Sep 04 Watch 12:10 David Brooks and Jonathan Capehart on Kenosha politics, Trump and the military New York Times columnist David Brooks and Washington Post columnist Jonathan Capehart join Judy Woodruff to discuss the week in politics, including visits to Kenosha, Wisconsin, by President Trump and Joe Biden and how their responses to social unrest have… Continue watching
Sep 04 WATCH: Trump holds news conference following accusations of U.S. military comments By Associated Press The allegations, sourced anonymously in The Atlantic, describe multiple offensive comments by the president toward fallen U.S. service-members, including calling World War I dead at an American military cemetery in France "losers" and "suckers" in 2018. Continue reading
Sep 04 Trump says he won't let Pentagon close Stars and Stripes newspaper By Lolita C. Baldor, Associated Press The Pentagon's plan to shut down the military's independent newspaper, Stars and Stripes, hit a major roadblock Friday, as President Donald Trump announced that he won't allow that on his watch. Continue reading
Sep 04 Trump disparaged U.S. military casualties as 'losers,' 'suckers,' report says By Associated Press The allegations were first reported in The Atlantic. A senior Defense Department official with firsthand knowledge of events and a senior U.S. Marine Corps officer who was told about Trump's comments confirmed some of the remarks to The Associated Press. Continue reading
Aug 13 U.S. says Iran briefly seizes oil tanker near Strait of Hormuz By Jon Gambrell, Associated Press The Iranian navy boarded and briefly seized a Liberian-flagged oil tanker near the strategic Strait of Hormuz amid heightened tensions between Tehran and the U.S., a U.S. military official said Thursday. Continue reading
Jul 29 WATCH: House Armed Services committee holds hearing on sexual harassment and retaliation By Justin Stabley The hearing was held several weeks after the remains of Spc. Vanessa Guillen were found after her disappearance from Fort Hood in Texas. Continue reading
Jul 13 Watch 6:43 Voices of service members who experienced abuse in the ranks The disappearance and murder of Army Specialist Vanessa Guillen has sparked an outpouring of stories from other service members. Mostly female, they say that they also suffered sexual harassment and abuse in the ranks, but felt that the military’s reporting… Continue watching
Jun 30 Watch 6:27 A career CIA officer on Russian bounty intelligence -- and possible leaks The NewsHour has reported that Russian military intelligence provided financial incentives to the Taliban to kill U.S. troops in Afghanistan -- and that this intelligence was always briefed up to senior U.S. government officials. But the White House say President… Continue watching
Jun 30 AP sources: White House aware of Russian bounties in 2019 By James Laporta, Associated Press Top officials in the White House were aware in early 2019 of classified intelligence indicating Russia was secretly offering bounties to the Taliban for the deaths of Americans, a full year earlier than has been previously reported, according to U.S. Continue reading
Jun 29 Watch 8:21 Schiff on reports of Russian bounties on U.S. troops -- and whether Trump was briefed Former U.S. military and intelligence officials say Russia has been offering Taliban fighters money to target U.S. troops. But the White House denies that President Trump was briefed on this alleged intelligence. Nick Schifrin reports, and Judy Woodruff talks to… Continue watching