Politics Dec 18 Will Americans learn to like the GOP tax bill? It's a critical week for Congress as Republican leaders sprint toward a final vote on their tax plan and avert a looming government shutdown. Amy Walter of the Cook Political Report and Tamara Keith of NPR join William Brangham to…
Episode Dec 17 PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode December 17, 2017 On this edition for Sunday, Dec. 17, the GOP’s tax bill is expected to pass and get signed by President Trump this week. And, in the second of our two-part series on drinking water, unregulated chemicals alarm residents near the…
Politics Dec 17 Lawmakers call for changes to surveillance act Lawmakers are discussing the renewal of the FISA Amendments Act, which allows the surveillance of foreigners outside of the U.S. And while there is generally bipartisan support for the act on national security grounds, reports show that the National Security…
Politics Dec 17 Is there an effort to undermine the Mueller investigation? A once-unlikely victory for Alabama Senator-elect Doug Jones made headlines during a busy week in politics. The race came as the GOP moves closer to passing the most significant tax bill in decades, and amid a continued probe into Russian…
Episode Dec 16 PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode December 16, 2017 On this edition for Saturday, Dec. 16, more details emerge about the Republican tax bill as it nears a final vote next week, and how the lack of electricity in Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria is impacting life on the…
Economy Dec 16 Who benefits from the new GOP tax plan? On Friday, the GOP released the final details of their new tax plan, which will overhaul America’s tax code for the first time in decades. While standard deduction has nearly doubled, corporate taxes have been slashed from 35 percent to…
Nation Dec 16 Thousands of Puerto Ricans still in the dark, three months after Hurricane Maria Nearly three months after Hurricane Maria devastated Puerto Rico, the island is generating electricity at about 65 percent capacity. A new interactive report from the Washington Post takes a close look at how the shortage of electricity continues to dramatically…
Episode Dec 15 PBS NewsHour full episode December 15, 2017 Friday on the NewsHour, Republicans on the verge of a tax cut agreement make final deals in an aggressive push to get it done before the holidays. How will it affect national debt? Also: What U.S. officials are signaling to…
Politics Dec 15 The final GOP tax bill is taking shape. Here are the last-minute changes Key Senate holdouts signaled their support for the GOP tax plan on Friday, moving it closer in their aggressive push for passage before the holiday recess. What's in the latest version? Lisa Desjardins joins Judy Woodruff to break down the…
Politics Dec 15 News Wrap: Sessions defends FBI after Trump criticism In our news wrap Friday, President Trump launched fresh criticism at the FBI, saying, "we're going to rebuild" the agency, before speaking to its training academy graduates and striking a different tone. Attorney General Jeff Sessions said he didn’t hold…