President Trump gave a speech in Detroit that was supposed to focus on the economy, but it veered off-topic quickly and covered a lot of unrelated ground.
Tamara Keith has been a White House correspondent for NPR since 2014 and co-hosts the NPR Politics Podcast, the top political news podcast in America. Keith has chronicled the Trump administration from day one, putting this unorthodox presidency in context for NPR listeners, from early morning tweets to executive orders and investigations. She covered the final two years of the Obama presidency, and during the 2016 presidential campaign she was assigned to cover Hillary Clinton. In 2018, Keith was elected to serve on the board of the White House Correspondents' Association.
Trump pitches affordability on a national tour to combat voter frustration. And, Minnesota federal prosecutors resign after DOJ pressure to probe Renee Macklin Good's widow.
NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to former federal prosecutor and Politico writer Ankush Khardori about the resignation of several federal prosecutors in Minnesota over the ICE shooting probe.
The utility is asking the Kentucky Public Service Commission to approve a settlement that would raise customer rates 8% this year and 9% next year over current rates.