Jun 06 Senate approves bill to make firing Veterans Affairs employees easier By Hope Yen, Associated Press The bipartisan measure passed by voice vote. It comes more than three years after a 2014 scandal at the Phoenix VA medical center, where some veterans died while waiting months for appointments. Continue reading
Jun 06 President Trump on Comey testimony: ‘I wish him luck’ By Julie Pace and Julie Bykowicz, Associated Press Trump's White House and its allies are also crafting a strategy aimed at undermining Comey's credibility. Continue reading
Jun 06 What to watch for in Comey’s Senate testimony By Daniel Bush Former FBI director James Comey is scheduled to testify publicly before the Senate Intelligence Committee on Thursday. Here's what we're watching. Continue reading
Jun 05 Watch 2:54 News Wrap: Trump won’t block Comey testimony By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Monday, President Trump will not invoke executive privilege to try to block former FBI Director James Comey from testifying before Congress this week. Also, the president endorsed a push to privatize the nation's air traffic control… Continue watching
Jun 05 Watch 4:45 U.K. police make arrests in bridge attack as politicians argue over security By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Jun 05 Watch 9:59 How Trump’s travel ban tweets could hurt his case By PBS News Hour President Trump aired his grievances again about his revised travel ban, which has been put on hold by federal court order. John Yang recaps his statements, then Amy Walter of The Cook Political Report and Tamara Keith of NPR join… Continue watching
Jun 05 Analysis: Qatar-Gulf split means splitting headache for the U.S. By Margaret Warner Saudi Arabia is the closest U.S. ally in the region, but Qatar hosts (and pays for) a major U.S. military base vital to the air campaign against ISIS. Continue reading
Jun 05 Legal experts to Trump on travel ban: Put down the Twitter By Sadie Gurman, Associated Press Trump's 140-character musings Monday may have undercut his own efforts to persuade the Supreme Court to reinstate his revised travel ban, which Trump called a "watered-down, politically correct" version of what he'd originally sought. Continue reading
Jun 05 Trump won’t block Comey’s testimony in Russia hearing, White House says By Julie Pace, Associated Press President Donald Trump will not assert executive privilege to block fired FBI Director James Comey from testifying on Capitol Hill, the White House said Monday, setting the stage for a dramatic public airing of the former top law enforcement official's… Continue reading
Jun 05 WATCH: White House pushes plan for $1 trillion infrastructure overhaul By Joshua Barajas The White House continued to push the Trump administration's $1 trillion plan to modernize the country's infrastructure on Monday, part of a weeklong rollout of one of the president's signature campaign promises. Continue reading