Aug 17 Republican leaders dance around President Trump's Charlottesville remarks By Steve Peoples and Thomas Beaumont, Associated Press One after another, the nation's most powerful Republicans responded to President Donald Trump's extraordinary remarks about white supremacists. Yet few mentioned the president. Continue reading
Aug 17 Steve Bannon, in rare interview, says there's no military solution in North Korea By Darlene Superville, Associated Press In an interview with The American Prospect posted online, White House chief strategist Steve Bannon says the U.S. is losing the economic race against China. He also talks about purging his rivals from the Defense and State departments. Continue reading
Aug 16 Watch 3:24 Trump faces backlash for Charlottesville comments as protest victim is laid to rest By PBS News Hour President Trump's ricocheting response to the violent Charlottesville confrontation spread a political firestorm as more CEOs quit the president's advisory councils and lawmakers spoke out. Meanwhile, hundreds of people gathered to remember Heather Heyer, who was killed as she protested… Continue watching
Aug 16 Watch 5:06 News Wrap: Kim Jong Un decision to not fire at Guam 'very wise,' tweets Trump By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Wednesday, President Trump welcomed a gesture by North Korea to ease tensions. Mr. Trump tweeted that Kim Jong Un’s decision not to fire toward Guam was “very wise and well-reasoned.” Also, the people of Sierra Leone… Continue watching
Aug 16 Watch 4:20 President Trump defended the Charlottesville marchers. Here's what we saw. By PBS News Hour President Trump made a series of statements at Trump Tower about the participants in the deadly weekend protests in Charlottesville. The NewsHour's P.J. Tobia, who was at the protests, offers a fact check on the president's account. Continue watching
Aug 16 Watch 4:09 Trump's Charlottesville response not in line with majority of Americans, poll shows By PBS News Hour As politicians and influential business leaders weigh in on President Trump’s comments on Charlottesville, how is the American public responding? Political correspondent Lisa Desjardins joins Hari Sreenivasan to discuss a new PBS NewsHour/NPR/Marist poll about the clashes and the president’s… Continue watching
Aug 16 Photo of 'Antifa' man assaulting officer was doctored, analysis shows By Joshua Barajas An image that appeared to capture a member of an anti-fascist group beating a U.S. police officer with a club during a “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, is fake. Continue reading
Aug 16 How the term 'alt-left' came to be By Elizabeth Flock The phrase "alt-left" originated on a conspiracy theory-pushing website. How did it make its way into President Trump's remarks on Charlottesville?… Continue reading
Aug 16 Historians say Trump went afoul in lumping Robert E. Lee with founding fathers By Associated Press Is it really so far-fetched to put Robert E. Lee in the same category as George Washington, as President Donald Trump suggested Tuesday? Many historians say yes. Continue reading
Aug 16 New poll: Majority of Americans unhappy with Trump's response to Charlottesville By Laura Santhanam Most Americans do not think President Donald Trump's response to the violence in Charlottesville, Virginia was strong enough and consider the automobile attack that occurred there to be an act of domestic terrorism, according to a new poll from the… Continue reading