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 will make his debut next week at an annual gathering of world leaders at the United Nations. It's an international organization he's heavily criticized in the past.
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Trump met with Democratic leaders Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer — discussing trade, DACA and border security. Trump tweeted that no deal was made with them on DACA — contradicting their statement.
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The South Carolina senator, the only black Republican in the Senate, met with President Trump on Wednesday. The White House called the meeting "very productive." -
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi said she had asked Trump to tweet some assurance to the DREAMers protected by DACA and the president did just that — posting a message to his 38 million followers. -
After a surprise budget deal, members of the Democratic Party see an opening with Trump to pass their long-sought DREAM Act to help young undocumented immigrants.
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President Trump again urged Congress to act on replacing the DACA program. Democrats are pushing for a vote this month, but Republicans seem reluctant.
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The president's decision will likely affect the nearly 800,000 so-called "DREAMers" who are covered by the program, known as Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA.
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President Trump has told immigrants who were brought to the U.S. illegally as children to "rest easy," but now supporters of the Obama-era program fear it could soon be phased out. -
President Trump could make a decision soon on whether to extend or scrap DACA, the Obama-era program for people who were brought into the country illegally as children that protects them from deportation.
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President Trump on Tuesday visited the Gulf Coast for the first time since Harvey made landfall. The president and first lady toured two Texas cities to see some of the damage and relief efforts.
