Jan 26 Mexico's president cancels visit with Trump By News Desk President Donald Trump tweeted Thursday morning that if Mexico is unwilling to pay for a border wall, "it would be better to cancel the upcoming meeting."… Continue reading
Jan 26 Paul Ryan: Congress will pay billions for border wall By Erica Werner, Associated Press It's not clear whether the $12 to $15 billion price tag would be added to the deficit, or whether Congress would offset the cost some other way. Continue reading
Jan 25 Watch 53:24 PBS NewsHour full episode Jan. 25, 2017 By PBS News Hour Wednesday on the NewsHour, President Trumps orders a border wall and moves to crack down on illegal immigration. Also: The president's unsubstantiated claims that millions voted illegally, silencing federal agencies' public communications, a meeting to outline the GOP agenda, using… Continue watching
Jan 25 Watch 6:19 News Wrap: Trump takes steps on border wall, immigration crackdown By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Wednesday, President Trump signed two executive orders at the Department of Homeland Security, ordering construction of a Mexican border wall, and taking other actions aimed at illegal immigration. Also, the White House distanced itself from reports… Continue watching
Jan 25 Watch Will Trump talk of voter fraud threaten legitimate voter rights? By PBS News Hour President Trump made the issue of voter fraud a rallying cry during his campaign. Now President Trump is still claiming -- with zero evidence and GOP resistance -- that millions of illegal votes were cast for Hillary Clinton and announcing… Continue watching
Jan 25 Watch 3:46 GOP meets to strategize on Trump priorities like health care By PBS News Hour Republican lawmakers are attending an annual retreat to outline an ambitious agenda to accomplish in the next 200 days, and to set the tone for collaboration with President Trump. Judy Woodruff talks with Lisa Desjardins, reporting from Philadelphia, on possible… Continue watching
Jan 25 Watch 8:20 What do Trump's new orders on immigration really do? By PBS News Hour President Trump is tackling one of his election promises by ordering a border wall and cracking down on illegal immigration by stripping funding from “sanctuary cities” and ending a policy of releasing undocumented immigrants. Judy Woodruff gets views on what… Continue watching
Jan 25 Watch 5:39 Why are some federal agencies under a reported media lockdown? By PBS News Hour According to various news outlets, the Trump administration is attempting to limit the flow of information out of key government agencies. EPA staff are reportedly banned from sending press releases or posting to social media, and the Interior Department and… Continue watching
Jan 25 Government bites back: Civil servants troll Trump, leak info By Lisa Lerer and Julie Bykowicz, Associated Press WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump spent much of his campaign bashing the federal government, a system he described as awash in "waste fraud and abuse." Now, the bureaucracy is biting back. Continue reading
Jan 25 What's next in the fight against Keystone XL and Dakota Access pipelines? By Joshua Barajas "It's not enough to march for one day," protest organizers say, promising a unified call to action to groups on the ground across the nation. Continue reading