Mar 03 U.S., South Korea end spring military drills to back diplomacy By Hyung-Jin Kim, Lolita C. Baldor, Associated Press South Korea and the U.S. are eliminating their massive springtime military drills and replacing them with smaller exercises in what they call an effort to support diplomacy aimed at resolving the North Korean nuclear crisis. Continue reading
Mar 02 Watch 22:26 March 2, 2019 - PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode By PBS NewsHour On this edition for Saturday, March 2, President Trump delivers his longest speech ever at the annual Conservative Political Action Conference, the SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule ushers a new era in American space flight, and political instability in Libya becomes… Continue watching
Mar 02 Watch 4:04 Trump invokes 'socialist nightmare' ahead of 2020 By PBS NewsHour President Trump gave his longest speech ever on Saturday at the annual Conservative Political Action Conference, or CPAC, held in Maryland. Touting his 2016 victory, he said he will win 2020 presidential bid by an even a wider margin. He… Continue watching
Mar 02 Analysis: GOP senators struggle to escape no-win border vote By Lisa Mascaro, Associated Press It’s increasingly clear that Republican senators are deeply uncomfortable with President Trump’s use of executive power to build a border wall and desperate to devise a way around a looming vote that could terminate it. Continue reading
Mar 02 Trump rouses right with prediction of a big 2020 win at Conservative Political Action Conference By Kevin Freking, Associated Press When President Trump made his prediction of a second term, the crowd at the Conservative Political Action Conference responded with chants of “USA, USA, USA.”… Continue reading
Mar 02 North Korea's Kim Jong Un leaves Vietnam after summit breakdown By Foster Klug, Emily Wang, Associated Press Smiling and holding up his clasped hands in a victorious pose, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Saturday boarded his private train at the Vietnam-China border for a 60-plus-hour ride home, ending a trip to Vietnam that saw a… Continue reading
Feb 28 4 senators push resolution to halt Trump's border emergency By Alan Fram, David Sharp, Associated Press A small bipartisan group of senators planned to introduce a resolution Thursday aimed at blocking President Donald Trump's declaration of a national emergency to finance additional miles of barriers along the U.S.-Mexico border. Continue reading
Feb 28 Betsy DeVos proposes federal tax credits to advance school choice By Collin Binkley, Associated Press The Trump administration renewed its push for school choice with a proposal to provide $5 billion a year in federal tax credits for donations made to groups offering scholarships for private schools, apprenticeships and other educational programs. Continue reading
Feb 28 WATCH: North Korean foreign minister disputes Trump's account of Hanoi summit breakdown By Jonathan Lemire, Deb Riechmann, Foster Klug, Associated Press Foreign Minister Ri Yong Ho said the North was ready to offer in writing a permanent halt of the country's nuclear and intercontinental ballistic missile tests and that Washington wasted an opportunity that "may not come again."… Continue reading
Feb 28 Donald Trump said he believes Kim Jong Un played no role in death of Otto Warmbier By Associated Press The University of Virginia student had been visiting North Korea with a tour group when he was detained. A court there sentenced him to 15 years of hard labor for the alleged offense. Continue reading