Politics Feb 15 Exploring the life of Justice Leondra Kruger, a potential U.S. Supreme Court nominee As President Biden examines the records of potential Supreme Court nominees, we continue our series of profiles of the women on his short list. California Supreme Court Justice Leondra Kruger has never faced questions from the Senate Judiciary Committee, unlike…
Politics Feb 14 Who is Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, Biden's SCOTUS nominee? President Biden plans to personally interview potential nominees to the Supreme Court this week, and likely among them will be federal judge Ketanji Brown Jackson. Jackson isn't new to the Supreme Court short list, she was considered a long-shot pick…
Politics Feb 10 How Trump may have violated the Presidential Records Act There were more headlines Thursday about Donald Trump and his potential mishandling of White House records, including questions about whether the former president broke federal law. Chuck Rosenberg, a former U.S. attorney and senior FBI official, joins Geoff Bennett to…
Politics Feb 08 Supreme Court sides with Alabama Republicans despite impact on Black voters A new ruling from the U.S. Supreme Court has major implications for voting rights in this country. The court on Monday reinstated Alabama’s congressional map, one that a lower court had found racially discriminates against Black voters. Janai Nelson, associate…
Politics Feb 03 Sarah Palin takes The New York Times to court, raising First Amendment concerns A court case in New York began Thursday that will pit a Republican political star against a media giant and could put the First Amendment on trial. Sarah Palin versus The New York Times is a case more than four…
Health Feb 02 Why the COVID death rate in the U.S. is so much higher than other wealthy nations More than two years into this pandemic, the United States death toll is the highest in the world. The country is closing in on 900,000 deaths, and its death rate is alarming -- particularly given that the U.S. was the…
Politics Feb 01 How Trump attempted to use federal agencies to seize voting machines after 2020 election The New York Times is reporting that six weeks after the 2020 election former President Trump directed his attorney Rudy Guiliani to ask the Department of Homeland Security if it could take possession of voting machines in key swing states.
Politics Jan 28 How a new law 'turbocharges' difficulties of voting in Texas Later in this midterm election year, voters in 19 states will head to the polls with new, more restrictive voting laws on the books. One of those states is Texas, where the party primaries are just a few weeks away.
Nation Jan 26 Why the U.S. Postal Service is experiencing delays A key part of the Biden administration's plan to distribute free COVID tests depends heavily on the United States Postal Service. White House officials say that effort is going well, with tens of millions of tests now being shipped. But…
Politics Jan 21 Why Biden's pledges of free college, waiving student debt remain unfulfilled One year into President Joe Biden's tenure, we take stock of the status of some of his key campaign promises surrounding education, including the promise to reopen K-12 schools during the pandemic and provide two years of free community college.