Oct 12 House set to pass $36.5 billion for hurricane, wildfire relief By Andrew Taylor, Associated Press The House is on track to backing President Donald Trump's request for billions more in disaster aid, $16 billion to pay flood insurance claims and emergency funding to help the cash-strapped government of Puerto Rico stay afloat. Continue reading
Oct 12 Pentagon has no plans to boost size of nuclear arsenal By Robert Burns, Associated Press In fact, the Pentagon can barely sustain the existing force, which is decades old and is in some respects almost decrepit. Continue reading
Oct 12 Trump says Puerto Rico can’t get aid ‘forever’ By Associated Press Trump criticized the U.S. territory in a series of tweets Thursday. He says there is a "total lack of accountability" and "electric and all infrastructure was disaster before hurricanes."… Continue reading
Oct 11 Watch 8:35 Analyzing Trump’s angry tweets about NBC and Sen. Corker By PBS News Hour Twitter remains President Trump's preferred platform to vent his latest frustrations with the NFL, Sen. Bob Corker and claims of fake news on NBC. Judy Woodruff sits down with Karine Jean-Pierre of MoveOn.org and Matt Schlapp of the American Conservative… Continue watching
Oct 11 Watch 4:16 News Wrap: Trump names Kirstjen Nielsen to lead Homeland Security By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Wednesday, President Trump is nominating Kirstjen Nielsen, current deputy chief of staff in the White House, to be the next secretary of Homeland Security. Also, North Korea's foreign minister fired off a new verbal assault against… Continue watching
Oct 11 Watch 8:02 What Iranians think of the nuclear deal and Trump’s tough words By PBS News Hour Sunday marks a deadline for President Trump to certify whether the 2015 nuclear agreement with Iran is in the interest of the U.S. and whether Iran is complying. In partnership with the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting, special correspondent Reza… Continue watching
Oct 11 Watch 6:35 Iran nuclear deal will remain valid regardless of U.S. decision, says EU policy chief By PBS News Hour President Trump is expected to decertify Iran’s compliance with the international nuclear agreement struck in 2015. Judy Woodruff speaks with Federica Mogherini, foreign policy chief for the European Union and one of the nuclear deal’s chief negotiators, on whether the… Continue watching
Oct 11 A Trump retreat from the Iran deal would damage trust in U.S. dealmaking, EU ally says By Larisa Epatko "This is not a way of making deals, not in foreign policy, not in private businesses, and I think President Trump understands this perfectly well," European Union foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini told PBS NewsHour. Continue reading
Oct 11 Trump disputes NBC report that he wanted a big increase in U.S. nuclear weapons By Robert Burns, Associated Press President Donald Trump said Wednesday he wants the U.S. nuclear arsenal in "tiptop shape" but has not asked that it be greatly expanded. Trump was responding to a news report that he had said that he wanted what amounted to… Continue reading
Oct 11 Democrats who opposed Iran nuke deal urge Trump to keep pact By Richard Lardner, Associated Press Several congressional Democrats who split with President Barack Obama to oppose the nuclear agreement with Iran are now urging President Donald Trump to uphold the international accord. Continue reading