Dec 03 Watch 22:19 PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode December 3, 2017 By PBS News Hour On this edition for Sunday, Dec. 3, President Donald Trump goes on the offensive in a flurry of tweets, changing his previous account of Michael Flynn's firing and contradicting the testimony of his former FBI director. And, legendary conservationist Jane… Continue watching
Dec 03 Watch 4:16 With low approval ratings, Trump continues to pursue agenda By PBS News Hour On Friday, hours after President Trump's former national security adviser Michael Flynn pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI about his conversations with Russia, Senate Republicans passed a bill that could usher in major changes to the U.S. tax code. Continue watching
Dec 03 Watch 4:15 Top transition officials knew Flynn was talking to Russia, says report By PBS News Hour The White House said Michael Flynn independently conversed with Russia during the presidential transition, but a report in The New York Times says that account conflicts with internal emails. A note from transition advisor K.T. McFarland, forwarded to six top… Continue watching
Dec 03 Utah’s tenacious efforts to take back federal land stand out By Nicholas Riccardi, Associated Press Utah has gone well beyond any other state in the region in trying to pry the federal government’s hands off land it sees as belonging to its residents. Continue reading
Dec 03 Trump lashes out at own FBI in a series of tweets By Ken Thomas, Associated Press President Donald Trump launched a fresh attack Sunday on the credibility of his own FBI. Continue reading
Dec 03 Trump suggests he may be flexible on corporate tax rates By Ken Thomas, Associated Press President Donald Trump has suggested that he may be willing to negotiate changes to a significant portion of the tax overhaul, the corporate tax rate, injecting an element of uncertainty into the tax plan only hours after it cleared the… Continue reading
Dec 03 Senate Democrats stand united against GOP tax bill By Matthew Daly, Associated Press Rarely unified, Senate Democrats stood together in opposing the GOP revamp of the tax code. Continue reading
Dec 03 Trump says he never asked Comey to stop Flynn probe By Calvin Woodward and Ken Thomas, Associated Press Trump shifted his story Saturday on why he fired Flynn, lumping in the retired Army lieutenant general’s lies to the FBI along with his untruthfulness with Vice President Mike Pence. Continue reading
Dec 02 Watch 22:21 PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode December 2, 2017 By PBS News Hour On this edition for Saturday, Dec. 2, the Senate passed a nearly $1.5 trillion tax package, pushing one of the largest overhauls of tax codes in decades. And in Cyprus, the search for missing family members more than 40 years… Continue watching
Dec 02 Trump alters story on why he fired Flynn By Calvin Woodward and Ken Thomas, Associated Press President Donald Trump changed his story Saturday on why he fired Michael Flynn as his national security adviser. Continue reading