Donald Trump

  • 25 Jul 2017

    Bre Payton, a political reporter for the conservative website, The Federalist, and Versha Sharma, a senior correspondent for the liberal digital news platform, Now This, discuss Donald Trump’s relationship with his Attorney General Jeff Sessions.

  • 25 Jul 2017

    “You’re probably right.” That’s the answer Donald Trump’s new communications chief gave when asked whether the President wants his Attorney General Jeff Sessions to resign. Such is the precariousness of Mr Sessions’ position tonight, with his boss tweeting about how weak he is. The White House dysfunction is distracting lawmakers from another crucial issue –…

  • 22 Jul 2017

    Two US breakfast show hosts targeted by President Trump in a bizarre Twitter tirade have told Channel 4 News that everything he said was false. Trump lashed out at MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” hosts Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski, claiming they had “spoken badly of him”.

  • 19 Jul 2017

    He moved seats during a dinner at the G20 to sit next to Vladimir Putin. But what Donald Trump talked about with the Russian leader in this hitherto undisclosed meeting, we shall probably never know. The only other person present was a Russian translator. Mr Trump called the media speculation about the meeting “sick”.

  • 18 Jul 2017

    The Trump travel ban is still stalled before the courts. Afghanistan was not on the list of Muslim-majority countries affected by the ban, but a group of young roboticists from that country has become a cause celebre. They had a very diffcult journey to the US. We went along to meet them when they began…

  • 11 Jul 2017

    Donald Trump Junior, the US President’s eldest son, has released emails tonight that show correspondence between him and an intermediary discussing damaging material, apparently held by a Russian official, about his father’s presidential opponent Hillary Clinton. The email exchange has been described by one senior Democratic senator as showing the Trump campaign “sought to collude…

  • 7 Jul 2017

    Welcome to Hamburg, where after all the anticipation, all the intrigue, all the build-up, Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin have finally held their first face-to-face talks, their encounter lasting more than two hours. They emerged with news of a ceasefire deal for Syria.

  • 6 Jul 2017

    Gushing with praise for the Poles, delivering his strongest commitment yet to NATO, and even managing a chiding for Russia – Donald Trump has left his hosts in Poland very happy. But now he’s landed in Germany for the G20 and faces a very different reception from world leaders, and protesters.

  • 3 Jul 2017

    The author and activist Naomi Klein talks about her new book charting the Trump Presidency and the shock tactics which got him elected.

  • 30 Jun 2017

    “He attacks women because he fears women. The President is not of sound mind.” It isn’t often that two American TV hosts accuse a president of being mentally unstable. But then Mr Trump’s tweets about MSNBC’s Mika Brzezinski and Joe Scarborough crossed another line – even for him.  Critics say it’s just another example of…

  • 26 Jun 2017

    The US Supreme Court has partially reinstated President Trump’s controversial travel ban in a decision the White House is calling a victory for national security.

  • 15 Jun 2017

    Over in Washington, President Trump has lashed out at reports that the Special Counsel investigating Russian influence in the US election, is now looking into whether the President himself has “obstructed justice.” Our Washington Correspondent, Kylie Morris, joins us live from outside the FBI headquarters.

  • 8 Jun 2017

    Politics reporter Bre Payton said James Comey’s evidence was more of an indictment of himself than President  Trump. Democrat Congresswoman Stacey Plaskett disagrees.

  • 8 Jun 2017

    Former CIA analyst Edward Price says the FBI will investigate allegations that the Trump administration tried to obstruct the Trump/Russia probe.

  • 8 Jun 2017

    Allegations of links to Russia have dogged President Trump’s first few months in office – with the White House repeatedly denying any collusion with Moscow to influence last year’s presidential election.