Feb 25 AP fact check: Trump’s repeated fabrications on voting fraud By Hope Yen, Calvin Woodward, Christopher Rugaber, Associated Press Asked about ballot malfeasance involving a Republican in North Carolina, the president insisted he condemns voter fraud "of any kind, whether it's Democrat or Republican" and pointed to a "million fraudulent votes" cast in California. But no such case exists. Continue reading
Feb 25 Former U.S. security officials to oppose emergency declaration By Associated Press A group of former U.S. national security officials is set to release a statement arguing there is no justification for President Donald Trump to use a national emergency declaration to fund a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border. Continue reading
Feb 24 Watch 25:00 February 24, 2019 – PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode By PBS NewsHour On this edition for Sunday, Feb. 24, a standoff on Venezuela’s border blocks humanitarian aid, scientists rate Hollywood’s portrayal of climate change on Oscar day, and newly-digitized materials from Louis Armstrong's archives are helping to carry his legacy to new… Continue watching
Feb 24 Watch 3:28 Mexico tries new approach to asylum-seekers at the border On Tuesday, the U.S. House of Representatives plans to vote on a resolution to stop President Trump’s national emergency declaration to fund construction of walls and barriers on the border with Mexico. But what is actually happening at the border?… Continue watching
Feb 22 Democrats move to block Trump’s national emergency declaration By Andrew Taylor, Associated Press The resolution aims to stop Trump's efforts to secure $6.6 billion for building a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border. Continue reading
Feb 21 Advocates say U.S. still separates migrant families needlessly By Nomaan Merchant, Associated Press Months after the Trump administration announced an end to its widescale separation of migrant parents and children, the policy remains a heated issue in the courts and at the border as critics contend the government is still needlessly breaking up… Continue reading
Feb 18 AP fact check: Trump spins fiction about diversity visas By Calvin Woodward, Hope Yen, Associated Press President Donald Trump is going after the "horror show" known as the diversity visa lottery program. His description of it is pure fiction. Here's a closer look at the president's claim, among others, this past week. Continue reading
Feb 16 Judge bars immigration policing criteria for 2 grants By Brian Melley, Associated Press A federal judge on Friday permanently blocked the Trump administration from imposing conditions that police departments cooperate with immigration authorities to receive law enforcement grants. Continue reading
Feb 15 Watch 6:05 Which funding sources does Trump plan to use for wall money? President Trump declared a national emergency Friday over immigration at the U.S.-Mexico border, so he can redirect billions of dollars to build additional sections of wall there. Trump plans to take roughly $6 billion from the Defense Department and millions… Continue watching
Feb 15 Watch 5:26 Kobach: Illegal immigration constitutes emergency under ‘extraordinarily broad’ act Although some Republicans have criticized President Trump's national emergency declaration, others endorse it. One of them is Kris Kobach, former Kansas secretary of state, who talks to Amna Nawaz about the “extraordinarily broad” nature of the National Emergencies Act, why… Continue watching