Oct 24 WATCH: Vice President Pence delivers remarks amid tax plan push By Joshua Barajas The vice president delivered a speech today that focused on the GOP's goal of overhauling the tax code. Continue reading
Oct 11 Watch 8:35 Analyzing Trump’s angry tweets about NBC and Sen. Corker By PBS News Hour Twitter remains President Trump's preferred platform to vent his latest frustrations with the NFL, Sen. Bob Corker and claims of fake news on NBC. Judy Woodruff sits down with Karine Jean-Pierre of MoveOn.org and Matt Schlapp of the American Conservative… Continue watching
Oct 10 WATCH: White House calls Trump’s comment about Tillerson’s intelligence ‘a joke’ By Associated Press White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders also says the president has "100 percent confidence" in Tillerson. She said reporters "should get a sense of humor."… Continue reading
Oct 09 Watch 9:54 How Trump’s feud with Corker reflects the GOP’s shifting direction By PBS News Hour President Trump's social media feud with Republican Sen. Bob Corker over the weekend ended with the senator asserting that Trump’s reckless threats could set the U.S. “on the path to World War III.” Tamara Keith of NPR and Stuart Rothenberg… Continue watching
Oct 09 What escalating tensions between Trump and Sen. Corker mean for the GOP By Richard Lardner, Associated Press President Donald Trump and a prominent Republican senator who fears the country could be edging toward "chaos" engaged in a vitriolic back-and-forth bashing on social media Sunday, a remarkable airing of their party's profound rifts. Continue reading
Sep 26 Watch 4:07 News Wrap: Senate GOP abandons latest Obamacare replacement By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Tuesday, Senate Republican leaders are giving up on the Graham-Cassidy health care bill but Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said the Senate is not abandoning the idea of repealing the Affordable Care Act. Also, Republicans in Alabama… Continue watching
Sep 26 Republican Sen. Corker says he won’t seek re-election By Donna Cassata, Richard Lardner, Associated Press Republican Sen. Bob Corker of Tennessee, the chairman of the powerful Foreign Relations Committee and a political force on financial issues, announced Tuesday he would not seek re-election. File photo by Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty Images. WASHINGTON… Continue reading
May 25 Senate panel backs bill to authorize new sanctions on Iran By Richard Lardner, Associated Press A Senate panel overwhelmingly backed bipartisan legislation that would authorize President Donald Trump to put new sanctions on Iran while keeping the landmark nuclear deal with Tehran in place. Continue reading
May 15 How lawmakers are reacting to report of Trump sharing classified intel with Russian officials By Deb Riechmann, Jill Colvin, Catherine Lucey, Associated Press The Trump White House "has got to do something soon to bring itself under control and order," Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tenn., told reporters. Continue reading
Jan 11 Watch Tillerson says U.S. can ‘define a different relationship’ with Russia By PBS News Hour ExxonMobil CEO Rex Tillerson, the president-elect’s nominee for secretary of state, appeared before the Senate Wednesday for the start of his confirmation hearing. Senators quickly focused on Russia, questioning if Tillerson had too cozy a relationship with the Kremlin; he… Continue watching