Aug 01 WATCH: White House says Trump has yet to sign Russia sanctions bill By Vivian Salama, Associated Press The White House says President Donald Trump has not yet signed a sanctions bill that landed on his desk last week, which includes new sanctions on Russia. Continue reading
Aug 01 President Trump on tricky legal ground with ‘Obamacare’ threat By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar, Associated Press President Donald Trump's threat to stop billions of dollars in government payments to insurers and force the collapse of "Obamacare" could put the government in a tricky legal situation. Continue reading
Aug 01 Senate Democrats say ‘no’ to GOP tax plan, cuts for ‘top 1 percent’ By Andrew Taylor, Associated Press Most Senate Democrats and independents said Tuesday that upcoming legislation to rewrite the tax code should make sure the middle class doesn't pay more. Continue reading
Aug 01 Despite Trump’s prods, Senate GOP sees no path on health care By Alan Fram, Associated Press Top Senate Republicans think it's time to leave their derailed drive to scrap the Obama health care law behind them. And they're tired of the White House prodding them to keep voting until they succeed. Continue reading
Aug 01 House conservative calls for Mueller to resign as special counsel By Mary Clare Jalonick, Associated Press A conservative House Republican is calling on special counsel Robert Mueller to resign, citing what he says is a conflict of interest because of Mueller's "close friendship" with fired FBI Director James Comey. Continue reading
Jul 31 Watch 2:49 Another top Trump official is gone. Here’s how we got here By PBS News Hour Anthony Scaramucci, the newly installed White House communications director, was removed after 11 days on the job. The move comes as John Kelly began his first day as President Trump's chief of staff. Lisa Desjardins joins William Brangham to discuss… Continue watching
Jul 31 Watch 8:11 Can John Kelly tame the tumult at the White House? By PBS News Hour Can John Kelly bring order to the White House? Stuart Rothenberg of Inside Elections and Tamara Keith of NPR join William Brangham to discuss the removal of Anthony Scaramucci as White House communications director, whether the Republican effort to repeal… Continue watching
Jul 31 Watch 7:22 What we can learn from Nixon’s ‘Saturday Night Massacre’ By PBS News Hour Dubbed the "Saturday Night Massacre," the political drama that unfolded on October 20, 1973, pitted a president against the Justice Department and has drawn parallels to today. William Ruckelshaus is one of the officials who refused to carry out an… Continue watching
Jul 31 Trump needs to declare national emergency for opioid crisis, commission says By Laura Santhanam Opioids “now kill more people than gun homicides and car crashes combined,” the commission wrote in its report, saying that with nearly 150 Americans dying every day, “America is enduring a death toll equal to September 11th every three weeks.”… Continue reading
Jul 31 After failed Senate vote, will Congress give these new health care ideas a chance? By Alan Fram, Associated Press They have iffy prospects at best, and there were no signs Monday that GOP leaders have chosen a fresh pathway after last week's collapse of their struggle to repeal and rewrite the statute. Continue reading