Jun 20 Watch 7:02 Carla Hayden on her time as a pioneering librarian of Congress and getting fired by Trump By Geoff Bennett, Anne Azzi Davenport, Daria Nastasia Dr. Carla Hayden, a trailblazing librarian of Congress, was fired by President Trump in May. Geoff Bennett recently spoke with her about being blindsided by the decision, the administration’s ongoing efforts to reshape key institutions and why she intends to… Continue watching
Jun 20 Watch 11:17 Capehart and Ponnuru on Trump's stance on Iran and the rise in political violence By Eliot Barnhart, Ian Couzens Washington Post associate editor Jonathan Capehart and Ramesh Ponnuru, editor for the National Review, join Geoff Bennett to discuss the week in politics, including attacks on elected state officials, President Trump's consideration of U.S. military involvement in Iran and the… Continue watching
Jun 20 WATCH: Trump says Gabbard and U.S. intelligence are 'wrong' about Iran's nuclear plans By Associated Press Tulsi Gabbard, the director of national intelligence, told lawmakers in March that U.S. spy agencies believed that Iran hadn’t made a decision to build a nuclear weapon. Speaking to reporters after touching down in New Jersey, Trump was asked about… Continue reading
Jun 20 Federal judge blocks Trump administration effort to keep Harvard from hosting foreign students By Collin Binkley, Albee Zhang, Associated Press The order from U.S. District Judge Allison Burroughs in Boston preserves Harvard's ability to host foreign students while the case is decided, but it falls short of resolving all of Harvard's legal hurdles to hosting international students. Continue reading
Jun 20 Judge orders Columbia University protester Mahmoud Khalil freed from immigration detention center By Philip Marcelo, Associated Press Khalil was the first arrest under President Donald Trump's crackdown on students who joined campus protests against Israel's devastating war in Gaza. Continue reading
Jun 20 In one of Africa's largest refugee camps, food rations are halved after U.S. aid cuts By Evelyne Musambi, Associated Press Funding for the U.N. World Food Program has dropped after the Trump administration paused support in March. Continue reading
Jun 20 Israel and Iran launch new strikes even as diplomatic effort gets underway By Sam Mednick, Jon Gambrell, David Rising, Associated Press Trump has been weighing whether to attack Iran by striking a uranium enrichment facility so deeply buried it is considered safe from all but America's "bunker-buster" bombs. Continue reading
Jun 20 Trump allowed to keep control of National Guard troops deployed to Los Angeles by appeals court By Associated Press Thursday's decision halts a ruling from a lower court judge who found Trump acted illegally by activating the soldiers over opposition from California Gov. Gavin Newsom. Continue reading
Jun 19 Watch 3:22 Israel threatens Iran's supreme leader as Trump wavers on entering the war By Amna Nawaz, Winston Wilde, Zeba Warsi As the fighting between Israel and Iran now eclipses one week, President Trump said Thursday that he will wait two weeks before deciding whether to get involved, in order to allow space for peace talks that could start as soon… Continue watching
Jun 19 Watch 7:09 Dissecting the strength of Iran's regime and Trump's wait-and-see approach to the war By Amna Nawaz, Dan Sagalyn Iran and Israel show no signs of backing down as the conflict continues and more and more civilians get caught in the crossfire. Abbas Milani, director of the Iranian Studies program at Stanford University, joins Amna Nawaz to take a… Continue watching