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Erica R. Hendry is the managing editor for digital at PBS NewsHour.
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Politics Mar 02
Forest Service acknowledges ‘we have more work to do’ to address sexual harassmentIn an email to employees responding to the NewsHour’s original report, a spokesman from the office of Chief Tony Tooke said: “The stories the Forest Service employees shared during the PBS NewsHour piece are important to hear, difficult and heart-wrenching…
Nation Feb 22
5 important stories you might have missed in last week’s newsThese days, it's hard to stop politics from flooding your news feed. We take a moment every week to bring you important stories beyond the White House and the Capitol. Here's what we're reading now.
Nation Feb 20
WATCH: President Trump hosts Medal of Valor awardsThe Public Safety Medal of Valor Awards ceremony is scheduled to begin at 3:30 p.m. ET. Watch live here.
Nation Feb 16
Read the full indictment of 13 Russian nationals for 2016 election interferenceA grand jury indictment from special counsel Robert Mueller on Friday details how 13 Russian nationals worked in “varying capacities” with Internet Research Agency, a Russian troll farm, to interfere with the U.S. electoral and political process, including the 2016…
Politics Feb 16
WATCH: Rosenstein says 13 Russian nationals committed ‘information warfare against the United States’Their goal: “spread[ing] distrust towards the candidates and the political system in general.”…
Nation Feb 13
5 important stories that have nothing to do with the White HouseThese days, it’s hard to stop news from Washington, D.C., from flooding your news feed. We take a moment every week to bring you important stories beyond the White House and the Capitol. Here’s what we’re reading now.
Nation Feb 08
5 important stories buried by last week’s newsWe take a moment every week to bring you important stories beyond the White House and the Capitol. Here’s what we’re reading now.
Politics Feb 02
WATCH: Republican Congressman says GOP Russia memo should ’cause all American citizens to be outraged’Gaetz has been one of the most vocal members of Congress pushing the House Intelligence Committee to release a previously classified memo on the Russia investigation.
Politics Jan 31
Trump’s language shifts from ‘I’ to ‘we’ in State of the Union addressWe asked linguists and cultural historians about what Trump’s words say about his message -- and how he’s evolved as a speaker since taking the Oval Office.
Nation Jan 31
1 dead after train collides with truck in Virginia. No lawmakers aboard seriously injuredThe White House confirmed that one person died in the accident, adding that no lawmakers or their staff on board the train were injured in the accident.