Dec 02 Sweeping aside Russia probe, Trump says ‘we’re unbeatable’ By Ken Thomas, Associated Press Brushing aside an ongoing Russia probe, President Donald Trump reveled Saturday in the Senate’s passage of a sweeping tax bill, predicting with swagger that he and his fellow Republicans were “unbeatable.”… Continue reading
Dec 02 Hawaii sounds first nuclear warning siren since Cold War By Kamala Kelkar The chilling sound of a nuclear warning siren echoed in Hawaii on Friday, renewing a monthly exercise that has not been in place since the end of the Cold War. Continue reading
Dec 02 AP report: In Flynn, Mueller unearths more lies — and a key witness By Eric Tucker and Chad Day, Associated Press Mueller has left no doubt that his investigators have amassed a wealth of knowledge about the contacts between Trump associates and the Russians, and they’re looking to gather more facts from Flynn, a new key cooperator. Continue reading
Dec 02 McConnell turns to antagonist to help pass tax package By Stephen Ohlemacher and Andrew Taylor, Associated Press Dealt a setback on taxes, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell was forced to turn to one of his harshest Republican antagonists to pass the most sweeping tax package in more than three decades. Continue reading
Dec 01 Watch 3:07 News Wrap: Trump reportedly urged GOP senators to end Russia probe By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Friday, The New York Times reports that President Trump spoke to several Republican senators over the past summer to urge them to end an investigation of Russia's meddling in last year's election. Sen. Richard Burr confirmed… Continue watching
Dec 01 Watch 4:14 Murder case invoked by Trump on the campaign trail ends in acquittal for undocumented immigrant By PBS News Hour Jose Ines Garcia Zarate, an undocumented Mexican immigrant, was found not guilty by a jury on Thursday for murdering San Francisco resident Kate Steinle, a case that was repeatedly invoked by President Trump to rally support for an immigration crackdown. Continue watching
Dec 01 Watch 14:02 Shields and Gerson on Michael Flynn’s Russia probe cooperation, GOP’s tax bill calculation By PBS News Hour Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and Washington Post columnist Michael Gerson join Judy Woodruff to discuss the week’s news, including Michael Flynn’s guilty plea in connection with the Russia probe, the Senate GOP’s push for its tax reform bill and what’s… Continue watching
Dec 01 Trump says reports of Tillerson ouster are ‘fake news’ By Matthew Lee, Associated Press President Donald Trump says media speculation that Secretary of State Rex Tillerson will leave his job soon is “fake news.”… Continue reading
Dec 01 Michael Flynn’s rise was rapid, his fall even faster By Chad Day, Eric Tucker and Stephen Braun, Associated Press Flynn was fired by Trump after just a month in the White House and left to contend with a mounting criminal probe. Continue reading
Dec 01 Flynn says Trump transition team directed him to contact Russia By Associated Press former national security adviser Michael Flynn has admitted that a senior member of the Trump transition team directed him to make contact with Russian officials. Continue reading