Jan 18 How Americans are stepping up during the shutdown By Jamie Leventhal, Lorna Baldwin Four stories about people and organizations making a difference for their communities and furloughed workers. Continue reading
Jan 18 Why we may never know the true number of family separations By Joshua Barajas A watchdog's 24-page report said the exact number of children separated from their families by immigration authorities is “unknown.”… Continue reading
Jan 18 Trump to hold second summit with North Korea's Kim By Matthew Lee, Deb Reichmann, Associated Press President Donald Trump is to hold a second summit with the leader of North Korea near the end of February to try to coax the North to give up its nuclear program. Continue reading
Jan 18 Rudy Giuliani denies his client Donald Trump told Michael Cohen to lie to Congress By Associated Press The report says Cohen said Trump directed him to lie and investigators have additional documents and testimony backing that up. Continue reading
Jan 18 Congress will investigate whether Donald Trump told lawyer Michael Cohen to lie By Mary Clare Jalonick, Associated Press BuzzFeed, citing two unnamed law enforcement officials, said Trump directed Cohen to lie to Congress and that Cohen regularly briefed Trump and his family on the Trump Tower project in Moscow — even as Trump said he had no business… Continue reading
Jan 17 Trump cancels U.S. delegation trip to Davos economic forum By Associated Press White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said in a statement that out of consideration for the 800,000 federal workers not getting paid, the president has nixed his delegation's trip to the World Economic Forum. Continue reading
Jan 17 Trump denies Pelosi an aircraft to visit U.S. troops abroad By Catherine Lucey, Matthew Lee, Zeke Miller, Lisa Mascaro, Associated Press The move was an apparent response to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's attempt to delay the president's State of Union address. Continue reading
Jan 17 Trump cancels Pelosi trip to Afghanistan amid shutdown By Associated Press A spokesman for House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says the trip that President Donald Trump is canceling during the partial government shutdown was intended to express appreciation to U.S. troops and reaffirm the United States "ironclad commitment" to the NATO alliance. Continue reading
Jan 17 Michael Cohen acknowledges rigging polls for Trump in 2014 and 2015 By Associated Press Technology company owner John Gauger said that Cohen promised him $50,000 for work including using computers to enter fake votes for Trump in a 2014 CNBC poll. Continue reading
Jan 17 WATCH: Trump says U.S. will develop space-based missile defense By Deb Reichmann, Lolita C. Baldor, Associated Press Declaring that space is the new warfighting domain, President Donald Trump on Thursday vowed the U.S. will develop an unrivaled missile defense system to protect against advanced hypersonic and cruise missile threats from competitors and adversaries. Continue reading