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
Jul 21 WATCH: Sarah Huckabee Sanders named White House press secretary By Erica R. Hendry and Associated Press White House Deputy Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders is expected to field questions about the resignation of press secretary Sean Spicer during a news briefing Friday. Continue reading
Jul 21 White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer resigns By Erica R. Hendry The resignation came less than two hours after President Donald Trump offered Anthony Scaramucci the job of communications director, according to the New York Times and the Associated Press — a decision Spicer opposed. Continue reading
Jul 21 U.S. to ban Americans from traveling to North Korea, officials report By Matthew Lee, Associated Press The Trump administration will ban American citizens from traveling to North Korea, U.S. officials said Friday, following the death of university student Otto Warmbier who died in June after falling into a coma in a North Korean prison. Continue reading
Jul 20 Watch 14:12 Trump voices regret for picking Sessions, while blasting Comey and Mueller By PBS News Hour A day after President Trump's sharp rebuke of his attorney general -- for recusing himself from the Russian investigation -- in an interview with The New York Times, Jeff Sessions made it clear he's not going anywhere. But while the… Continue watching