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CLOSE Washington, DC’s Fourth of July fireworks celebration was visible over the Washington Monument, the U.S. Capitol building, the Lincoln Memorial and other well known DC landmarks. (July 5) AP WASHINGTON – The nation’s capital is home to a vast, annual Fourth of July celebration. But President Donald Trump is planning something a little extra this year.  In a tweet on Sunday, Trump announced he would be hosting “A Salute to…

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House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff says he’s got a plan ready if special counsel Robert Mueller’s full report isn’t made public. And it includes bringing Mueller himself before his committee. On Sunday, Schiff, a California Democrat, was asked on ABC’s “This Week” about what Democrats will do should Attorney General William Barr decide to keep the highly anticipated report mostly under wraps. “Well we will obviously subpoena the report,…

CLOSE President Donald Trump says his second meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un next week will be “very exciting,” but says he has “no pressing timetable” on Pyongyang giving up its nuclear weapons as long as there isn’t any testing. (Feb. 19) AP WASHINGTON – Just days before President Donald Trump is set to meet for a second time with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, Secretary of State Mike…

Pope Francis celebrated a final Mass on Sunday to conclude his unprecedented summit of Catholic leaders on clergy sexual abuse. Giuseppe Lami/AP hide caption toggle caption Giuseppe Lami/AP Pope Francis celebrated a final Mass on Sunday to conclude his unprecedented summit of Catholic leaders on clergy sexual abuse. Giuseppe Lami/AP Wrapping up an unprecedented Vatican summit, Pope Francis denounced the abuse of minors and called for an end to the…

Felicia Sonmez February 24 at 2:15 PM Rep. Adam B. Schiff (D-Calif.) said Sunday that House Democrats will subpoena special counsel Robert S. Mueller III to testify before Congress if his report on Russian interference in the 2016 election is not made public. Schiff, chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, said on ABC News’s “This Week” that Democrats will also subpoena Mueller’s report and are prepared to go to court…

Pope Francis celebrated a final Mass on Sunday to conclude his unprecedented summit of Catholic leaders on clergy sexual abuse. Giuseppe Lami/AP hide caption toggle caption Giuseppe Lami/AP Pope Francis celebrated a final Mass on Sunday to conclude his unprecedented summit of Catholic leaders on clergy sexual abuse. Giuseppe Lami/AP Wrapping up an unprecedented Vatican summit, Pope Francis denounced the abuse of minors and called for an end to the…

Video What will be agreed to at the second US-North Korea summit? Former National Security Council chief of staff Fred Fleitz weighs in on what can be expected to come out of President Trump’s next meeting with North Korean President Kim Jong Un. No matter what President Trump says or does when he holds a second historic summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Wednesday and Thursday in…

On Sunday, Mr. Trump indicated that the event would take place, but few details were available. In a statement on Sunday, the Interior Department said the National Park Service was “working diligently to provide the president with a plan for Salute to America,” adding, “At this time, everything is pre-decisional.” Jim Mattis, the former defense secretary, famously objected to having the American military march in lock step down Constitution Avenue,…

Video What will be agreed to at the second US-North Korea summit? Former National Security Council chief of staff Fred Fleitz weighs in on what can be expected to come out of President Trump’s next meeting with North Korean President Kim Jong Un. No matter what President Trump says or does when he holds a second historic summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Wednesday and Thursday in…

House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff says he’s got a plan ready if special counsel Robert Mueller’s full report isn’t made public. And it includes bringing Mueller himself before his committee. On Sunday, Schiff, a California Democrat, was asked on ABC’s “This Week” about what Democrats will do should Attorney General William Barr decide to keep the highly anticipated report mostly under wraps. “Well we will obviously subpoena the report,…

Pope Francis celebrated a final Mass on Sunday to conclude his unprecedented summit of Catholic leaders on clergy sexual abuse. Giuseppe Lami/AP hide caption toggle caption Giuseppe Lami/AP Pope Francis celebrated a final Mass on Sunday to conclude his unprecedented summit of Catholic leaders on clergy sexual abuse. Giuseppe Lami/AP Wrapping up an unprecedented Vatican summit, Pope Francis denounced the abuse of minors and called for an end to the…

President Trump on Sunday said he plans to make good on his pledge to piggy back on Washington’s Independence Day celebrations by staging — and addressing — a new event at the Lincoln Memorial. Mr. Trump claimed on Twitter it will be one of the biggest gatherings in the history of D.C. on July 4 and titled “A Salute to America.” “Major fireworks display, entertainment and an address by your…

Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro and first lady Cilia Flores attend a pro-government rally in Caracas, Venezuela, Saturday, Feb. 23, 2019. Maduro has closed Venezuela’s borders and calls humanitarian aid destined for Venezuela as part of a U.S.-led coup. (Associated Press) Embattled Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro vowed to defend his nation’s independence with his life during a speech before thousands of cheering supporters Saturday, calling the opposition against him a “small group…

Special counsel Robert MuellerRobert Swan MuellerSasse: US should applaud choice of Mueller to lead Russia probe MORE‘s final report is expected to be in the spotlight Sunday as lawmakers hit the morning show circuit amid debate over how much of the report will be made public when it is finally submitted. There was broad speculation this week that Mueller was wrapping up his probe into possible collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia,…

On Sunday, he compared the abuse of minors to “sacrificing human beings, frequently children, in pagan rites.” “Consecrated persons, chosen by God to guide souls to salvation, let themselves be dominated by their human frailty or sickness and thus become tools of Satan,” he added. “In abuse, we see the hand of the evil that does not spare even the innocence of children.” Francis, however, had sought to tamp down…

HANOI (Reuters) – North Korea’s state media criticized U.S. Democrats and American intelligence officials on Sunday for “chilling the atmosphere” ahead of leader Kim Jong Un’s second summit with President Donald Trump this week. After weeks of silence about the summit in Vietnam, North Korea’s state news agency KCNA on Sunday announced Kim’s departure by train, en route to talks in which the two leaders aim to build on a…

David S. Bernstein is a contributing political analyst at WGBH News in Boston. When President Donald Trump tweeted, on January 20, that he had reached 50 percent approval among Hispanic Americans, most fair-minded observers reacted with skepticism, if not outright disbelief. Trump was, after all, still the same man who announced his candidacy by accusing Mexico of sending “rapists” across the border, the same man who ordered refugee children separated…

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