Monthly Archive: March 2017
Senate Select Intelligence Committee begins public hearings on probe of Russian interference in U.S. elections Trump signs executive order to roll back Clean Power Plan, return focus to coal Proposed federal budget cuts could...
President Donald Trump is scheduled to meet with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi Monday at the White House. The two will discuss military aid and security. The meeting comes as the Sisi administration battles...
FSRN reporter Filip Warwick had an unexpectedly close encounter with an authoritarian clampdown on civil society in Belarus over the weekend. He was in the capitol, Minsk, taking advantage of a recent easing of...
The Senate Select Intelligence Committee held the first public hearing in its probe of Russian interference in the recent U.S. elections, hearing testimony from experts on both Russia and information warfare. The scope of...
U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson will visit Turkey Thursday. Tillerson is the most senior U.S. official to visit Turkey since the change of administrations. Relations between the two countries have been complicated in...
The head of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting appeared before a congressional subcommittee, as Trump administration has proposed outright eliminating federal funding to the body. Shannon Young has more. Download Audio Tuesday’s appearance by...
Just two business days after failing to convince congressional Republicans to repeal and replace the nation’s health care law, President Trump picked up the presidential pen to sign an executive order Tuesday aiming to...
After the White House-backed plan to ‘repeal and replace’ the Affordable Healthcare Act failed Friday, the next major test of the legislative branch’s check on executive power is likely to be in the arena...
Trump-backed healthcare bill set for a vote in the House Little new info emerges from House hearing with intel chiefs on Russian interference in elections Confirmation hearings for Trump’s Supreme Court nominee Constituents urge...
Friday witnessed an intense spate of political wrangling ahead of a planned House vote on the Trump-backed healthcare bill. Nell Abram has more. Download Audio After a contentious week culminated by a chaotic day...