Mar 21 Fact-checking Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer on the effects of the SAVE America Act By Louis Jacobson, PolitiFact Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer said the SAVE America Act would require in-person voter registration, “something only 5% of Americans do today." The act would require that, but the rate of in-person registrations is higher than Schumer said. Continue reading
Mar 21 Robert Mueller, former FBI Director who investigated Russia-Trump campaign ties, dies at 81 By Eric Tucker, Associated Press Robert S. Mueller III, former FBI director who reshaped the agency into a counterterrorism force after the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks and later served as special counsel investigating ties between Russia and Donald Trump’s campaign, has died at 81. Continue reading
Mar 20 Watch 5:41 News Wrap: Deadlock over DHS funding shows no signs of ending In our news wrap Friday, the deadlock in Congress over funding the Department of Homeland Security is showing no signs of ending, the Trump administration has sued Harvard University again, CBS News is shutting down its storied radio service and… Continue watching
Mar 20 Watch 11:26 Zohran Mamdani on his bold agenda, tackling Islamophobia and working with Trump By Amna Nawaz, Kyle Midura Zohran Mamdani is less than three months into his term as mayor of America’s largest city. He's juggling his ambitious campaign promises, a budget deficit and responding to a rise in Islamophobic rhetoric. He has also forged a unique working… Continue watching
Mar 20 Watch 5:16 Long lines, frustrations grow at airports as DHS shutdown strains TSA staffing By William Brangham, Karina Cuevas, Bridget Craig Airport delays tied to the partial government shutdown aren’t going away, and may be getting worse. Several major airports are seeing long security lines, flight delays and growing frustration among travelers. Some TSA workers are calling out sick, taking other… Continue watching
Mar 20 Judge sides with New York Times in challenge to Pentagon policy limiting reporters' access By Michael Kunzelman, Associated Press A federal judge agreed Friday to block the Trump administration from enforcing a policy limiting news reporters’ access to the Pentagon, agreeing with The New York Times that key portions of the new rules are unlawful. Continue reading
Mar 20 Watch 10:02 Brooks and Capehart on Trump struggling to contain economic fallout of Iran war By William Brangham, Jonah Anderson David Brooks of The Atlantic and Jonathan Capehart of MS NOW join William Brangham to discuss the week in politics, including the war in Iran stretching on for almost a month and President Trump struggling to contain the economic fallout. Continue watching
Mar 20 WATCH: Trump says 'we don't need' Strait of Hormuz after allies won't help U.S. escort ships By Associated Press Speaking with reporters as he departed the White House, Trump said “it would be nice” if the countries that rely on the Strait of Hormuz would get involved in helping to keep it open. Continue reading
Mar 20 Feds move to dismiss charges against officers accused of falsifying warrant in Breonna Taylor raid By Dylan Lovan, Associated Press Judges have twice reduced a felony charge against each officer to a misdemeanor, saying there wasn't a direct link between the false information in the warrant and Taylor's death. Prosecutors said after the second ruling that they had decided to… Continue reading
Mar 20 White House urges Congress to take a light touch on AI regulations in new legislative blueprint By Seung Min Kim, Matt O'Brien, Associated Press House Republican leaders swiftly endorsed the framework and said they're ready to work "across the aisle" to pass legislation, but doing so would be a heavy lift, requiring agreement with Democrats in the Senate as public divisions over AI run… Continue reading