Mar 13 Key members of Trump’s circle under scrutiny for Russia ties By Josh Lederman, Associated Press President Donald Trump's administration remains under scrutiny over potential ties between his associates and Russia in the run-up to the presidential election. Trump has denied knowing that any of his staff had communications with Russian officials during the campaign. But… Continue reading
Aug 20 Trump and new team have little time to execute new strategy By Steve Peoples, Associated Press Trump has about 80 days to reset and rally a presidential campaign that's done little but stagger since the close of the Republican convention. Continue reading
Aug 19 Watch 12:21 Shields and Rubin on Trump’s staff shift and Clinton’s ‘self-inflicted’ damage By PBS News Hour This week, the Trump campaign underwent possibly its biggest overhaul yet -- the candidate made major staffing changes and publicly said he regrets some past comments. Meanwhile, Hillary Clinton is excelling in the polls, but her emails and foundation still… Continue watching
Aug 19 Watch 3:13 TV ads, resignation and ‘regret’ spell change for Trump campaign By PBS News Hour On Friday, Paul Manafort became the second head of Donald Trump's campaign to resign. The Republican nominee was in Baton Rouge surveying the damage from devastating flooding this past week. As for Hillary Clinton, the New York Times reported she… Continue watching
Aug 19 Ukraine secret documents show $12.7 million in payments for Manafort By Nataliya Vasilyeva, Associated Press Once-secret accounting documents of Ukraine's pro-Kremlin party were released Friday, purporting to show payments of $12.7 million earmarked for Paul Manafort. Continue reading
Aug 19 Paul Manafort, Trump campaign chairman, resigns By Jeff Horwitz and Chad Day, Associated Press Paul Manafort is stepping down in the wake of a campaign shake-up, as well as revelations about his work for a pro-Russian political party in Ukraine. Continue reading
Aug 17 Watch 3:06 Trump rethinks campaign strategy, while Clinton tries to grow her lead in Ohio By PBS News Hour Trailing in polls, Donald Trump is rethinking his campaign strategy. In Wisconsin Tuesday night, he asked for the African-American vote and slammed recent violence in Milwaukee. On Wednesday, he overhauled his team, appointing a new campaign CEO and manager. Meanwhile,… Continue watching
Aug 17 Watch 12:35 Trump’s new campaign manager challenges Clinton on policy By PBS News Hour For the second time this summer, Donald Trump has made major changes to senior campaign staff, hiring Stephen Bannon as CEO and promoting Kellyanne Conway to manager. Judy Woodruff speaks with Robert Costa of The Washington Post about what the… Continue watching
Aug 17 Donald Trump shakes up campaign staff By Julie Pace and Jill Colvin, Associated Press TETERBORO, N.J. — Donald Trump announced a shake-up of his campaign leadership Wednesday, the latest sign of tumult for his struggling White House bid less than three months from his Election Day faceoff with Hillary Clinton. Continue reading
Aug 15 Watch 6:16 Ukrainian corruption probe uncovers references to Trump’s campaign manager By PBS News Hour Ukraine’s political turmoil has again made its way into the general election dialogue here in the U.S. The New York Times reported on Sunday that the name of Donald Trump’s campaign manager, Paul Manafort, appears in a ledger documenting payments… Continue watching