Scott Horsley

White House Correspondent for NPR News

Scott Horsley appears in the following:

Trump Defends Travel Ban In News Conference With Japan's Prime Minister

Friday, February 10, 2017

President Trump hosted Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at the White House Friday. In a joint news conference, Trump defended his controversial executive order on refugees and travel.

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Federal Appeals Court Refuses To Reinstate Trump's Travel Ban

Thursday, February 09, 2017

A federal appeals court unanimously rejected a request by the Trump administration to lift a temporary restraining order on the president's executive order on immigration.

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Trump Makes First Visit To U.S. Central Command In Florida

Monday, February 06, 2017

President Trump visited U.S. Central Command in Florida Monday and met with troops for the first time as their commander-in-chief. He promised to always have their backs. Trump also had a message for ISIS.

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Trump Tweets To Blame Judge Who Blocked His Executive Order 'If Something Happens'

Sunday, February 05, 2017

President Trump spent the weekend criticizing a federal judge who put a temporary stay on the travel restrictions he ordered last week. Vice President Pence and other GOP leaders took a softer tone.

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Court Requests And Orders In A Busy Weekend In Politics

Sunday, February 05, 2017

A court has kept a suspension of President Trump's order on refugees in place — for now.

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Immigration Ban Halted By Federal Judge

Saturday, February 04, 2017

A federal judge has temporarily halted President Trump's executive order that bars citizens of seven Muslim majority countries from entering the U.S. NPR's Scott Horsley has the latest.

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Acting Attorney General Out After Refusing To Defend Trump Refugee Ban

Monday, January 30, 2017

The president replaced Sally Yates late Monday after she told Justice Department lawyers not to defend his executive order. The top federal prosecutor in suburban Virginia was elevated in her place.

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White House Defends Controversial Order On Immigration

Monday, January 30, 2017

The Trump administration is defending its executive order that bars refugees and residents of seven majority Muslim countries from entering the U.S. Even some Republican lawmakers are calling the order too broad and poorly executed.

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Ahead Of Trump's First Jobs Report, A Look At His Remarks On The Numbers

Sunday, January 29, 2017

Throughout the campaign, Donald Trump questioned the government's unemployment figures. Will that continue, now that he is the president?

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A Look Back On Trump's Executive Orders This Week

Saturday, January 28, 2017

Reaction is pouring in from across the country and around the world, after President Trump blocked citizens from certain countries from entering the US.

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In Trump's First Week, Actions On Refugees, Military, Foreign Relations

Saturday, January 28, 2017

In the last 24 hours, President Trump has taken steps to close the door on refugees and build up the military. He has calls with foreign leaders scheduled for Saturday. We look at Trump's first week.

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Trump Hosts British Prime Minister Theresa May At The White House

Friday, January 27, 2017

In a news conference with British Prime Minister Theresa May, President Trump said he hoped to have a good relationship with Russia. He said the same of Mexico, despite the recent flap over the wall.

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Trump's Suggested Import Tax Would Mean Americans Pay For That Wall

Thursday, January 26, 2017

The president's press secretary said a plan the White House is pushing would mean taxing goods from Mexico 20 percent to pay for the wall. That would mean American consumers would foot the bill.

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Trump Issues Executive Actions Targeted At Immigration

Wednesday, January 25, 2017

President Trump issued another round of executive actions Wednesday. These were targeted at his signature campaign issue of immigration.

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Budget Director Nominee Splits With Trump On Entitlement Reform

Tuesday, January 24, 2017

A Senate confirmation hearing Tuesday exposed some daylight between President Trump and his nominee for budget director when it comes to Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid. Mick Mulvaney wants to overhaul these entitlement programs, while Trump said during the campaign he wants to leave them alone.

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Inauguration Day 2017: The View From The White House, Mall

Tuesday, January 24, 2017

Morning Edition hosts talk through Inauguration events with NPR's Scott Horsley at the White House, and check in on activity on the National Mall with NPR's Pam Fessler.

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Trump's Inaugural Address Suggests Break With Foreign Policy Tradition

Monday, January 23, 2017

From the Marshall Plan to the G-20, the United States has long taken a broad view of what's in its national interest. President Donald Trump's inaugural address suggests a break with that decades-old tradition.

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Trump Promises Tax Cuts, Less Red Tape — So Long As Businesses Stay In U.S.

Monday, January 23, 2017

The president met with corporate executives on Monday, promising tax cuts and regulatory relief. But he also warned CEOs against moving jobs to other countries.

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President Trump's First Stops: National Cathedral And CIA

Saturday, January 21, 2017

On his first full day in office, President Donald Trump attended a prayer service, and met with CIA agents in Langley, Va.

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Trump Attends National Prayer Service Before Heading To CIA Headquarters

Saturday, January 21, 2017

President Trump attended an interfaith prayer service at Washington's National Cathedral, but he's also attending to more secular matters, with a visit to the CIA headquarters.

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