Dec 23 Watch 4:31 Mattis, McGurk shakeup leaves Syria in 'state of uncertainty' By PBS News Hour Following a decision to pull 2,000 U.S. forces from Syria in the coming weeks, President Trump also expedited Defense Secretary Jim Mattis’ resignation Sunday, and Brett McGurk, the U.S. envoy to the global coalition fighting the Islamic State group, resigned. Continue watching
Dec 23 Trump loses U.S. envoy to anti-IS coalition over Syria plan By Susannah George, Matthew Lee, Associated Press Brett McGurk, the U.S. envoy to the global coalition fighting the Islamic State group, has resigned in protest over President Donald Trump’s abrupt decision to withdraw U.S. troops from Syria. Continue reading
Dec 22 Syria sends reinforcements east after Trump's pullout plan By Associated Press The reinforcements arrived after U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday announced he was pulling all 2,000 U.S. troops out of Syria. Continue reading
Dec 21 Mattis is leaving. What does that mean for Trump? By Joshua Barajas, Daniel Bush Here’s why Mattis’ resignation has worried lawmakers and what it means for U.S. foreign policy going forward. Continue reading
Dec 21 Watch 8:23 Rubio: Trump 'about to make a major blunder' on Syria Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., said President Trump “is abandoning the effort in Syria before it is completely finished," and that it is the job of Congress to attempt to convince him otherwise. Rubio joins Judy Woodruff to discuss the abrupt… Continue watching
Dec 21 Watch 4:52 News Wrap: Supreme Court rules against Trump's asylum ban In our Friday news wrap, the Supreme Court ruled against President Trump’s ban on granting asylum to people who enter the U.S. illegally. Chief Justice John Roberts sided with the four more liberal justices in the 5 to 4 decision,… Continue watching
Dec 20 Pentagon scrambles to devise Syria exit amid outrage about abrupt pullout By Robert Burns, Lolita C. Baldor, Associated Press The Pentagon, roiled first by the surprise withdrawal order from Trump and then the abrupt resignation of Mattis, offered no information about how the withdrawal will happen or how long it will take, apparently because they don't know. Continue reading
Dec 20 Watch 5:18 News Wrap: Stocks tank again amid rising interest rates, potential government shutdown In our news wrap Thursday, Wall Street plunged again amid slumping tech stocks, rising interest rates and fears of an impending government shutdown. The Dow Jones was down 464 points, the Nasdaq dropped 108 and the S&P 500 slid 39. Continue watching
Dec 20 Yemeni mom overcame travel ban to hold her dying son in U.S. By Julie Watson, Paul Elias, Associated Press After a more than year-long legal battle with the Trump administration for a travel ban waiver, Shaima Swileh arrived Wednesday night to say goodbye to her 2-year-old son Abdullah. Continue reading
Dec 20 AP fact check: Trump prematurely declares victory over Islamic State group By Philip Issa, Associated Press President Donald Trump is declaring victory over the Islamic State group in Syria, but the militants remain a deadly force, and U.S. partners warn a premature U.S. withdrawal will allow them to storm back. Here's a look at the president's… Continue reading