Aug 15 Watch 8:15 President Trump backtracks to blame both sides in Charlottesville violence By PBS News Hour President Trump defended the timing and content of his initial statements on the violence in Charlottesville at an impromptu news conference Tuesday -- seeming to backtrack on remarks he made Monday -- after reportedly being frustrated at the coverage of… Continue watching
Aug 15 Watch 10:22 Scenes from Charlottesville invoke racist legacy in the present day By PBS News Hour The violent events in Charlottesville, where white supremacist groups came out of the shadows, seem to have brought rising American tensions over race and racism to a head. Hari Sreenivasan gets perspectives from Leonard Pitts Jr. of The Miami Herald,… Continue watching
Aug 15 Racial politics haunt Republicans in the Trump era By Steve Peoples and Bill Barrow, Associated Press "We have reached a defining moment," said New Hampshire GOP chair Jennifer Horn. "We, as Republicans, every single one of us, needs to speak up and make it very clear that this is not our party, these are not our… Continue reading
Aug 15 WATCH: Trump blames ‘both sides’ for violence at Charlottesville rally By Jonathan Lemire, Julie Pace, Associated Press President Donald Trump says the groups protesting against white supremacists in Charlottesville, Virginia, were "also very violent."… Continue reading
Aug 15 Individual health policies will have higher premiums if Trump halts ‘Obamacare’ subsidies, report says By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar, Associated Press The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office also estimated that cutting off the payments would add $194 billion to federal deficits over a decade. Continue reading
Aug 15 WATCH: Trump signs executive order to speed up permits for infrastructure projects By Michael Biesecker, Associated Press This is Trump's second executive order aimed at streamlining infrastructure projects. Continue reading
Aug 15 Trump pressed to fire Steve Bannon and other White House staffers after Charlottesville By Errin Haines, Associated Press The leaders of four minority House caucus groups have written a letter to President Donald Trump calling for the removal of White House staff aides Steve Bannon, Stephen Miller and Sebastian Gorka. Continue reading
Aug 15 Furor over Charlottesville follows Trump home to Manhattan By Jonathan Lemire, Associated Press President Donald Trump is back in the New York skyscraper that bears his name as the furor over his reaction to race-fueled clashes in Charlottesville, Virginia, over the weekend shows few signs of dying down. Continue reading
Aug 14 Merck, Under Armour, Intel CEOs step down from Trump business panel By Linda A. Johnson, Associated Press The CEOs of athletic wear manufacturer Under Armour and pharmaceutical company Merck resigned Monday from the White House's American Manufacturing Council — with the Merck withdrawal drawing a quick and angry Twitter outburst from President Donald Trump. Continue reading
Aug 14 Watch 9:02 White nationalists see violent Charlottesville rally as successful turning point By PBS News Hour The national fallout continues after three people died and multiple people were injured in the chaos of a white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, on Saturday. The NewsHour’s PJ Tobia and Mark Scialla join Hari Sreenivasan to discuss why many… Continue watching