Over the weekend, President Trump falsely accused The New York Times of making up a source within the White House. NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Mike McCurry, former press secretary during the Clinton administration, about the delicate relationship between White House sources and the press corps.
The Trump administration is preparing for more tariffs and investment restrictions on China. This comes a little more than a week after saying the "trade war" with China was "on hold."
Democrats have been pushed out of power at all levels of state and federal government. They have lost a lot of ground in Iowa, where the state party is rebuilding from the grassroots.
In a weekend tweet, President Trump issued a call to "put pressure on the Democrats to end the horrible law" that causes children to be separated from their parents once they cross the U.S. border.
The Supreme Court declined to take up an appeal to a restrictive abortion law in Arkansas that would effectively ban abortions by medication. But this is hardly the end of the line for this case.
The White House outlined the administration's long-term plans for the detention of immigrant families on Tuesday. Officials said they would like to detain parents and their children together, but are hamstrung by the lack of detention space and rules governing the care of immigrant children. Immigrant advocates have condemned the separation of families.