Apr 10 The health care debate has shifted to the GOP -- and most people don't like what they see, poll says By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar, Emily Swanson, Associated Press Even among rank-and-file Republicans, there's opposition to cuts to Medicaid and changes that would let insurers charge higher premiums to older adults. Continue reading
Apr 10 Here's the full list of 2017 Pulitzer Prize winners By Elizabeth Flock There are 14 categories for journalism, and seven categories for the arts. Continue reading
Apr 10 AP Fact Check: What Trump and lawmakers are saying about Syria, jobs, Supreme Court By Calvin Woodward, Jim Drinkard, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Before the U.S. attack on a Syrian air base, President Donald Trump accused his predecessor of doing nothing when Syria's government used chemical weapons against its population in 2013. Trump is right that President Barack Obama issued… Continue reading
Apr 09 Watch Tech industry confronts new visa guidelines By PBS News Hour President Donald Trump’s administration recently released new guidelines for employers applying for H1B visas for highly educated and skilled foreign workers. The application period for the employer-sponsored visas opened last Monday, and by Friday the 85,000 slots available were gone. Continue watching
Apr 09 Trump advisers: U.S. seeks to fight ISIS and oust Syria's Assad By Hope Yen, Associated Press President Donald Trump's national security adviser on Sunday left open the possibility of additional U.S. military action against Syria following last week's missile strike. Continue reading
Apr 07 Watch 4:19 Trump and China's Xi meet as North Korea, trade tensions loom By PBS News Hour President Trump on Friday was full of praise for Chinese President Xi Jinping, the man leading the nation that Mr. Trump once criticized as a menace. The two leaders' held their first summit amid urgent concerns over North Korea and… Continue watching
Apr 07 Watch 12:35 How will Trump foreign policy evolve after U.S. strike on Syria? By PBS News Hour What will be the fallout of a U.S. strike against a Syrian military base? And what signal does it send to world powers around the world? Former State Department official Sarah Sewall, retired Gen. John Allen, a former NATO commander,… Continue watching
Apr 07 Watch 5:20 Western allies applaud strike on Syria amid questions of next steps By PBS News Hour President Trump ordered a U.S. military strike Thursday night in Syria. The target: the Assad military’s Sharyat air base, which U.S. officials say acted as a launch pad for a chemical attack that killed more than 80 people. The attack… Continue watching
Apr 07 Former ambassador to China: U.S. cannot go it alone on North Korea By Larisa Epatko President Donald Trump needs to work with his counterpart in China when dealing with the threat of North Korea’s nuclear missile program, said the former U.S. ambassador to China. Continue reading
Apr 07 Photo: Who was in the room when Trump was briefed on the Syria strike? By Joshua Barajas, Vanessa Dennis The White House released a photo Friday, showing who was in the room last night when the national security team briefed President Donald Trump on the U.S. strike in Syria. Continue reading