Jan 22 Trump says he told press secretary Sanders ‘not to bother’ with briefings By David Bauder, Associated Press Trump's preferred mode of communication, besides social media, is interviews on Fox News and informal question-and-answer sessions with reporters. Sanders has said it makes more sense for the public to hear from the president himself. Continue reading
Jan 22 Fact-checking Trump’s claim that he has a 50-percent approval rating among Latinos By Joshua Barajas President Trump tweeted about a PBS Newshour/NPR/Marist poll result on Tuesday, highlighting that his approval rating among Latinos rose to 50 percent. But the president's assertion about the poll also requires context. Continue reading
Jan 22 Trump reportedly moving ahead with State of the Union next week amid shutdown By Jill Colvin, Associated Press The White House is moving forward with plans for the State of the Union address next week in front of a joint session of Congress — despite a letter from House Speaker Nancy Pelosi requesting he delay it. Continue reading
Jan 22 Giuliani walks back comments about Trump Tower Moscow project By Associated Press President Donald Trump's lawyer walked back comments he made Sunday about how Trump remembers having conversations about a Moscow real estate project right up until the election. Continue reading
Jan 22 Senate set to vote on 2 competing plans to end shutdown By Jill Colvin, Lisa Mascaro, Andrew Taylor, Associated Press Senate leaders reached an agreement on Tuesday to vote this week on two competing proposals to end the government shutdown, including President Donald Trump's plan to have Congress pay for a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border that's likely to fail. Continue reading
Jan 21 WATCH: Trump marks MLK day with memorial visit By Jill Colvin, Associated Press The president had been criticized earlier in the day by the Rev. Al Sharpton, who said it was "an insult to the American people" that the White House was not commemorating the holiday with an event. Continue reading
Jan 21 Day 31: Trump and Congress struggle to find a starting point to end shutdown By Jill Colvin, Associated Press Democrats and Republicans appeared no closer to ending the impasse than when it began, with President Donald Trump lashing out at his opponents after they dismissed a plan he'd billed as a compromise. Continue reading
Jan 20 Watch 25:01 January 20, 2019 – PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode By PBS News Hour On this edition for Sunday, Jan. 20, no compromise in sight as the government shutdown enters day 30, and troubling details emerge on how Purdue Pharma allegedly marketed prescription painkiller OxyContin. Also, after two decades, a paralyzed outdoorsman designs a… Continue watching
Jan 20 Watch 4:37 Day 30 of shutdown: If compromise seems hopeless, what next? By PBS News Hour The hardest part about ending the government shutdown, now in it’s 30th day, is that both parties have long standing ideals about immigration that align with the people they represent, says NewsHour Weekend Special Correspondent Jeff Greenfield. So it might… Continue watching
Jan 20 Democrats aren’t buying Trump’s shutdown-ending ‘compromise’ By Jill Colvin, Catherine Lucey, Zeke Miller, Associated Press In a bid to break the shutdown stalemate, President Donald Trump offered to extend temporary protections for young people brought to the U.S. illegally as children and those fleeing disaster zones in exchange for his long-promised border wall. But while… Continue reading