

Politics Sep 11

Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks join Judy Woodruff to discuss the week in politics, including the congressional stalemate over pandemic relief legislation, revelations from Bob Woodward’s interviews with President Trump and the political impact…
Nation Sep 10

While the political fallout from President Trump’s coronavirus comments to Bob Woodward continues, what about the public health repercussions? Would America have fared better if Trump had treated the virus more seriously from the beginning? Ed Yong of The Atlantic,…
Politics Sep 10

President Donald Trump was trying to move past revelations that he was determined to play down the threat of the coronavirus as he headed for a rally in battleground Michigan Thursday.
By Jill Colvin, Associated Press
Politics Sep 10

White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany said Wednesday: “The president has never lied to the American public on COVID. The president was expressing calm, and his actions reflect that."…
By Associated Press
Sep 09

A new political firestorm has engulfed the White House -- this time over what President Trump knew about the pandemic vs. what he said publicly on the topic. The Washington Post’s Bob Woodward reports Trump privately acknowledged the seriousness of…
A new book by legendary journalist Bob Woodward has sent shockwaves across the country -- and the 2020 presidential campaign. Woodward’s reporting includes audio recordings of on-the-record conversations with President Trump in which he admits he intentionally misled Americans about…
With Election Day now less than two months away, how will revelations that President Trump intentionally misled Americans about coronavirus risk affect voter intent? The Washington Post’s Gary Abernathy and Kansas-based journalist Sarah Smarsh, author of “Heartland,” join Judy Woodruff…
Sep 09

By Kevin Freking, Zeke Miller, Associated Press
A new book reveals that President Donald Trump seemed to understand the severity of the coronavirus threat even as he was telling the nation that it was no worse than the seasonal flu and insisting that the U.S. government had…
Bob Woodward says key people in the White House say they spend a third of their time preventing bad things from happening. In his new book, the veteran editor and reporter delivers a stunning and disturbing look inside the Trump…
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