Jul 20 Watch 10:07 How U.S. officials worked to prevent coups, Waco-like sieges in Trump's final year President Donald Trump's last year in office was book-ended by impeachment trials and, marked by a deadly pandemic, economic collapse, racial unrest , and a violent insurrection. "I Alone Can Fix It: Donald J. Trump's Catastrophic Final Year" authors Carol… Continue watching
Jul 20 Trump inaugural committee head arrested over accusation of being UAE agent By Brian Melley, Larry Neumeister, Associated Press The chair of Trump’s 2017 inaugural committee was arrested Tuesday in California on charges alleging that he and others conspired to influence Trump’s foreign policy positions to benefit the United Arab Emirates. Continue reading
Jul 15 Watch 5:22 U.S. military leaders worried Trump might attempt a coup to stay in power, new book claims By Nick Schifrin, Yamiche Alcindor Today the Washington Post published excerpts from a new book by reporters Carol Leonnig and Phil Rucker describing how U.S. military leaders, including Joint Chiefs Chairman Mark Milley, worried President Trump might call on the armed forces to decide the… Continue watching
Jul 15 Watch 6:24 New revelations show Trump's threats against democracy are 'still very real,' Panetta says “Fears and suspicions” about how far former President Trump would have gone to remain in power are still alive, says former Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta. New revelations that Pentagon leaders were concerned Trump might try to use the armed… Continue watching
Jul 13 Watch 8:42 How Trump's team struggled to tell him no, enabled election falsehoods It has been eight months since former president Donald Trump's election loss to President Joe Biden. But Trump has falsely and repeated claimed the election was rigged against him. Judy Woodruff discusses his defeat and his chaotic, controversial final year… Continue watching
Jul 12 Watch 9:30 Tamara Keith and Amy Walter on rewriting the Capitol attack, defunding police NPR’s Tamara Keith and Amy Walter of the Cook Political Report join Judy Woodruff to discuss the latest political news, including former President Donald Trump’s rewriting of the January 6 attacks, President Joe Biden’s stance on police reform and what… Continue watching
Jul 09 2 Trump EPA appointees defrauded agency of $130K, watchdog finds By Matthew Daly, Associated Press The report by EPA's Office of Inspector General says former EPA chief of staff Ryan Jackson and former White House liaison Charles Munoz submitted "official timesheets and personnel forms that contained materially false, fictitious, and fraudulent statements."… Continue reading
Jul 08 Avenatti sentenced to 2 1/2 years in prison for extortion By Jim Mustian, Larry Neumeister, Associated Press A New York judge has sentenced the combative California lawyer Michael Avenatti to 2 1/2 years in prison for trying to extort up to $25 million from Nike. Continue reading
Jul 07 Trump announces suits against Facebook, Twitter and Google By Jill Colvin, Associated Press Former President Donald Trump announced Wednesday he is filing suits against three of the country's biggest tech companies: Facebook, Twitter and Google, as well as their CEOs. Continue reading
Jul 06 Watch 3:08 What we've learned about the Capitol attack in the last 6 months By Lisa Desjardins Tuesday marks six months since a pro-Trump mob attacked the U.S. Capitol on January 6 in an attempt to stop the certification of President Joe Biden's election win. Judy Woodruff and Lisa Desjardins take a deeper look at the investigations… Continue watching