Politics Oct 08 WATCH: Biden restores protections for national monuments President Joe Biden restored two sprawling national monuments in Utah, reversing a decision by President Donald Trump that opened for mining and development some red-rock lands sacred to Native Americans.
Economy Oct 08 WATCH: Biden delivers remarks on September jobs report President Joe Biden addressed the disappointing jobs report Friday, insisting despite the weak numbers, his administration is making "real progress."…
Politics Oct 07 WATCH: Senate votes to extend borrowing, averting debt disaster The Senate dodged a U.S. debt disaster Thursday night, voting to extend the government’s borrowing authority into December and temporarily avert an unprecedented federal default that experts warned would devastate the economy and harm millions of Americans.
Arts Oct 07 Sonia Sanchez wins Gish Prize for lifetime achievement Poet, educator and activist Sonia Sanchez is this year’s winner of the Dorothy and Lillian Gish Prize, a $250,000 lifetime achievement honor previously given to Chinua Achebe, Bob Dylan and Maya Lin among others.
Politics Oct 07 WATCH: Former U.S. special envoy to Haiti delivers remarks Foote resigned last month, saying that he did not want to be associated with what he called the United States’ “inhumane, counterproductive decision to deport thousands of Haitian refugees” back to the island nation.
Arts Oct 06 WATCH: Abdulrazak Gurnah wins Nobel Prize in literature The award was in recognition of his “uncompromising and compassionate penetration of the effects of colonialism and the fate of the refugee in the gulf between cultures and continents.”…
Politics Oct 06 WATCH: Sanders says Manchin must specify spending objections Sen. Bernie Sanders, a key supporter of Joe Biden's $3.5 trillion reconciliation spending plan strongly criticized Sen. Joe Manchin after the West Virginia Democrat said he does not want to see the United States become "an entitlement society."…
Nation Oct 06 WATCH: Officials give update on California oil spill Some of the crude oil that spilled from a pipeline into the waters off Southern California has been breaking up naturally in ocean currents, a Coast Guard official said Wednesday as authorities sought to determine the scope of the damage.
Politics Oct 06 WATCH: Manchin urges Senate leaders to 'engage' on debt Sen. Joe Manchin, who had said in recent weeks that he's opposed to eliminating the filibuster told reporters, he has been "very, very clear" where he stands on the procedure. "Nothing changes," he said.
Nation Oct 06 WATCH: White House COVID Response Team holds news briefing The United States is on course to have about 200 million at-home COVID-19 rapid tests available per month beginning in December, according to the White House.