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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Trump argued that members of what he called the "alt-left" were just as responsible for the violence in Charlottesville, Va., over the weekend as the white supremacists who staged the protests.
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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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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. -
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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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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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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Donald Trump Jr. and former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort agreed to meet privately with members of the Senate Judiciary Committee this week. Michel Martin talks to NPR Politics' Geoff Bennett.
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The Senate will postpone debate on the GOP bill to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act until Sen. John McCain returns to Washington.
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A letter is being sent to Donald Trump Jr. asking him to testify as early as next week before the Senate Judiciary Committee in an open session. The president's son has said he's willing to testify.
