Feb 11 White House grappling with fallout from aide's resignation By Jonathan Lemire, Associated Press The White House attempted Sunday to soften President Trump's comments about the mistreatment of women while rallying around the chief of staff. Continue reading
Feb 11 Stock drop could pose risk to U.S. economy -- if it endures By Christopher Rugaber, Associated Press The tumble in U.S. stock prices has inflicted psychological pain and financial losses — at least on paper — for people with a meaningful stake in the market. Continue reading
Feb 11 Senate to debate immigration, but Trump is the question mark By Alan Fram, Associated Press President Donald Trump's day-to-day turnabouts on the fate of the "Dreamer" immigrants has confounded both Democrats and Republicans. Continue reading
Feb 10 Watch 25:47 PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode February 10, 2018 By PBS News Hour On this edition for Saturday, Feb. 10, a conflict in the skies over Syria and Israel, and an effort to monitor political ads on Facebook through crowdsourcing. Later, pirates are returning to their old fishing jobs in Somalia. Hari Sreenivasan… Continue watching
Feb 10 Trump accuses Democrats of playing politics with memo By Jonathan Lemire and Chad Day, Associated Press President Donald Trump is explaining his decision not to declassify a Democratic memo, saying the document is “very political” and needs heavy redactions. Continue reading
Feb 09 Trump says he won't declassify Democratic memo on Russia probe without revisions By Associated Press Citing national security concerns, the White House is formally notifying the House intelligence committee that President Donald Trump is "unable" to declassify a memo drafted by Democrats that counters GOP allegations about abuse of government surveillance powers. Continue reading
Feb 09 Watch 4:59 For victims, president's praise for aide accused of abuse has 'chilling effect' By PBS News Hour President Trump on Friday praised his former aide, Rob Porter, who resigned this week over domestic abuse allegations by his two ex-wives who say he physically and verbally assaulted them. What potential impact could the president’s words have on victims?… Continue watching
Feb 09 Watch 7:10 The budget deal will add billions to the deficit. What are the benefits and risks? After a brief government shutdown early Friday, Congress approved and President Trump signed a budget deal that's expected to add around $300 billion to the deficit over a decade. Should Americans be concerned? Judy Woodruff gets reactions from Jared Bernstein… Continue watching
Feb 09 Watch 12:06 Shields and Brooks on budget deal economics, White House domestic abuse scandal By PBS News Hour Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks join Judy Woodruff to discuss the week’s news, including the bipartisan budget deal that increases spending and add to the deficit, President Trump’s defense of a White House aide… Continue watching
Feb 09 WATCH: Trump defends aide accused of domestic violence Trump tells reporters at a surprise appearance Friday that former White House Staff Secretary Rob Porter did "a very good job while he was in the White House" and adds: "We wish him well."… Continue reading