May 09 Watch 4:33 News Wrap: Trump defends oldest son over Senate subpoena In our Thursday news wrap, President Trump defended his oldest son, Donald Trump Jr., after reports he was subpoenaed by the Senate Intelligence Committee, which wants to question him about a meeting with a Russian lawyer in 2016. The president… Continue watching
May 09 Watch 6:28 Racial divides on display as Red Sox players of color boycott White House visit Longstanding U.S. tradition sees champions in many sports visit the White House as a celebratory honor. But in this bitterly polarized era, meeting the president is no longer a routine practice. Many star athletes have opted out of the experience… Continue watching
May 09 Watch 6:41 Nadler says Democrats are fighting a ‘tyrannical administration’ on Mueller report President Trump’s decision to defy a House Judiciary Committee subpoena for the unredacted Mueller report has the administration and House Democrats on a collision course--one House Judiciary Committee Chair Jerry Nadler refers to as a constitutional crisis. Judy Woodruff talks… Continue watching
Apr 18 Watch 2:43 How Moscow used ‘unconventional’ means to influence Trump’s policy The Mueller report reveals new details about successful Russian efforts to interfere in the 2016 presidential election and establish communication with the Trump campaign. Special correspondent Ryan Chilcote, who lived in Russia for 20 years, tells Judy Woodruff about the… Continue watching
Apr 18 Watch 2:20 News Wrap: North Korea wants Pompeo removed from nuclear talks In our news wrap Thursday, North Korea says it wants Secretary of State Mike Pompeo removed from nuclear negotiations. A senior foreign ministry official said, “Whenever Pompeo pokes his nose in, the talks go wrong.” Hours earlier, Pyongyang said it… Continue watching
Feb 15 Watch 6:05 Which funding sources does Trump plan to use for wall money? President Trump declared a national emergency Friday over immigration at the U.S.-Mexico border, so he can redirect billions of dollars to build additional sections of wall there. Trump plans to take roughly $6 billion from the Defense Department and millions… Continue watching
Jan 17 Federal workers seeking unemployment aid doubles in number By Christopher Rugaber, Associated Press The number of furloughed federal employees seeking unemployment benefits jumped in the first two weeks of the shutdown, topping 10,000 during the week of Jan. 5. Continue reading
Jan 14 House Democrats announce they are investigating drug pricing By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar, Associated Press House Democrats announced a sweeping investigation Monday of the pharmaceutical industry's pricing practices, jockeying for the upper hand with the Trump administration on an issue that concerns Americans across the political spectrum. Continue reading
Jan 14 Judge blocks Trump birth control coverage rules in 13 states By Sudhin Thanawala, Associated Press Trump administration rules that allow more employers to opt out of providing women with no-cost birth control pose "potentially dire" financial and public health consequences for 13 states and Washington, D.C., a U.S. judge said in a decision blocking the… Continue reading
Jan 14 U.S. tells Saudis to hold Khashoggi’s murderers accountable By Matthew Lee, Associated Press U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said he told the king and crown prince of Saudi Arabia on Monday that the Trump administration expects the kingdom to hold accountable “every single person” responsible for the slaying of journalist Jamal Khashoggi,… Continue reading