Jan 18 Black lawmakers, other Democrats seek censure of Trump By Associated Press Members of the Congressional Black Caucus are introducing a resolution to censure President Donald Trump for reportedly using the term "shithole" to describe African countries last week. Continue reading
Jan 18 WATCH: Trump pushes tax law in Pennsylvania as special election approaches By Bill Barrow, Associated Press President Donald Trump is expected to speak at 3:05 p.m. Thursday at the H&K Equipment Company in Coraopolis, Pennsylvania. Watch live here. Continue reading
Jan 18 As shutdown deadline looms, Congress struggles to agree on stopgap budget By Alan Fram and Andrew Taylor, Associated Press House Speaker Paul Ryan said he's confident that his GOP-controlled chamber will pass a stopgap government-wide funding bill, even as growing opposition from Senate Democrats made prospects in that chamber increasingly dicey. Continue reading
Jan 18 Does Trump deserve credit for economic growth? By Paul Solman The NewsHour spoke with National Economics Association President Rhonda Sharpe for her take on the economy in President Donald Trump's first year in office. Continue reading
Jan 18 Trump insists his views on a border wall have not ‘evolved’ By Alan Fram and Andrew Taylor, Associated Press The president said on Twitter: "The Wall is the Wall, it has never changed or evolved from the first day I conceived of it." His tweets pushed back against his own chief of staff's recent comments to lawmakers. Continue reading
Jan 18 Trump is doing more to divide the country than unite it, poll says By Laura Santhanam One year under the leadership of President Donald Trump, most Americans disapprove of the job he's doing, see his presidency as a failure and think his policies are primarily designed to boost wealthy individuals. Continue reading
Jan 17 Watch 8:47 Durbin: ‘I stand by every word that I’ve said’ about Trump’s disparaging remarks By PBS News Hour, Geoffrey Lou Guray Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., says a Wednesday meeting with White House Chief of Staff John Kelly didn’t bring Congress any closer to an immigration deal. While some lawmakers say there’s time before a March deadline to address DACA, Durbin says… Continue watching
Jan 17 WATCH: Sen. Flake calls Trump’s attacks on media ‘shameful,’ recall Stalin rhetoric By Matthew Daly, Associated Press Republican Sen. Jeff Flake said Wednesday that President Donald Trump's use of the terms "fake news" and "enemy of the people" is "shameful" and reminiscent of words infamously used by Russian dictator Josef Stalin to describe his enemies. Continue reading
Jan 17 House panel subpoenas Steve Bannon in ongoing Russia investigation By Tom Lobianco, Associated Press Former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon has refused to answer a broad array of queries from the House Intelligence Committee about his time working for the president, leading to a subpoena. Continue reading
Jan 17 How Trump has dealt with lawyers who questioned him in the past By Joshua Barajas and Eric Tucker, Associated Press The Associated Press reviewed hundreds of pages of depositions taken of Donald Trump in the past decade. The interviews, taken together, offer clues to a rhetorical style that could again be on display in the event Trump is questioned by… Continue reading