Sep 15 Watch 11:39 Shields and Brooks on Hillary Clinton’s election candor, Trump’s dealing with Democrats By PBS News Hour Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks join Hari Sreenivasan to discuss takeaways from an in-depth interview with Hillary Clinton on her election memoir “What Happened,” President Trump’s move to work with Democrats on protections for… Continue watching
Sep 15 ‘Dreamers’ wait as Trump, lawmakers joust over DACA deal By Erica Werner and Jill Colvin, Associated Press The fate of 800,000 young immigrants hung in the balance Thursday as top lawmakers, White House officials and President Donald Trump himself squabbled over whether an agreement had been struck to protect them — and if so, exactly what it… Continue reading
Sep 14 Watch 7:15 Trump and Democrats seek common ground on DACA, frustrating Republicans By PBS News Hour A deal toward a DACA bill is reportedly in the works, after President Trump met with top Democrats Wednesday night to discuss the future of young undocumented immigrants. John Yang brings us up to speed on what has been a… Continue watching
Sep 14 What students protected by DACA are worried about By Sarah Gonser, The Hechinger Report As Washington debates what to do about the program for undocumented immigrant children, "we don’t know where our futures are going," say these student dreamers. Continue reading
Sep 14 WATCH: Paul Ryan expected to address conflicting reports about ‘dreamer’ deal in news briefing By Laura Santhanam, Erica R. Hendry Speaker Paul Ryan briefed reporters at 12 p.m. ET Thursday. Continue reading
Sep 14 WATCH: Pelosi gives briefing amid confusion over top Democrats’ DACA deal with Trump By Laura Santhanam Top-ranking House Democrat Nancy Pelosi will offer remarks at 10:45 a.m. ET Thursday. Continue reading
Sep 14 Trump denies he made DACA deal with top Democrats in Congress By Erica Werner and Jill Colvin, Associated Press Trump sent out a series of tweets before daybreak Thursday taking issue with characterizations by Sen. Chuck Schumer and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of talks the group at a White House dinner Wednesday evening. Continue reading
Sep 13 Schumer, Pelosi say they’ve reached a deal with Trump to protect ‘dreamers’ By Erica Werner and Jill Colvin, Associated Press The agreement would protect thousands of younger immigrants from deportation and fund some border security enhancements — not including Trump's long-sought border wall. Continue reading
Sep 13 Watch 11:16 Does the Democrats’ pitch for universal health care have a chance? By PBS News Hour Congress engaged in an intense day of closed-door negotiations about DACA Judy Woodruff talks to Yamiche Alcindor of The New York Times about the signs coming from those meetings, plus a meeting between President Trump and Sen. Tim Scott, R-N.C. Continue watching
Sep 12 Pelosi, White House official say they’re open to compromise on border security By Erica Werner, Ken Thomas, Associated Press WASHINGTON — The top House Democrat and a senior White House official both indicated Tuesday they are open to compromise on border security to expedite legislation to help immigrants brought here illegally as children. Continue reading