Apr 08 U.S. declares Iran's guard force a 'terrorist organization' By Matthew Lee, Associated Press President Donald Trump announced that the U.S. is designating Iran's Revolutionary Guard a "foreign terrorist organization," in an effort to increase pressure on the country that could have significant diplomatic implications in the Middle East. Continue reading
Apr 08 With Nielsen's departure, Trump's Cabinet becomes even less diverse By Yamiche Alcindor Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen’s resignation from President Donald Trump’s Cabinet on Sunday raised new questions about the administration’s lack of diversity among its top advisers. Continue reading
Apr 08 'Our country is full': Trump says migrants straining immigration system By Zeke Miller, Jonathan Lemire, Associated Press Trump, as he so often does, mixed fact with fiction when warning of the threat at the border. Continue reading
Apr 07 Read: Kirstjen Nielsen's full resignation letter from Homeland Security Secretary post By Kamala Kelkar In an abrupt departure, Homeland Security Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen resigned from her post on Sunday. Read her the full letter. Continue reading
Apr 07 Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen has resigned By Colleen Long, Zeke Miller, Associated Press Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen resigned on Sunday amid the administration’s growing frustration and bitterness over the number of Central American families crossing the southern border, two people familiar with the decision said. Continue reading
Apr 07 AP fact check: Trump's bad-guy talk belies migrants' reality By Calvin Woodward, Associated Press When President Donald Trump talks about the masses of Central Americans trying to get into the U.S., he describes a horde of beefy men with ill intent. Figures from his own administration tell a different story: Those coming are increasingly… Continue reading
Apr 07 Chief of staff says Dems will 'never' see Trump tax returns By Zeke Miller, Associated Press Democrats will “never” see President Donald Trump’s tax returns, said White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney on Sunday, as a new front opened in the confrontation between the administration and Congress. Continue reading
Apr 06 Watch 3:30 Mexico responds to some of Trump's demands on migrants By PBS NewsHour As President Trump pressures Mexico to do more to stop the flow of migrants heading to the U.S., some of his threats, including sealing the U.S.-Mexico border, are affecting local business there. Meanwhile, the Mexican government is meeting some of… Continue watching
Apr 06 U.S. wants 2 years to ID migrant kids separated from families By Elliot Spagat, Associated Press The Trump administration wants up to two years to find potentially thousands of children who were separated from their families at the border before a judge halted the practice last year, a task that it says is more laborious than… Continue reading
Apr 06 Trump trying to make case for Jewish voters to back 2020 bid By Zeke Miller, Associated Press President Donald Trump is trying to make the case for Jewish voters to back his re-election as he takes a victory lap with Republican donors in Las Vegas. Continue reading