Aug 25 Economic adviser knocks Trump’s response to Charlottesville By Ken Thomas, Associated Press WASHINGTON — A top economic adviser to President Donald Trump said he's come under "enormous pressure" both to quit and to remain at the White House following the administration's widely criticized response to violence at a white nationalist rally in… Continue reading
Aug 24 Column: How colleges need to stop sustaining white supremacy By Shaun R. Harper, Inside Higher Ed Shaun R. Harper, executive director of the USC's Race and Equity Center, writes about a speech he delivered to faculty and staff members at the University of Virginia one week after white supremacists showed up on the campus. Continue reading
Aug 24 WATCH: White House addresses Trump’s frustration with Congress in news briefing By Joshua Barajas White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders will hold a news briefing at 2:30 p.m. ET. Watch her remarks live here. Continue reading
Aug 24 Within 24 hours, a pair of wildly different Trump speeches By Julie Bykowicz and Jonathan Lemire, Associated Press Within a 24-hour span, President Donald Trump delivered one speech in which he tore into the media and members of his own party, and a second in which he called for national unity and love. Continue reading
Aug 23 Watch 4:59 In unfiltered Phoenix speech, Trump attacks critics and threatens shutdown over border wall By PBS News Hour President Trump delivered a freewheeling speech Tuesday night in Phoenix, where he mocked critics of his reaction to the violence in Charlottesville, heavily criticized the media, as well as fellow Republicans. Mr. Trump also met with Border Patrol officers along… Continue watching
Aug 23 Watch 7:30 He was a witness in Charlottesville. Then the death threats and conspiracy theories began. By PBS News Hour Brennan Gilmore filmed the moment when a car plowed into a crowd of protesters in Charlottesville, killing one woman and injuring 19 others. When he made his video public and spoke out to the news media, he became the target… Continue watching
Aug 23 WATCH: Trump calls for unity at American Legion By Associated Press President Donald Trump will address the American Legion at 2 p.m. ET today. Watch the president's remarks here. Continue reading
Aug 23 President Trump revisits his Charlottesville comments in angry speech By Julie Bykowicz, Associated Press President Donald Trump opened his political rally in Phoenix with calls for unity and an assertion that "our movement is about love." Then he erupted in anger. Continue reading
Aug 22 Watch 6:59 Why CEOs will still come to the table to work with Trump despite quitting councils By PBS News Hour President Trump has repeatedly positioned himself as the kind of leader who would have a unique connection with the corporate world. But several CEOS publicly broke with him in the past week after his remarks about the violence in Charlottesville. Continue watching
Aug 22 WATCH: Trump holds rally in Arizona By Julie Bykowicz, Associated Press Trying to recapture the Republican fervor that helped put him in office, President Donald Trump travels to Arizona on Tuesday to visit the nation's southern border and to rally thousands of supporters in a state where he's trashed both Republican… Continue reading