May 25 Trump makes it easier to fire federal workers for misconduct By Associated Press President Donald Trump signed a series of executive orders Friday directing agencies to make changes his staff says Congress has ignored. Continue reading
May 25 WATCH: Trump delivers remarks at U.S. Naval Academy graduation By Joshua Barajas President Donald Trump spoke to the graduating class at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland on Friday. Continue reading
May 24 Watch 6:57 What does North Korea need to do to restart U.S. talks? President Trump had been set to meet with North Korea's Kim Jong Un on June 12. On Thursday, Trump pulled out of the talks. The path from confidence to cancellation included what a senior U.S. official described as Americans being… Continue watching
May 24 Ken Burns on heavyweight champion Jack Johnson and the legacy of racism By Murrey Jacobson After President Donald Trump granted a posthumous pardon to boxer Jack Johnson on Thursday, we spoke with filmmaker Ken Burns, who chronicled Johnson's persona, his struggles and the race relations of his era in the documentary "Unforgivable Blackness:… Continue reading
May 24 Watch 7:23 How the North Korea talks got off track President Trump has put an end, for now at least, to a planned summit in Singapore with Kim Jong Un. Where did things go wrong? Nick Schifrin gets analysis from Christopher Hill, former chief U.S. negotiator with North Korea, and… Continue watching
May 24 Watch 5:36 Pardoned boxer Jack Johnson just 'wanted to live well,' Ken Burns says President Trump granted a rare posthumous pardon to Jack Johnson, boxing's first African-American heavyweight champion. An all-white jury convicted him in 1913 of violating the federal Mann Act, which made it illegal to transport women across state lines for "immoral… Continue watching
May 24 Trump budget won't curb deficits as promised, according to new analysis By Andrew Taylor, Associated Press The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office said Thursday that President Donald Trump's budget plan would produce deficits of $9.5 trillion over the coming decade instead of the $7.2 trillion promised by the White House. Continue reading
May 24 South Korean president 'very perplexed' over canceled U.S.-North Korea summit By Associated Press Moon met Trump in Washington on Tuesday, but appeared caught unaware by the president's decision Thursday. Continue reading
May 24 Did Trump's decision to cancel U.S.-North Korea summit kill chances of talks for good? By Larisa Epatko We asked analysts what President Donald Trump’s decision to cancel the summit means for the U.S.-North Korea relationship, and the broader goal of denuclearization. Continue reading
May 24 AP FACT CHECK: Donald Trump and his former national intelligence director By Calvin Woodward, Associated Press In a tweet Thursday, during a stormy week on Twitter by the president, Trump said James Clapper acknowledged there was "Spying in my campaign," meaning an informant implanted inside the operation. Clapper said no such thing and no evidence of… Continue reading