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How a Fight Over Crowd Size Would Define Trump’s Approach to the Presidency — and the Truth
Soon after Donald J. Trump was sworn in as America's 45th president, he began coming across reports that troubled him. What happened next, a new FRONTLINE documentary series says, would be emblematic of his approach to the presidency, the press and the truth.
January 13, 2020
3h 49m
America’s Great Divide: From Obama to Trump
FRONTLINE investigates America’s increasingly bitter, divided and toxic politics.
January 13, 2020
“A Serial Liar”: How Sarah Palin Ushered in the “Post-Truth” Political Era in Which Trump Has Thrived
In a new FRONTLINE documentary, a former GOP strategist who pushed McCain to nominate Palin now calls her “a serial liar” who amplified online misinformation and helped usher in the current “post-truth” era of politics.
January 10, 2020
‘Send Help’: Inside CBP’s Multi-Year Staffing Struggle
For years, more Border Patrol agents have left their jobs than Customs and Border Protection (CBP), its parent agency, was able to replace. The agency only recently turned the corner, following pressure by the administration to hire thousands more people.
January 7, 2020
“The Most Horrible Thing I’ve Ever Done”: A Border Patrol Officer Who Separated Families Speaks Out
Wesley Farris, a high-ranking officer with El Paso’s Border Patrol Union, describes what it was like to separate migrant children from their parents in a FRONTLINE documentary: “You can’t help but see your own kids.”
January 7, 2020
54m
Targeting El Paso
How El Paso became the Trump administration’s immigration policy testing ground and then the target of a white supremacist.
January 7, 2020
Kate Miner’s Tragic Journey Through the U.S. Indian Health Service
An X-ray found clear signs of cancer. What happened next showed the federal agency’s systemic failures.
December 23, 2019
Inside Idaho’s Long Legislative Battle Over Climate Change Education
What schools should teach kids about climate change — or whether to teach it at all — has become hotly disputed in at least a dozen states. But rarely has that debate been more contentious or long-lasting than in Idaho.
December 20, 2019