Mar 30 Comedian leads presidential polling in Ukraine By Yuras Karmanau, Associated Press Volodymyr Zelenskiy, who shot to national prominence by playing the role of president in a television comedy series, topped the poll at 20.9 percent. Continue reading
Mar 30 GOP scrambles to deal with Trump’s decision on health care By Lisa Mascaro, Catherine Lucey, Associated Press President Donald Trump's decision to revive the fight over the Affordable Care Act has stirred a political and policy debate among Republicans on how best to approach the divisive issue heading into the 2020 election. Continue reading
Mar 24 Watch 4:46 Republicans ‘very excited’ after release of Mueller summary By PBS NewsHour The Republican establishment on Sunday felt a sense of vindication following the release of a Justice Department summary on the Mueller report. NewsHour White House correspondent Yamiche Alcindor reports. She joins Hari Sreenivasan to discuss reactions from both sides of… Continue watching
Mar 24 Watch 7:49 How Congress could respond to the Mueller report By PBS NewsHour A nearly two-year investigation into Russian efforts to influence the 2016 election “does not exonerate” President Trump, Attorney General William Barr said in a summary of the Mueller report on Sunday, as Democrats consider whether there is enough evidence to… Continue watching
Mar 24 Watch 3:59 How much of the Mueller report should be made public? Special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation did not find evidence that President Trump conspired with Russia during the 2016 presidential campaign, according to a summary released by the Justice Department on Sunday. Bob Bauer, a professor at NYU's School of Law… Continue watching
Mar 24 Watch 8:50 Russia’s war in Ukraine leads to historic split in the Orthodox Church By Simon Ostrovsky The Orthodox Church in Ukraine has been under the authority of Moscow since 1686. Until the 2014 war with Russia, that situation bothered few. Now a growing number of congregations, approximately 500 so far, have joined a new independent Ukrainian… Continue watching
Mar 24 White House claims DOJ letter on Mueller report offers ‘complete exoneration’ of Trump By Associated Press In a statement, press secretary Sarah Sanders says Mueller “did not find any collusion and did not find any obstruction.”… Continue reading
Mar 24 Read Attorney General Barr’s full letter on Mueller report conclusions By Kamala Kelkar The Justice Department released on Sunday main findings of a 22-month investigation into whether Russia interfered or colluded with President Donald Trump and his campaign during the 2016 presidential election. Read it here. Continue reading
Mar 24 AP fact check: McCain can’t respond but his record speaks By Calvin Woodward, Hope Yen, Christopher Rugaber, Associated Press President Trump: “We’ve created more than almost 6 million jobs since the election." The facts: He’s not exaggerating on job creation. But that record is not all his, and it’s not remarkable. Continue reading
Mar 24 Thousands at vigil in New Zealand honor 50 killed in mosque attacks By Nick Perry, Associated Press housands of people gathered in the New Zealand city of Christchurch on Sunday to listen to prayers, songs and speeches at a vigil to remember the 50 people killed in a terrorist attack on two mosques. Continue reading