Feb 16 Kelly overhauls White House security clearance process after abuse allegations against former aide By Jonathan Lemire, Associated Press John Kelly said the White House "must do better" in handing clearances. Continue reading
Feb 15 Visitor logs for White House agencies to be made public By Associated Press The public soon will learn who's been visiting key White House agencies. Continue reading
Feb 13 Watch 4:29 White House security clearance process 'broken,' says top Trump intelligence official By PBS News Hour Leaders of the American intelligence agencies sounded a series of alarms at a Senate Intelligence hearing on Tuesday about Russian election meddling and breakdowns in the White House security clearance process. The resignation of a top aide over domestic abuse… Continue watching
Feb 13 Watch 6:07 Why did Rob Porter lack a permanent security clearance? Here's how the process works By PBS News Hour The White House and the FBI have shared conflicting accounts on the timeline of the background investigation into former White House staff secretary Rob Porter, who lacked a permanent security clearance and faced allegations of domestic abuse. How was the… Continue watching
Feb 11 Watch 25:00 PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode February 11, 2018 By PBS News Hour On this edition for Sunday, Feb. 11, the White House prepares to release a budget that will reportedly increase spending by nearly $300 billion over the next two years. Also, how the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are dealing… Continue watching
Feb 11 Watch 3:18 How will CDC cuts affect health programs abroad and at home? By PBS News Hour The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have recently lost hundreds of millions of dollars in funding cuts, including a $750 million cut in December. On Friday, President Trump signed a bill that slashed $1.35 billion from its Prevention and… Continue watching
Feb 11 White House grappling with fallout from aide's resignation By Jonathan Lemire, Associated Press The White House attempted Sunday to soften President Trump's comments about the mistreatment of women while rallying around the chief of staff. Continue reading
Feb 10 Watch 25:47 PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode February 10, 2018 By PBS News Hour On this edition for Saturday, Feb. 10, a conflict in the skies over Syria and Israel, and an effort to monitor political ads on Facebook through crowdsourcing. Later, pirates are returning to their old fishing jobs in Somalia. Hari Sreenivasan… Continue watching
Feb 10 On drug costs, modest steps follow Trump's big promises By Matthew Perrone, Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar, Associated Press As a candidate, Trump advocated Medicare negotiations and he called for allowing consumers to import lower-priced medicines from abroad. But the White House strategy paper veers away from such dramatic steps. Continue reading
Feb 09 Second White House staffer resigns after abuse allegations By Associated Press Speechwriter David Sorensen resigned Friday after the White House learned of the allegations against him, spokesman Raj Shah confirmed. Shah says Sorensen denies the allegations. Continue reading