Oct 06 Watch 12:16 Shields and Brooks on Las Vegas tragedy, Trump-Tillerson tensions By PBS NewsHour Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks join Judy Woodruff to discuss the week’s news, including the horrific massacre at an outdoor concert in Las Vegas and national debate about access to guns, plus seeming tensions… Continue watching
Oct 04 Watch 4:14 News Wrap: Tillerson denies report he considered quitting this summer By PBS NewsHour In our news wrap Wednesday, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson denied a report that he almost resigned over the summer. NBC News reported that Tillerson was close to quitting after President Trump’s politicized speech to the Boy Scouts of America. Continue watching
Oct 04 Watch 7:54 Catastrophes test Trump’s ability to be consoler-in-chief By PBS NewsHour President Trump visited Puerto Rico on Tuesday and Las Vegas on Wednesday, two American communities struggling with catastrophe. Judy Woodruff sits down with Karine Jean-Pierre of MoveOn.org and Matt Schlapp of the American Conservative Union to discuss the president’s handling… Continue watching
Oct 04 WATCH: Tillerson says he never considered leaving his post By Bradley Klapper, Associated Press WASHINGTON — Secretary of State Rex Tillerson declared Wednesday that he never considered abandoning his job as President Donald Trump's top diplomat, disputing what he called "erroneous" reports that he was on the verge of resigning earlier this year. Continue reading
Oct 03 U.S. plans to tell Cuba to remove most of its embassy staff By Josh Lederman and Matthew Lee, Associated Press The Trump administration will tell Cuba on Tuesday to withdraw 60 percent of its diplomats from Washington, American officials said. The move is a direct consequence of last week's U.S. move to cut its own embassy staff in Havana by… Continue reading
Oct 01 Trump says envoy ‘wasting his time’ talking to North Korea By Matthew Lee, Associated Press President Donald Trump said Sunday that Secretary of State Rex Tillerson was "wasting his time" trying to negotiate with North Korea. Continue reading
Oct 01 Tillerson says U.S. has direct channels to talk to North Korea By Christopher Bodeeen and Matthew Pennington, Associated Press U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson acknowledged on Saturday that the United States is maintaining direct channels of communications with North Korea. Continue reading
Sep 26 New U.S. sanctions target 8 North Korean banks, 26 individuals By Josh Lederman, Associated Press The eight banks are all in North Korea. The Treasury Department said the 26 individuals are North Korean nationals employed by those banks. Continue reading
Sep 25 U.S. says it’s not pushing for regime change in North Korea By Matthew Pennington, Associated Press The Trump administration clarified Monday that it's not seeking to overthrow North Korea's government after the president tweeted that Kim Jong Un "won't be around much longer" and Pyongyang interpreted it as a declaration of war. Continue reading
Sep 17 Top U.S. diplomat says closing Embassy in Cuba ‘under review’ By Josh Lederman, Associated Press The Trump administration is considering closing down the recently reopened U.S. Embassy in Havana following a string of unexplained incidents harming the health of American diplomats in Cuba. Continue reading