Feb 25 Watch 4:56 News Wrap: Trump heads to Vietnam for meeting with Kim Jong Un In our Monday news wrap, President Trump is heading to Vietnam for his second summit with North Korea’s leader, Kim Jong Un, but he’s downplaying expectations around getting Kim to give up his country’s nuclear weapons. Meanwhile, House Democrats are… Continue watching
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 Expectations low as Trump looks for win in North Korea summit By Jonathan Lemire, Associated Press President Donald Trump will head into his second meeting with North Korea's Kim Jong Un having reframed what would make a successful summit, lowering expectations for Pyongyang's denuclearization while eager to declare a flashy victory to offset the political turmoil… Continue reading
Feb 24 White House manages expectations for second Kim summit By Associated Press President Donald Trump is trying to manage expectations for his second summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, predicting a “continuation of the progress” made last time. Continue reading
Feb 22 Concerns about U.S.-South Korea relations grow ahead of North Korea summit By Hyung-Jin Kim, Associated Press Much of the worry stems from President Donald Trump's repeated assertions that the U.S. military deployment in South Korea is too costly. Continue reading
Feb 22 Closing North Korean nuclear facility on the table as Trump-Kim summit nears By Eric Talmadge, Associated Press Kim Jong Un has suggested he might be willing to close the Yongbyon facility that is the heart of North Korea's nuclear development. Continue reading
Feb 06 Watch 6:16 What’s the U.S. strategy behind Trump’s second summit with Kim Jong Un? President Trump touted in his State of the Union address on Tuesday his efforts to improve U.S.-North Korean relations in order to persuade that country to abandon its nuclear weapons, and announced that he would meet leader Kim Jong Un… Continue watching
Feb 05 WATCH: Trump says he will meet North Korea’s Kim this month in Vietnam By Deb Riechmann, Associated Press President Donald Trump announced Tuesday in his State of the Union address that he will meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on February 27and 28 in Vietnam. Continue reading
Jan 30 Trump pushes back on intelligence assessment of North Korea By Associated Press "Perhaps Intelligence should go back to school!" Trump tweeted. Continue reading
Jan 18 Watch 9:06 What a 2nd Trump-Kim summit could mean for the push to denuclearize North Korea President Trump plans to hold a second summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un toward the end of February, the White House announced after Trump met with North Korea’s chief negotiator. In his first interview since retiring, Gen. Vincent Brooks,… Continue watching