Dec 16 How a Trump business deal with a crypto firm exposes potential conflicts of interest By Brian Slodysko, Associated Press Crypto.com was under siege — investigated by President Joe Biden's Democratic administration and told enforcement action was likely. Then Donald Trump won the 2024 election, and the company’s legal peril dissipated. Continue reading
Dec 16 Susie Wiles, Trump’s chief of staff, criticizes Bondi’s handling of Epstein files in Vanity Fair interview By Darlene Superville, Bill Barrow, Associated Press White House chief of staff Susie Wiles is criticizing Attorney General Pam Bondi’s handling of the Jeffrey Epstein case and broadly defending Donald Trump's second presidency in a series of interviews published Tuesday. Continue reading
Dec 16 WATCH: Johnson and Jeffries lead statue unveiling of civil rights activist Barbara Rose Johns By Associated Press The unveiling ceremony will take place in Emancipation Hall, featuring Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson, Democratic Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, Republican Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin and the state's congressional delegation. Continue reading
Dec 16 Trump posted about the Brown shooting and Reiner killing before details were known, echoing others with confirm-the-facts-later approach By Louis Jacobson, Amy Sherman, PolitiFact In a weekend punctuated by tragic events, President Donald Trump quickly shared what he knew, even if his information ultimately proved to be wrong. Continue reading
Dec 16 Hegseth says he won’t publicly release video of boat strike that killed survivors in the Caribbean By Stephen Groves, Lisa Mascaro, Ben Finley, Associated Press Hegseth said that members of the House and Senate Armed Services Committee would have an opportunity this week to review the video, but did not say whether all members of Congress would be allowed to see it, even as a… Continue reading
Dec 16 WATCH LIVE: Vance delivers remarks in Allentown, Pa., touting Trump’s economic agenda By Paul Wiseman, Associated Press The unemployment rate rose to 4.6%, highest since 2021. Both the October and November job creation numbers, released Tuesday by the Labor Department, came in late because of the 43-day federal government shutdown. Continue reading
Dec 16 The U.S. gained 64,000 jobs in November but lost 105,000 in October as the unemployment rate rose to 4.6% By Paul Wiseman, Associated Press Hiring has clearly lost momentum, hobbled by uncertainty over President Donald Trump's tariffs and the lingering effects of the high interest rates the Federal Reserve engineered in 2022 and 2023 to rein in an outburst of inflation. Continue reading
Dec 16 Trump sues BBC for $10 billion, accusing it of defamation deceptive practices over editing of his Jan. 6 speech By Associated Press The suit accused the BBC of "splicing together two entirely separate parts of President Trump's speech on January 6, 2021" in order to "intentionally misrepresent the meaning of what President Trump said."… Continue reading
Dec 15 Watch 7:14 Trump policies upend years-long paths to citizenship for some immigrants By Amna Nawaz, Ali Schmitz, Doug Adams, Amalia Huot-Marchand The naturalization ceremony is the final step of a lengthy, often years-long legal process to become a U.S. citizen. In cities across the country in recent weeks, they've been abruptly canceled for immigrants from 19 countries deemed "high-risk" by President… Continue watching
Dec 15 Watch 8:41 Tamara Keith and Amy Walter on Trump facing GOP pushback over his comments on Rob Reiner By Geoff Bennett, Jonah Anderson NPR’s Tamara Keith and Amy Walter of the Cook Political Report with Amy Walter join Geoff Bennett to discuss the latest political news, including President Trump garnering rare backlash from members of his party for a social media post about… Continue watching