Geoff Bennett
Geoff Bennett is a White House reporter for NPR. He previously covered Capitol Hill and national politics for NY1 News in New York City and more than a dozen other Time Warner-owned cable news stations across the country. Prior to that role, he was an editor with NPR's Weekend Edition. Geoff regularly guest hosts C-SPAN's Washington Journal — a live, three-hour news and public affairs program. He began his journalism career at ABC News in New York after graduating from Morehouse College.
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President Trump on Tuesday defended his delayed response to the violence in Charlottesville, Va., this weekend and said that there was violence on both sides.
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On Monday President Trump called the KKK, neo-Nazis and white supremacists "repugnant." On Saturday, he initially failed to specifically denounce the groups in the wake of the Charlottesville, Va., violence.
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President Trump, not known to hold his verbal fire, issued a bland statement condemning violence on both sides after deadly demonstrations in Charlottesville, Va. Other Republicans were more pointed.
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As tensions with North Korea escalate, President Trump received a briefing from his security advisers. North Korea threatened this week to fire weapons into the water just off the U.S. territory of Guam.
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Lawmakers have showed interest of working across party linesies on improving health insurance markets. Also, Brazil's Congress votes on corruption charges against the president.
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Anthony Scaramucci's departure comes just 10 days after being named for the position. The move comes just hours into John Kelly's tenure as chief of staff. -
Noam Levey of the LA Times has the latest on health care. Also, a Senate committee is dropping their subpoena for Paul Manafort to testify. And the U.K. is set to ban new diesel and gas cars in 2040.
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Steve Inskeep talks with Sen. Chris Coons about the latest on the Senate Judiciary Committee's investigation into Russian election influence and negotiations with Paul Manafort.
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Paul Manafort, President Trump's former campaign chairman, reached a deal Tuesday with the Judiciary Committee to provide information to the panel. He will not testify in an open hearing.
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Jared Kushner, President Trump's son-in-law and adviser, says he did not collude with the Russians to influence the election. He meets with the Senate Intelligence Committee to tell his story.
