Jul 15 Watch 5:44 AIDS program PEPFAR may escape White House attempt to cut its budget By Lisa Desjardins, Doug Adams, Ian Couzens The White House backed off $400 million in immediate cuts it was proposing in the global fight against HIV and AIDS and potentially other high-profile health programs. It's part of the package of cuts facing the Senate over the next… Continue watching
Jul 15 Watch 8:55 Projects bringing water to drought-ridden land could end with USAID’s dismantling By William Brangham, Molly Knight Raskin As the Trump administration ends USAID's mission, a project to bring water to drought-ridden lands is now in peril. In partnership with the Pulitzer Center, William Brangham and producer Molly Knight Raskin traveled to a community in central Kenya to… Continue watching
Jul 15 A closer look at where Senate Republicans stand on Trump’s rescission request By Lisa Desjardins Let’s lay out what is happening and why it matters. Continue reading
Jul 15 Federal court rules Trump administration can’t use travel ban to keep 80 refugees out of U.S. By Rebecca Boone, Sudhin Thanawala, Associated Press In a decision late Monday, U.S. District Judge Jamal Whitehead in Seattle said President Donald Trump's June order banning the entry of people from 12 countries expressly states that it does not limit the ability of people to seek refugee… Continue reading
Jul 15 WATCH: Asked if his name appears in Epstein files, Trump claims Comey, Obama and Biden made them up By Associated Press When asked by a reporter if the attorney general told President Donald Trump whether his name appeared in any of the records, he said, “No, no.”… Continue reading
Jul 15 WATCH: Senate votes to advance Trump’s request for $9 billion in spending cuts By Kevin Freking, Associated Press A final vote in the Senate could occur as early as Wednesday. The bill would then return to the House for another vote before it would go to President Donald Trump's desk for his signature before a Friday deadline. Continue reading
Jul 15 How Trump spent years stoking dark theories, and why he’s facing Epstein case blowback now By Ali Swenson, Nicholas Riccardi, Associated Press The political crisis is especially challenging for Trump because it's one of his own making. Continue reading
Jul 15 WATCH: Trump plugs energy and tech investments at summit in Pennsylvania By Seung Min Kim, Marc Levy, Associated Press At the event Tuesday in Pittsburgh helmed by Republican Sen. David McCormick, Trump boasted of a "true golden age for America" in energy policy and artificial intelligence. Continue reading
Jul 15 WATCH: Mike Waltz says he wants to make UN ‘great again’ as Democrats grill him on Signal chat By Farnoush Amiri, Matt Brown, Associated Press Appearing before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee for his confirmation hearing, Waltz faced lawmakers for the first time since he was ousted as national security adviser for mistakenly adding a journalist to a private Signal chat used to discuss sensitive… Continue reading
Jul 15 Fact-checking Trump’s threat to take away Rosie O’Donnell’s U.S. citizenship By Maria Ramirez Uribe, PolitiFact President Donald Trump is threatening to strip people of their U.S. citizenship, including political foes, as his administration works to deport people from the country in mass numbers. Continue reading