Section: PBS (USA)
Trump to meet top Russian diplomat at the White House
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump will meet Wednesday with Vladimir Putin’s top diplomat at the White House, officials say, marking the highest level, face-to-face contact with Russia of the American leader’s young presidency. It would also signal that the two countries have improved ties that Trump recently described as being at an...
Tillerson says almost no trust between U.S. and Russia
Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said Wednesday that “there’s almost no trust” between the U.S. and Russia now. Tillerson made the comments while addressing employees at the State Department. He said the Trump administration is working to rebuild trust one issue at a time, starting with Syria. Following President Donald Trump’s call...
Investments in Russia become focus in congressional race
GREAT FALLS, Mont. — The leading candidates for Montana’s only congressional seat tangled Saturday over money, including taxes, campaign financing and $240,000 in investments by the Republican candidate that financial disclosures link to index funds with substantial holdings in Russian firms that are under sanctions by the U.S. government....
News Wrap: French government calls for calm after attack on police
JUDY WOODRUFF: Investigators in France are trying to piece together what sparked Thursday’s deadly assault in Paris. A gunman shot a police officer to death and wounded two more, before being killed himself. Hari Sreenivasan reports on the day’s developments. HARI SREENIVASAN: Masked police descended this morning on a Paris suburb,...
Sen. Cardin on needing ‘mature’ leadership on North Korea, Turkish referendum concerns
JUDY WOODRUFF: Fallout from Sunday’s referendum vote in Turkey continued today, with critics of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan calling for the results to be annulled. That is just one of a series of important issues being dealt with by the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. I spoke just a short while ago with its ranking member, Democratic...
How a former diplomat makes sense of ‘A World in Disarray’
JUDY WOODRUFF: Now a former American diplomat takes a candid look at the state of international affairs today. It’s the latest addition to the NewsHour Bookshelf. Margaret Warner is back with that. MARGARET WARNER: President Trump has discovered in his first 100 days that the world is as messy and menacing to U.S. interests as he contended...
Have crises abroad changed President Trump’s view of the world?
JUDY WOODRUFF: The last week has seen significant changes in the way the Trump White House views the world. And what began as a presidency emphasizing retrenchment on the home front has been quickly refocused on the U.S. role abroad. PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: USA! USA! JUDY WOODRUFF: He bills himself the America first president, but it’s...
WATCH: Trump says relations between U.S. and Russia at an ‘all-time low’
WASHINGTON — Laying bare deep and dangerous divisions on Syria and other issues, President Donald Trump declared that U.S. relations with Russia “may be at an all-time low.” His top diplomat offered a similarly grim assessment from the other side of the globe after meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow. “Right now we’re...
NATO’s chief on how to prevent Russian tensions from spiraling
JUDY WOODRUFF: As we reported earlier, President Trump hosted the NATO secretary-general this afternoon at the White House. And a short time later, I spoke with Jens Stoltenberg. Mr. Secretary-General, welcome to the NewsHour. We heard President Trump say today that relations between the United States and Russia may be at their lowest point since...
NATO’s chief on how to prevent Russian tensions from spiraling
JUDY WOODRUFF: As we reported earlier, President Trump hosted the NATO secretary-general this afternoon at the White House. And a short time later, I spoke with Jens Stoltenberg. Mr. Secretary-General, welcome to the NewsHour. We heard President Trump say today that relations between the United States and Russia may be at their lowest point since...
