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
Jul 21 Can President Trump pardon himself? By Ellis Kim An enterprising story from the Washington Post on Thursday suggested President Donald Trump is considering pre-emptively pardoning himself and his campaign aides, as special counsel Bob Mueller’s investigation into possible collusion and obstruction of justice continues. Continue reading
Jul 21 WATCH LIVE: Judy Woodruff to host first Virginia governor’s debate By Joshua Barajas Virginia's gubernatorial candidates, Republican Ed Gillespie and Democrat Ralph Northam, will face each other in the first debate of the race on Saturday, June 22. Continue reading
Jul 21 Trump names new acting government ethics chief By Stephen Braun, Associated Press The Office of Government Ethics confirmed Friday that President Trump designated the agency's general counsel, David J. Apol, to become its acting director. Continue reading
Jul 21 House unveils plan to fix VA’s budget gap as deadline looms By Hope Yen, Associated Press A House committee has unveiled a plan that would allow the Department of Veterans Affairs to shift $2 billion from other programs to cover a sudden budget shortfall that threatens medical care for thousands of veterans in the coming weeks. Continue reading