Trump Administration and Congress
Panelists talked about President Trump’s relationship with Congress and efforts to pass a health care bill and other Republican proposals. In addition, speakers outlined the current political…
309 viewsPanelists talked about President Trump’s relationship with Congress and efforts to pass a health care bill and other Republican proposals. In addition, speakers outlined the current political…
309 viewsHeadlines from the day’s newspapers were read and telephone lines were open for viewer comments on the question: “Best Way to Bring Back Manufacturing Jobs?” A telephone line was reserved for those working in the manufacturing…
540 viewsSimon Montlake talked by video from Boston about his reporting on a scholarship program in Kalamazoo, Michigan, which allows public school students to attend college for free and the impact…
264 viewsPaige Winfield Cunningham discusses congressional efforts to repeal the Affordable Care Act, as well as the political battles underway to replace the health care law. A video clip was shown of an…
784 viewsBradley Olson talked by video from Houston, Texas, about ExxonMobil Chair and Chief Executive Officer Rex Tillerson, President-elect Donald Trump’s choice to be secretary of state, including how…
509 viewsNathan Bomey was interviewed by phone on President-elect Donald Trump’s criticism of businesses including Boeing, Ford, and GM over outsourcing and cost overruns, as well as the reaction from…
295 viewsHeadlines from the day’s newspapers were read and telephone lines were open for viewer comments on the question: “Your Top News Stories of 2016?” Video clips were shown from: President Obama at the opening…
561 viewsTerry Jeffrey and Paul Waldman discussed their choices for the top news stories in 2016, and made predictions for the new year. Video clips were shown from: House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) declaring “the dawn…
591 viewsHeadlines from the day’s newspapers were read and telephone lines were open for viewer comments on the question: “Your Top News Stories of 2016?” A video recap from Google of the most searched subject, “Year in Search…
700 viewsDavid Lampton talked about the implications for U.S.-China relations of President-elect Donald Trump’s recent phone conversation with the Taiwanese president. He also reacted to Mr. Trump’s…
742 viewsRandi Weingarten talked about education policy in the Trump administration and reacted to the president-elect’s nomination of Betsy DeVos to be Department of Education secretary.
693 viewsRetired General Thomas Spoehr reacted to President-elect Donald Trump’s national security team appointments thus far, including criticism over his selection of several generals. He also talked about…
1,028 viewsTed Hesson, a Politico labor and employment reporter, spoke by phone about the relationship between President-elect Donald Trump and the labor movement.
291 viewsTelephone lines were open for union members to respond to the question, “What is your message to President-elect Donald Trump?” Politico’s Ted Hesson spoke by phone about the relationship…
673 viewsLinda Sprague Martinez, an assistant professor at Boston University’s School of Social Work, talked by video from Boston about a report from the Center for Promise that shows young people…
618 viewsIan Vasquez talked about the future of U.S.-Cuba relations under a Donald Trump presidency in the wake of the death of former Cuban President Fidel Castro, who died Friday, November 25,…
439 viewsScott Paul talked about President-elect Trump’s campaign promise to keep manufacturing jobs in the United States, including the recent deal with Carrier to keep 1,100 jobs in Indiana from moving to…
540 viewsJoshua Mitchell was interviewed by telephone about a U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) report that shows the federal government was on track to forgive at least $108 billion in…
686 viewsHeadlines from the day’s newspapers were read and telephone lines were open for viewer comments on the question, “Should the government forgive student loan debt?” The telephone lines were divided among…
628 viewsRichard Painter, who was President George W. Bush’s chief ethics counsel from 2005-2007, talked by video from Minneapolis about possible conflicts of interest facing a Trump administration…
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