Jul 21 Administration releases documents about former Trump adviser By Associated Press The Trump administration on Saturday released a set of documents once deemed top secret relating to the wiretapping of a onetime adviser to Donald Trump's presidential campaign. Continue reading
Jul 21 Analysts: Trump tariff threats unlikely to yield trade deals By Christopher Rugaber, Paul Wiseman, Associated Press With President Donald Trump intensifying his rift with U.S. trading partners, economists are growing more doubtful that any deal that might benefit American workers and companies is in sight. Continue reading
Jul 21 Watch 4:14 What did Russians think of the Trump-Putin summit? By PBS News Hour New threats from U.S. politicians to hit Russia with sanctions for meddling in U.S. elections has Russians unsure whether President Donald Trump’s summit with Russian President Vladmir Putin was really a success. As reality sets in, Kimberly Marten, the director… Continue watching
Jul 21 Support for the Endangered Species Act remains high as Trump administration and Congress try to gut it By Jeremy T. Bruskotter, John A. Vucetich, Ramiro Berardo, The Conversation Since its passage, the Endangered Species Act has helped reverse and stop declines in numerous species – from bald eagles to Lake Erie watersnakes – and served as a model for similar laws around the world. Continue reading
Jul 21 Trump finds it ‘inconceivable’ lawyer would tape a client By Zeke Miller, Associated Press BRIDGEWATER, N.J. — Donald Trump said Saturday he finds it “inconceivable” that a lawyer would tape a client, as the president weighed in after the disclosure that in the weeks before the 2016 election, his then-personal attorney secretly recorded their… Continue reading
Jul 20 Watch 13:10 How will the Trump-Putin summit affect U.S.-Russian relations? Beyond the uproar over President Trump's comments about Russian election meddling, what are the global policy implications of his Helsinki summit with Vladimir Putin? Nick Schifrin examines what's at stake, from Eastern Ukraine to NATO to Syria, and Judy Woodruff… Continue watching
Jul 20 Trump heightens China tariff threat with no deal in sight By Christopher Rugaber, Paul Wiseman, Associated Press With President Donald Trump intensifying his rift with U.S. trading partners, economists are growing more doubtful that any deal that might benefit American workers and companies is in sight. Continue reading
Jul 20 Lawmakers want Trump’s interpreter to testify. That might be unethical By Corinne Segal Compelling the Trump-Putin interpreter Marina Gross to testify could undermine the profession. Continue reading
Jul 20 AP source: Trump on tape about Playmate payment By Eric Tucker, Jennifer Peltz, Associated Press A person familiar with an investigation into President Donald Trump's former personal lawyer says the attorney secretly recorded Trump discussing a payment to an ex-Playboy model who said she had an affair with him. Continue reading
Jul 20 Sanders, Ocasio-Cortez to rally Democrats in deep-red Kansas By Thomas Beaumont, John Hanna, Associated Press Two luminaries in the democratic socialist movement — one its national leader, the other its new star — are descending on solidly Republican Kansas on Friday, taking their liberal message to an unlikely area before next month's congressional primaries. Continue reading