
Aug 23 Watch 4:59 In unfiltered Phoenix speech, Trump attacks critics and threatens shutdown over border wall By PBS News Hour President Trump delivered a freewheeling speech Tuesday night in Phoenix, where he mocked critics of his reaction to the violence in Charlottesville, heavily criticized the media, as well as fellow Republicans. Mr. Trump also met with Border Patrol officers along… Continue watching
Aug 23 Watch 4:12 News Wrap: Clinton describes ‘incredibly uncomfortable’ Trump debate By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Wednesday, former Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton says then-candidate Donald Trump made her skin crawl during a debate last year. Clinton recalls the incident during the second general election face-off in 2016 in her new book,… Continue watching
Aug 23 Watch 7:04 Rep. Hurd: Shutting the government down for a concrete border wall ‘doesn’t make sense’ By PBS News Hour What do Republican lawmakers think about President Trump’s threat to shut down the government if Congress doesn’t fund a border wall? Rep. Will Hurd, R-Texas, who serves on the House Homeland Security Committee, joins Judy Woodruff to offer his reaction… Continue watching
Aug 23 Watch 9:19 Does Trump’s divisive Phoenix rhetoric help his agenda? By PBS News Hour President Trump’s expansive and divisive campaign-style speech in Phoenix drew cheers from his supporters but did nothing to reach more skeptical Americans. Judy Woodruff sits down with Matt Schlapp of the American Conservative Union and Karine Jean-Pierre of MoveOn.org to… Continue watching