Dec 18 Shutdown talk recedes after White House eases wall threat By Lisa Mascaro, Matthew Daly, Catherine Lucey, Associated Press President Donald Trump and leaders in Congress appeared to be pulling back Tuesday from a government shutdown over his $5 billion request for border wall funds… Continue reading
Dec 17 AP fact check: Trump's distorted reality in expanding Russia probe By Hope Yen, Calvin Woodward, Associated Press President Donald Trump keeps changing his story in the swirling investigations into Russia election interference and hush money payments to women who say they had affairs with him. Here's a look at the president's claims. Continue reading
Dec 11 Trump bickers with Democratic leaders, threatens government shutdown By Matthew Daly, Associated Press Arguing heatedly in public with Democratic leaders, President Donald Trump threatened repeatedly on Tuesday to shut down the government if Congress doesn't provide the money he says is needed to build a wall at the Mexican border. He insisted the… Continue reading
Dec 05 WATCH: George H.W. Bush was a 'gentleman, a genuine leader,' former Canadian PM says By Associated Press Former Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney has praised former U.S. President George H.W. Bush as a strong world leader who helped oversee the end of the Cold War and the collapse of the Soviet Union. Continue reading
Dec 04 Mexico's 'common man' president pledges end to secrecy By María Verza, Mark Stevenson, Associated Press Mexico's newly inaugurated president kicked off his first Monday in office with something not seen in recent history — a news conference and a pledge to hold one every working day of his six-year term to keep the people informed. Continue reading
Dec 03 Trump predicts successful relationship with Mexico's new president By Associated Press President Trump tweeted that Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador had a “tremendous political victory with the great support of the Mexican People.”… Continue reading
Nov 27 U.S. officials defend using tear gas on migrants. Here's a close look at their claims By Joshua Barajas, Amber Partida The U.S. has continued to dismiss criticism over its use of tear gas on a group of asylum-seekers in Tijuana, saying the “chaotic” weekend of border clashes were “predicted” by President Donald Trump and immigration officials. Continue reading
Nov 26 Watch 2:49 U.S. border officials clash with migrants in asylum limbo On Sunday, U.S. border patrol fired tear gas at crowds rushing the closed crossing in Tijuana. Witnesses described a chaotic scene in which people, including children, fainted from the gas. Mexico plans to deport nearly 100 of the migrants involved. Continue watching
Nov 26 What's happening with asylum-seekers at the border? By Joshua Barajas The busiest port of entry along the southwest border was shut down by U.S. immigration officials this past weekend after hundreds of Central American migrants hoping to declare asylum attempted to cross fencing that separates Mexico and the U.S. Here's… Continue reading
Nov 25 Watch 3:56 Trump 'has no legal authority' to make asylum-seekers stay in Mexico By PBS News Hour With various updates from Mexico and the U.S. about asylum seekers approaching the border, lawyer and journalist Jami Floyd says Trump does not have the ability to rewrite immigration law. Floyd joins Megan Thompson for more on the U.S.’s legal… Continue watching