Aug 16 Trump disbands manufacturing council amid fallout over Charlottesville response By Julie Pace and Jonathan Lemire, Associated Press President Donald Trump says he's ending a pair of White House advisory councils that were staffed by corporate chief executives. Continue reading
Aug 16 Twitter chat: Is hate on the rise? By Lora Strum The NewsHour will host a Twitter chat at 1 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 17 with Asma Khalid and Armstrong Williams, two panelists on the Hutchins Center for African & African American Research forum on Race and Racism in the Age of… Continue reading
Aug 16 WATCH: Funeral of Heather Heyer, who died in Charlottesville attack By Joshua Barajas The funeral of Heather Heyer will be held Wednesday at the Paramount Theater in Charlottesville and will begin at 11 a.m. EST. Watch the service here. Continue reading
Aug 16 AP fact check: What Trump said about Virginia protesters By Darlene Superville and Sarah Rankin, Associated Press President Donald Trump has defended his response to Saturday's racially-charged protests in Charlottesville, Virginia, in a winding, combative exchange with reporters that at times mischaracterized the message and purpose of event. Continue reading
Aug 16 Trump to rally supporters next Tuesday in Phoenix By Associated Press Trump's campaign announced the event Wednesday — a day after the president blamed "both sides" for weekend violence in Charlottesville, Virginia, between white supremacists and counter-demonstrators. Continue reading
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