Politics

GOP Commentator Calls Trump And Russia A 'Cover-Up In Search Of A Misdemeanor'

8:04am May 13, 2017

NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Republican commentator Michael Graham of The Weekly Standard about his thoughts on the firing of FBI Director James Comey and the GOP's response.

In 2003, reporters listen to the then-newly released 240 hours of Nixon White House recorded conversations at the National Archives in College Park, Md.

The Shadowy History Of Secret White House Tapes

8:00am May 13, 2017

by Domenico Montanaro

American presidents began surreptitious recordings in the White House in 1940 under Roosevelt, unbeknownst to Congress or the public. After Nixon, they were believed to stop, but did they?

Michelle Obama speaks at the Partnership for a Healthier America conference in Washington, D.C., on Friday.

Here's What Michelle Obama Thinks About Trump's School Lunch Rules

7:00am May 13, 2017

by Allison Aubrey

The former first lady got fired up talking about the issues she championed during her eight years in the White House. Last week the Trump administration announced changes to school nutrition rules.

Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos delivers a commencement speech to graduates at Bethune-Cookman University, a historically black institution in Daytona Beach, Fla.

Backs To Betsy DeVos; Scholarships Denied; Paul Ryan Visits A Charter School

6:04am May 13, 2017

Our weekly education news roundup: The secretary of education's commencement speech at an HBCU; aid denied to low-income students; an update on federal aid applications.

'New York Times' Reporter Offers Different Account Of Trump-Comey Dinner

5:35pm May 12, 2017

NPR's Robert Siegel talks with Michael Schmidt of The New York Times about another version of what happened in President Trump's dinner with the now former FBI Director James Comey. Schmidt reports that Trump asked Comey for a private promise of his loyalty to which Comey demurred.

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Trump Tweet Raises Questions About Secret White House Recordings

5:35pm May 12, 2017

NPR's Audie Cornish talks to Barbara Perry, director of presidential studies at the University of Virginia, about the history of recordings at the White House, from FDR to Nixon.

Michelle Obama Slams Trump For Rolling Back Her School Meals Program

5:35pm May 12, 2017

by Allison Aubrey

Days after the Trump administration changed the rules on school lunches and postponed new regulations requiring calorie labeling on menus, former First Lady Michelle Obama spoke out. She told an annual health conference Friday to "look at [the] motives" behind the government's decision, without naming Trump.

President Trump's lawyers said that a decade's worth of his tax returns show he doesn't owe money to Russian lenders and that he has received no income from Russian sources, with "a few exceptions." Without copies of those returns, these statements cannot

Trump's Lawyers Deny He Has Russian Income Or Debt, 'With A Few Exceptions'

5:30pm May 12, 2017

President Trump's attorneys say his tax returns don't show financial ties to Russians, with some exceptions, such as the time he got $95 million from a Russian billionaire.

White House Sends Mixed Messages Over Comey Firing

4:30pm May 12, 2017

by Scott Horsley

The White House continues to wrestle with conflicting accounts of why President Trump fired of FBI Director James Comey on Tuesday.

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Week In Politics: Trump Fires FBI Director James Comey

4:30pm May 12, 2017

NPR's Kelly McEvers speaks with political commentators, Matthew Yglesias, columnist, editor and co-founder of Vox, and Kelly Jane Torrance, deputy managing editor of The Weekly Standard. They discuss the firing of FBI Director James Comey.