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Rep. Brad Knott, R-N.C., questioned former special counsel Jack Smith on Thursday in a hearing focused on Smith’s investigations into President Donald Trump’s mishandling of classified documents and role in the Jan. 6 attack. Watch Knott and Smith's remarks in the video player above. Knott ...
... the lawsuit, Trump alleges he tried to raise the issue personally with Dimon after the bank started to close his accounts, and that Dimon assured Trump he would figure out what was happening. The lawsuit alleges Dimon failed to follow up with Trump. Further, Trump’s lawyers allege that JPMorgan ...
Former special counsel Jack Smith told a House committee Thursday that he stands by the decisions he made in that role, “including the decision to bring charges against President Trump.” Watch the clip in our video player above. In a hearing focused on Smith’s investigations into President Donald Trump ...
President Donald Trump: And all we're asking for is to get Greenland, including right, title and ownership, because you need the ownership to defend it. You can't defend it on a lease. Nick Schifrin: Greenland sits in the middle of the shortest route between the U.S. and ...
... and thinking this sounds to me sort of like Angela Merkel, the former chancellor of Germany, who really didn't understand how to navigate the Trump era during the first administration and made some serious strategic errors for Germany and for Europe at large, including maintaining close relations with Russia ...
Amna Nawaz: Picking up on that idea, what does all this mean for America as a democracy? I mean, you have studied and written extensively on autocracies around the world and throughout history. You warned previously about a potential democratic decline being set into motion in President Trump's second ...
And then the Supreme Court heard oral arguments, as you said, in December, in the case of Rebecca Slaughter, a commissioner on the Federal Trade Commission whom Trump fired. And they seemed inclined to rule in favor of the Trump administration. So in one of the orders on the emergency ...
President Trump marks his first year in office with an economy that looks a lot like the one he inherited. During a White House briefing, Trump hailed his policies and hit on the number one issue for Americans, affordability. For a closer look, Amna Nawaz spoke with Heather Long, chief economist at Navy Federal Credit...
A Jan. 13 analysis from the Brookings Institute estimated that net migration — how the number of people immigrating to the U.S. compares with the number moving out of the country — was close to zero or negative in 2025, citing Trump’s immigration policies. The analysis also estimated the trend ...
... You can also follow the PBS News’ coverage on YouTube, Facebook, X and Bluesky and see highlights on our Instagram and TikTok. More coverage on Trump’s first year WATCH: What Congress is doing as Trump expands presidential power. WATCH: A conservative legal scholar on the constitutionality of Trump's ...
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