Mar 17 WATCH: Johnson refutes outgoing counterterrorism official's claim that Iran posed no imminent threat By Associated Press Days after launching the war, Trump administration officials told congressional staff in private briefings that U.S. intelligence did not suggest Iran was preparing to launch a preemptive strike against the U.S. Continue reading
Mar 17 Joe Kent, top counterterrorism official, says Iran posed no imminent threat as he resigns over Trump's war By Seung Min Kim, Associated Press Kent, a former political candidate with connections to right-wing extremists, said he “cannot in good conscience” back the Trump administration’s war. Continue reading
Mar 17 WATCH: Postmaster General Steiner testifies at House hearing on financial future of USPS By Susan Haigh, Associated Press David Steiner is scheduled to testify before Congress Tuesday about the Postal Service's financial struggles and the need to change longstanding rules and regulations that he considers burdensome. He singled out the $15 billion cap on borrowing that has been… Continue reading
Mar 17 WATCH: Dr. Jay Bhattacharya testifies at NIH oversight hearing before House panel By Molly Finnegan National Institutes of Health Director Jay Bhattacharya testified Tuesday in an oversight hearing before the House Appropriations Committee. Continue reading
Mar 17 WATCH: Senate begins extended debate over SAVE America Act By Mary Clare Jalonick, Associated Press The bill, which the Senate took up on Tuesday, would require voters to provide proof of citizenship when they register and to present approved identification when they go to the polls, among other new rules that Trump and his most… Continue reading
Mar 16 Supreme Court to hear case over push to end legal protections for Haitian, Syrian migrants By Lindsay Whitehurst, Associated Press The Supreme Court will hear arguments over the Trump administration’s push to end legal protections for people fleeing war and natural disaster from countries around the world, including Haiti and Syria. Continue reading
Mar 16 Watch 2:59 What Trump said about Iran's infrastructure and oil prices in call with PBS News By Liz Landers On Monday, White House correspondent Liz Landers spoke on the phone with President Trump while he was attending what he described as a “very important meeting” on the Iran war. Continue watching
Mar 16 Watch 8:05 Anti-Islamic rhetoric from GOP politicians sparks concerns over religious hatred By Geoff Bennett, Kyle Midura More than two weeks into the war with Iran, Muslim Americans are confronting a new surge of hateful rhetoric amplified online and echoed by some of the country’s most prominent Republican officials. Civil rights advocates and Democratic lawmakers have condemned… Continue watching
Mar 16 Watch 8:07 Tamara Keith and Amy Walter on the impact of Trump's push for the SAVE Act By Amna Nawaz, Leila Jackson NPR’s Tamara Keith and Amy Walter of the Cook Political Report with Amy Walter join Amna Nawaz to discuss the latest political news, including President Trump's push for the Senate to pass the SAVE Act, what's at stake with primaries… Continue watching
Mar 16 Judge blocks RFK Jr. from scaling back childhood vaccine recommendations By Mike Stobbe, Associated Press A federal judge on Monday temporarily blocked federal health officials from cutting the number of vaccines recommended for every child, and said U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. likely violated federal procedures in revamping a key vaccine advisory committee. Continue reading