Aug 20 U.S. firms to Trump: Don't raise tariffs on more Chinese goods By Paul Wiseman, Associated Press Hundreds of other American businesses are delivering the same plea to President Donald Trump as he considers imposing tariffs on nearly 40 percent of imported Chinese goods: Don't do it. Continue reading
Aug 20 John Brennan gets offers for legal action after Trump revokes his security clearance By Jill Colvin, Lolita C. Baldor, Associated Press Former CIA Director John Brennan said Sunday that he is considering taking legal action to try to prevent President Donald Trump from stripping other current and former officials' security clearances. Continue reading
Aug 19 Trump says WH lawyer McGahn isn't 'a John Dean type 'RAT" By Jill Colvin, Associated Press BRIDGEWATER, N.J. — President Donald Trump insisted Sunday that White House lawyer Don McGahn isn't "a John Dean type 'RAT,'" making reference to the Watergate-era White House attorney who turned on Richard Nixon. Trump, in a series of angry tweets,… Continue reading
Aug 18 Watch 22:30 August 18, 2018 - PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode By PBS News Hour On this edition for Saturday, Aug. 18, the world mourns the death of former United Nations secretary-general Kofi Annan, and tensions rise between the Turkey and the United States as the Turkish economy continues to fall. Also, an unfiltered look… Continue watching
Aug 18 Watch 4:14 Turkish lira falls as U.S.-Turkey tensions escalate By PBS News Hour Tensions continue to rise between the U.S. and its NATO ally Turkey after both countries imposed sanctions on one another over the release of a U.S. pastor held in Turkey since 2016. The spat has caused the Turkish economy to… Continue watching
Aug 18 Short sentence recommended for former Trump campaign adviser By Chad Day, Associated Press A former Trump campaign adviser should spend at least some time in prison for lying to the FBI during the Russia probe, prosecutors working for special counsel Robert Mueller said in a court filing Friday. Continue reading
Aug 18 Another trial looms for ex-Trump campaign chairman Manafort By Matthew Barakat, Associated Press As jurors weigh Paul Manafort's fate in a sprawling financial fraud case, the former Trump campaign chairman still has another trial looming in the nation's capital — and prosecutors there have a whole new set of charges and a huge… Continue reading
Aug 17 Watch 5:35 News Wrap: Trump threatens to revoke more security clearances In our news wrap Friday, President Trump warned he might continue to revoke security clearances. In his sights is Bruce Ohr, a current official at the U.S. Department of Justice. Ohr had contacts with the former British agent who compiled… Continue watching
Aug 17 Justice lawyers try to halt Trump financial records release By Tami Abdollah, Associated Press Justice Department lawyers asked a federal judge Friday to let them file a legal appeal that could, for now, keep President Donald Trump's critics from getting access to financial records related to his Washington, D.C., hotel. Continue reading
Aug 17 24 migrant children under age 5 remain separated from their parents, new court filing says By Joshua Barajas At the heart of Friday’s hearing was the question of whether this next wave of reunifications would occur in families’ home countries or in the U.S. Continue reading