Dec 01 What we found in the new Senate tax bill By Lisa Desjardins With just hours until an anticipated vote Friday, Republicans sent out their proposed final tax bill draft to members of the U.S. Senate. Here’s what stood out to us in our initial look at the new draft. Continue reading
Dec 01 Watch 3:21 Cooperating with Mueller on Russia probe, former Trump aide Michael Flynn takes plea deal By PBS News Hour Michael Flynn pleaded guilty on Friday to lying to the FBI about his Russia contacts while he was a member of the Trump campaign, saying that an unidentified senior official directed his contacts. The former national security advisor is the… Continue watching
Dec 01 Watch 3:07 News Wrap: Trump reportedly urged GOP senators to end Russia probe By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Friday, The New York Times reports that President Trump spoke to several Republican senators over the past summer to urge them to end an investigation of Russia's meddling in last year's election. Sen. Richard Burr confirmed… Continue watching
Dec 01 Watch 8:16 Michael Flynn's guilty plea offers hints about direction of Mueller's Russia probe By PBS News Hour What does a guilty plea by Michael Flynn, former national security advisor, mean for President Trump? And how could it change Robert Mueller's Russia investigation? Judy Woodruff talks to former Justice Department official John Carlin and Carrie Johnson of NPR… Continue watching
Dec 01 Watch 5:27 Senate Republicans make 11th-hour changes in push to pass tax cut bill By PBS News Hour Winning over holdouts like Sen. Jeff Flake, Majority Leader Mitch McConnell told reporters that Republicans had the votes to pass their tax bill, which could affect the U.S. for at least a decade. But as the clock ticked down, the… Continue watching
Dec 01 Watch 14:02 Shields and Gerson on Michael Flynn's Russia probe cooperation, GOP's tax bill calculation By PBS News Hour Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and Washington Post columnist Michael Gerson join Judy Woodruff to discuss the week’s news, including Michael Flynn’s guilty plea in connection with the Russia probe, the Senate GOP’s push for its tax reform bill and what’s… Continue watching
Dec 01 Sanctuary city debate intensifies after jury acquits undocumented immigrant in San Francisco murder trial By Paul Elias and Janie Har, Associated Press President Donald Trump led a new round of criticism of sanctuary cities after a San Francisco jury found an undocumented immigrant man not guilty in the murder of a woman in 2015. Continue reading
Dec 01 Trump says reports of Tillerson ouster are 'fake news' By Matthew Lee, Associated Press President Donald Trump says media speculation that Secretary of State Rex Tillerson will leave his job soon is “fake news.”… Continue reading
Dec 01 Michael Flynn's rise was rapid, his fall even faster By Chad Day, Eric Tucker and Stephen Braun, Associated Press Flynn was fired by Trump after just a month in the White House and left to contend with a mounting criminal probe. Continue reading
Dec 01 McConnell confirms votes are there for tax bill By Associated Press Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell says “we have the votes” to pass the GOP tax bill. Continue reading