Apr 03 WATCH: Trump says he wants military to secure border with Mexico By Jill Colvin, Associated Press The Department of Homeland Security, Pentagon and White House did not immediately respond to requests for comment on how such a plan might work. Continue reading
Apr 03 WATCH: Trump hosts leaders of Baltic nations at White House By Associated Press The Baltic states are seen as a bulwark against Russian aggression in Eastern Europe. Continue reading
Apr 03 Dutch lawyer becomes first person sentenced in Russia probe By Chad Day, Associated Press A Dutch attorney who lied to federal agents investigating former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort has been sentenced to 30 days in prison. Continue reading
Apr 03 Migrant caravan halts in Mexico before last scheduled stop in journey toward U.S. By Christopher Sherman, Associated Press The caravan that once numbered 1,150 or more people halted days ago in the town of Matias Romero in the southern Mexico state of Oaxaca. Most are unlikely to move again until Wednesday or Thursday. Continue reading
Apr 03 Trump tells embattled EPA head: ‘We’ve got your back’ By Jonathan Lemire and Catherine Lucey, Associated Press Two administration officials confirmed that the president called Scott Pruitt on Monday to offer his support. Pruitt has recently come under intense scrutiny for his use of a Capitol Hill condominium linked to a prominent Washington lobbyist. Continue reading
Apr 03 Trump defends Sinclair again, blasts news media as ‘fakers’ By Associated Press The president tweeted Tuesday that the "'Fakers' at CNN, NBC, ABC & CBS have done so much dishonest reporting that they should only be allowed to get awards for fiction!"… Continue reading
Apr 03 Trump administration seeks to close immigration ‘loopholes’ By Jill Colvin, Associated Press Trump administration officials said they’re crafting a new legislative package aimed at closing immigration “loopholes” after the president called on Republican lawmakers to immediately pass a border bill using the “Nuclear Option if necessary” to muscle it through. Continue reading
Apr 02 U.S. raises possibility of Trump-Putin meeting at the White House By Ken Thomas, Associated Press If it happens, Putin would be getting the honor of an Oval Office tete-a-tete for the first time since he met President George W. Bush at the White House in 2005. Both sides said they hadn't started preparations for such… Continue reading
Apr 02 Watch 8:08 Trump’s tweets about DACA and migrant ‘caravans’ in context By PBS News Hour After a weekend flood of tweets about immigration, President Trump on Monday declared that "DACA is dead." Lisa Desjardins puts the president's long-shifting stance on immigration policy in context and Judy Woodruff learns more about a group of Central American… Continue watching
Apr 02 Watch 4:48 Viral video raises worry over Sinclair’s political messaging inside local news By PBS News Hour A viral video compilation of local TV anchors is raising new concerns about the way Sinclair Broadcast Group mixes news with conservative, partisan political opinion. And while it already reaches over a third of homes across the nation, the country's… Continue watching