Dec 05 Senate confirms Kirstjen Nielsen to lead Homeland Security By Matthew Daly, Associated Press The Senate has confirmed Kirstjen Nielsen as President Donald Trump's choice to lead the Department of Homeland Security. Continue reading
Dec 05 Border arrests fall to 45-year low, but deportations soar in Trump’s first year By Elliot Spagat and Jill Colvin, Associated Press After Trump took office, ICE arrests surged 40 percent from the same period a year earlier. Continue reading
Dec 05 Mueller details $6.7 million spent in early months of Russia investigation By Mary Clare Jalonick and Chad Day, Associated Press The special counsel investigation into possible coordination between President Donald Trump's campaign and Russia during the 2016 presidential election has cost more than $6.7 million so far, according to a financial report released Tuesday. Continue reading
Dec 05 ACLU disputes suggestion of wrongdoing in abortion case By Jessica Gresko, Associated Press The American Civil Liberties Union is pushing back against a claim by the Trump administration that ACLU attorneys acted improperly while helping an immigrant teenager held in federal custody obtain an abortion. Continue reading
Dec 04 Watch 11:58 Trump’s recent Russia probe tweets raise questions about interference. Here’s what we know and what we don’t By PBS News Hour The Friday guilty plea by former national security advisor Michael Flynn touched off a running response from President Trump on Robert Mueller's Russia investigation. Taken together, two of the president’s statements could suggest interference. P.J. Tobia reports and Miles O’Brien… Continue watching
Dec 04 Watch 3:30 Trump move to downsize Utah national monuments could reshape land conservation By PBS News Hour President Trump took aim at two different national monuments in Utah, announcing a plan to downsize them in order to rectify what he says were instances of overreach by prior administrations. With the full support of the state's all-Republican congressional… Continue watching
Dec 04 How the GOP tax overhaul compares to the Reagan-era tax bills By Jeffrey Frankel President Donald Trump has invoked the experience of the Reagan Administration's tax reforms to promote the current Republican tax reform proposals. But the two huge tax bills during the Reagan years differed in almost every respect. Continue reading
Dec 04 WATCH: Trump complains about ‘very unfair’ treatment of Flynn By Ken Thomas, Associated Press President Donald Trump tried to contrast Michael Flynn’s treatment with that of his Democratic presidential rival, Hillary Clinton, who he said “lied many times to the FBI and nothing happened.”… Continue reading
Dec 04 Billy Bush says Trump ‘Access Hollywood’ tape is real By Associated Press Billy Bush said it was indeed Donald Trump’s voice captured on a 2005 “Access Hollywood” tape talking about fame enabling him to grope and try to have sex with women. Continue reading
Dec 04 Trump offers full support for embattled Roy Moore as Alabama election nears By Nancy Benac, Associated Press President Donald Trump endorsed embattled Republican Roy Moore in the Alabama Senate race on Monday, looking past sexual misconduct allegations against the GOP candidate to argue that his vote is needed in Congress. Continue reading