Oct 27 Utah senator: Trump shrinking 2 national monuments in Utah By Matthew Daly, Associated Press President Donald Trump is shrinking two national monuments in Utah, accepting the recommendation of Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke to reverse protections established by two Democratic presidents, a Republican senator said Friday. Continue reading
Oct 27 AP fact check: Anti-drug campaigns of yesteryear show little success By Matthew Perrone, Associated Press President Donald Trump is promising a "massive advertising campaign" as part of his administration's response to the worst drug crisis in U.S. history, but experts say other measures could be far more effective in curbing the current epidemic. Continue reading
Oct 27 What you need to know about the newly released JFK files By Alanna Durkin Richer, Associated Press Scholars stress that it will take weeks to mine the documents for potentially new and interesting information. Continue reading
Oct 26 Watch 7:51 Trump calls for new action, not new money, to tackle opioid crisis By PBS News Hour President Trump on Thursday declared the opioid crisis a public health emergency and announced several initiatives to reduce the nation's overdose problem. But critics said these actions don’t go far enough and that more funding is needed. William Brangham reports,… Continue watching
Oct 26 Watch 7:34 What happens now that the opioid crisis is officially a public health emergency? By PBS News Hour President Trump has officially designated the opioid epidemic as a public health emergency. Besides the symbolism, what does the declaration mean for tackling the crisis? William Brangham speaks with Bertha Madras of the President’s Commission on Combatting the Opioid Crisis… Continue watching
Oct 26 Words matter when it comes to declaring the opioid crisis an emergency By Laura Santhanam, Daniel Bush President Donald Trump's public health emergency declaration elevated his administration’s response to the opioid crisis -- and stopped short of declaring a national emergency. Here's the key difference. Continue reading
Oct 26 Trump is withholding some of the new JFK files By Deb Riechmann and Laurie Kellman, Associated Press President Donald Trump acted Thursday to block the release of hundreds of records on the John F. Kennedy assassination, bending to CIA and FBI appeals to keep those secrets. Continue reading
Oct 26 WATCH: Donald Trump declares opioid crisis a public health emergency By Laura Santhanam President Donald Trump declared the opioid crisis a nationwide public health emergency, but provided no new funds to confront this problem nor took media questions during a press briefing in the White House East Room Thursday. Continue reading
Oct 25 Watch 6:21 News Wrap: Trump claims ‘great unity’ among Republicans By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Wednesday, President Trump rejected talk of a Republican rift and dismissed criticism by Republican Sens. Bob Corker and Jeff Flake. Also, Texas House Speaker Joe Straus announced he will not run for re-election next year. He… Continue watching
Oct 25 Watch 6:48 ‘There is a battle going on for the soul of the Republican Party,’ says Rep. Charlie Dent By PBS News Hour Republican Rep. Charlie Dent of Pennsylvania says Congress is going to be “a lot worse off” without Sen. Jeff Flake, who announced on Tuesday that he wouldn’t seek re-election due to the current political climate. Dent, who has also said… Continue watching