Jul 23 Trump expected to support Russia sanctions package By Richard Lardner, Associated Press The White House indicated Sunday President Donald Trump would sign a sweeping Russia sanctions measure, which the House could take up this week, that requires him to get Congress' permission before lifting or easing the economic penalties against Moscow. Continue reading
Jul 23 California governor turns to housing, rail after climate win By Kathleen Ronayne, Associated Press Gov. Jerry Brown's aggressive plea for lawmakers to renew California's signature climate change law proved fruitful this week. Continue reading
Jul 23 Trump lawyer says there’s no pardon discussion By Associated Press One of President Trump's personal attorneys says that Trump's private legal team is not looking into the question of whether the president can pardon himself. Continue reading
Jul 22 Democrats herald agreement on sweeping Russia sanctions bill By Richard Lardner, Associated Press A bipartisan group of House and Senate negotiators have reached an agreement on a sweeping Russia sanctions package to punish Moscow for meddling in the presidential election and its military aggression in Ukraine and Syria. Continue reading
Jul 22 Trump helps commission $12.9 billion aircraft carrier By Darlene Superville, Associated Press President Donald Trump helped commission the USS Gerald R. Ford on Saturday and declared that the most advanced aircraft carrier to join the Navy will cause America's enemies to "shake with fear."… Continue reading
Jul 22 Kushner adds at least $10M in assets to revised disclosure By Garance Burke, Bernard Condon and Chad Day, Associated Press President Donald Trump's son-in-law and senior adviser Jared Kushner "inadvertently omitted" more than 70 assets worth at least $10.6 million from his personal financial disclosure reports. Continue reading
Jul 21 Watch 6:03 News Wrap: Sean Spicer steps down as press secretary By PBS News Hour In the our news wrap Friday, White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer announced he was resigning after just six months. It was widely reported that he objected to Anthony Scaramucci being named the new communications director. Also, Israeli-Palestinian tensions erupted… Continue watching
Jul 21 Watch 6:12 Resignations add to turmoil as Trump legal team weighs options By PBS News Hour It was a tumultuous day at the White House, with major personnel shakeups involving the public faces of the Trump presidency. The resignations of Press Secretary Sean Spicer and the spokesman for the president's legal team came amid reports that… Continue watching
Jul 21 Watch 5:34 The great struggle of getting anything done when partisanship reigns By PBS News Hour Congress these days has an obvious theme: more blame than legislation. Congressional Republicans have taken a sharply partisan route in their health care reform efforts, with multiple failed and contentious attempts to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act. How… Continue watching
Jul 21 Watch 13:06 Shields and Brooks on Spicer stepping down, GOP health care bill fumble By PBS News Hour Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks join Hari Sreenivasan to discuss the week’s news, including Republicans’ failure to pass a health care reform bill, President Trump expressing his anger at Jeff Sessions to The New… Continue watching