Jan 24 WATCH: Trump budget pick Mick Mulvaney's confirmation hearing By Associated Press The South Carolina Republican says it's too early to say what steps the new administration will take to reduce intractable government deficits. Continue reading
Jan 24 Watch full video of Tom Price's confirmation hearing By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar and Alan Fram, Associated Press Trump's selection, Rep. Tom Price, R-Ga., 62, is a veteran conservative congressman and orthopedic surgeon from Atlanta's suburbs who has long favored voiding Obama's 2010 law and wrote his own proposed substitute for it. Continue reading
Jan 23 AP report: Trump advances false claim that 3-5 million voted illegally By Ken Thomas, Erica Werner, Associated Press Throughout the campaign, Trump pushed false claims about the propensity of voter fraud, telling his supporters the election had been "rigged" against him. Continue reading
Jan 23 Watch A meeting of nationalist leaders sows division in Europe By PBS News Hour A day after President Trump's inauguration, European right-wing leaders met in Koblenz, Germany, to issue a rallying cry for voters to upset the establishment in key elections across the continent. Special correspondent Malcolm Brabant reports that their message, seeking to… Continue watching
Jan 23 Watch 7:23 Explaining the lawsuit and lingering concern over Trump's business dealings By PBS News Hour A federal lawsuit filed Monday alleges that President Trump is violating the emoluments clause of the Constitution, which bars government officials from receiving certain types of gifts from foreign powers or governments. William Brangham talks with Jonathan O'Connell of The… Continue watching
Jan 23 Watch Trump refocuses on the economy after a rocky rollout By PBS News Hour President Donald Trump signed three executive orders Monday morning, including a withdrawal from the Trans-Pacific Partnership and a freeze on federal government hiring. A weekend of tumult over the size of his Inauguration Day crowd, record-breaking protests and news coverage… Continue watching
Jan 23 Watch 3:53 News Wrap: Senate committee OKs Tillerson for State Department By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Monday, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee voted through the nomination of Rex Tillerson to be the next secretary of state, clearing the way for his confirmation by the full Senate. Also, some Republicans raised questions about… Continue watching
Jan 23 Watch 11:36 Sen. Schumer on Democratic opposition under Trump By PBS News Hour As the Republican-led House and Senate seek to help President Trump deliver on many of his campaign promises, Democrats -- led by Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer -- plan to make it a bumpy road. Schumer sits down with Judy… Continue watching
Jan 23 Watch 3:37 Trump administration wastes no time in fighting the press over facts By PBS News Hour White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer’s tone was different on Monday, but his message was the same as over the weekend: The Trump administration feels that the press is unfair. At the CIA on Saturday, President Trump called members of… Continue watching
Jan 23 Watch 9:37 Do Americans care about Trump's feud with the press? By PBS News Hour It was a weekend of conflict over facts between the Trump administration and the news media. Amy Walter of The Cook Political Report, Tamara Keith of NPR and Reuters’ Jeff Mason, president of the White House Correspondents' Association, join Judy… Continue watching