Feb 01 Trump urges GOP to vote on his immigration plan By Associated Press Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell says he'll hold a vote on immigration as soon as next week, but it's unclear which legislation would make it to the floor. Continue reading
Feb 01 U.S. says Syria may be making new types of chemical weapons By Josh Lederman, Associated Press The Trump administration says Syrian President Bashar Assad's government may be developing new, more sophisticated chemical weapons. Continue reading
Feb 01 FBI in public fight with Trump over releasing Russia memo By Chad Day, Jonathan Lemire and Eric Tucker, Associated Press In a remarkably public clash with the White House, the FBI declared Wednesday it has "grave concerns" about the accuracy of a classified memo on the Russia election investigation that President Donald Trump wants released. Continue reading
Feb 01 Top career U.S. diplomat to step down in blow to State Department By Matthew Lee, Associated Press The departure of Tom Shannon, the State Department's third-ranking official, is sure to be seized on by critics of the administration who accuse President Donald Trump and Secretary of State Rex Tillerson of gutting the foreign service, particularly its senior… Continue reading
Feb 01 Trump administration lets protected Syrians stay longer but caps enrollment By Matthew Lee, Josh Lederman and Elliot Spagat, Associated Press The Trump administration said Wednesday that it would allow nearly 7,000 Syrians to remain in the United States for another 18 months but won't let more Syrian citizens apply for the special protection program. Continue reading
Jan 31 Latino civil rights leader rescinds letter supporting Trump’s immigration plan By Russell Contreras, Associated Press Roger Rocha, president of the League of United Latin American Citizens, said he rescinded a letter he wrote at the request of the Trump administration while the group was in negotiations for an immigration reform compromise. Continue reading
Jan 31 Watch 7:28 Why the FBI went public with its objection to the Nunes memo release By PBS News Hour Conservative Republicans have been urging President Trump to release the classified House Intelligence Committee memo, believing it would discredit the FBI and the Russia investigation. But the FBI has issued a statement saying the agency has "grave concerns and material… Continue watching
Jan 31 Watch 10:16 Did the State of the Union help or hurt Trump’s immigration plan? By PBS News Hour What does President Trump's 2018 State of the Union address tell us about his agenda this year? Yamiche Alcindor and Karen Tumulty of The Washington Post join Judy Woodruff to dissect the president's words. Continue watching
Jan 31 Watch 8:32 Sen. Bernie Sanders on how Democrats see the state of the Union under Trump By PBS News Hour, Michael Rios Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders says the U.S. is moving very rapidly into an oligarchy, and his goal is to rally Americans around a progressive agenda The senator, who offered one of several responses to President Trump’s State of the Union,… Continue watching
Jan 31 Trump’s language shifts from ‘I’ to ‘we’ in State of the Union address By Erica R. Hendry We asked linguists and cultural historians about what Trump’s words say about his message -- and how he’s evolved as a speaker since taking the Oval Office. Continue reading