Mar 03 How Americans feel about Trump after his first month back in office By Matt Loffman Americans are divided about President Donald Trump’s job performance, according to the latest PBS News/NPR/Marist poll. Yet support for him is higher than at any point during his first term. Continue reading
Mar 02 Watch 5:55 Former Saudi ambassador weighs in on Trump’s approach to Gaza and the Middle East By John Yang, Andrew Corkery, Juliet Fuisz Israel is blocking humanitarian aid from reaching Gaza until Hamas agrees to a proposal to extend phase one of the ceasefire, which expired Saturday. John Yang speaks with Prince Turki Al-Faisal, a former Saudi ambassador to the U.S. and U.K.,… Continue watching
Mar 02 Watch 1:50 News Wrap: Rubio expedites delivery of $4 billion in military aid to Israel In our news wrap Sunday, the Trump administration is sending Israel another round of military aid, Trump signed executive orders expanding U.S. timber production and designating English as the country’s official language, and a private U.S. company successfully landed a… Continue watching
Mar 02 Trump signs order making English the official language of the U.S. By Michelle L. Price, Associated Press President Donald Trump signed on Saturday an executive order designating English as the official language of the United States. It rescinds a mandate from former President Bill Clinton that required the government and organizations that received federal funding to provide language assistance to non-English… Continue reading
Mar 02 Fact-checking Trump and Vance’s attacks on Ukrainian President Zelenskyy By Jeff Cercone, Amy Sherman, Sara Swann, PolitiFact During Friday's televised Oval Office fight, Trump and Vance made several misleading claims about Zelenskyy and Ukraine. Here are the facts about three of them. Continue reading
Mar 02 Judge rules Trump’s bid to oust head of whistleblower agency was unlawful By Alanna Durkin Richer, Associated Press The head of a federal watchdog agency must remain in his job, a judge in Washington ruled on Saturday, saying President Donald Trump's bid to remove the special counsel was unlawful. Continue reading
Mar 01 Lawyers sue to stop Trump administration from sending 10 migrants to Guantanamo Bay By John Hanna, Associated Press Civil rights attorneys sued the Trump administration Saturday to prevent it from transferring 10 migrants detained in the U.S. to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, their second legal challenge in less than a month over plans for holding up to 30,000 immigrants there for… Continue reading
Mar 01 Watch 5:47 Former U.S. ambassador on Zelenskyy’s next moves after Oval Office blowout By John Yang Washington and Europe are still feeling the reverberations of Friday’s heated Oval Office exchange between President Trump and Ukrainian President Zelenskyy. Now, Zelenskyy is in London to rally the support of European leaders. Kurt Volker, former U.S. special envoy to… Continue watching
Mar 01 Watch 5:18 A look inside Canada’s last-minute efforts to avert Trump’s steep tariffs By John Yang, Harry Zahn President Trump says his 25 percent tariff on imports from Canada will go into effect on Tuesday, despite Canadian officials’ efforts to persuade their American counterparts that they have improved border security. John Yang speaks with David McGuinty, Canada’s minister… Continue watching
Mar 01 Judge extends block on Trump’s plan to pull funding over health care for transgender youth By Gene Johnson, Associated Press President Donald Trump’s plan to pull federal funding from institutions that provide gender-affirming care for transgender youth will remain blocked on a long-term basis under a federal judge's ruling in Seattle late Friday. Continue reading