Nation Dec 02 What were the last-minute changes to the Senate tax bill? The Senate passed a $1.5 trillion tax package early Saturday, pushing closer to one of the largest overhauls of the U.S. tax code in decades. But the vote came just hours after the final text of the nearly 500-page bill…
Episode Dec 01 PBS NewsHour full episode December 1, 2017 Friday on the NewsHour, former National Security Advisor Michael Flynn pleads guilty to lying to the FBI about Russia contacts as part of Robert Mueller's investigation. Also: What's in the sweeping Senate GOP tax plan, reactions to an undocumented immigrant…
Politics Dec 01 Cooperating with Mueller on Russia probe, former Trump aide Michael Flynn takes plea deal Michael Flynn pleaded guilty on Friday to lying to the FBI about his Russia contacts while he was a member of the Trump campaign, saying that an unidentified senior official directed his contacts. The former national security advisor is the…
Politics Dec 01 News Wrap: Trump reportedly urged GOP senators to end Russia probe In our news wrap Friday, The New York Times reports that President Trump spoke to several Republican senators over the past summer to urge them to end an investigation of Russia's meddling in last year's election. Sen. Richard Burr confirmed…
Politics Dec 01 Michael Flynn's guilty plea offers hints about direction of Mueller's Russia probe What does a guilty plea by Michael Flynn, former national security advisor, mean for President Trump? And how could it change Robert Mueller's Russia investigation? Judy Woodruff talks to former Justice Department official John Carlin and Carrie Johnson of NPR…
Politics Dec 01 Senate Republicans make 11th-hour changes in push to pass tax cut bill Winning over holdouts like Sen. Jeff Flake, Majority Leader Mitch McConnell told reporters that Republicans had the votes to pass their tax bill, which could affect the U.S. for at least a decade. But as the clock ticked down, the…
Nation Dec 01 Murder case invoked by Trump on the campaign trail ends in acquittal for undocumented immigrant Jose Ines Garcia Zarate, an undocumented Mexican immigrant, was found not guilty by a jury on Thursday for murdering San Francisco resident Kate Steinle, a case that was repeatedly invoked by President Trump to rally support for an immigration crackdown.
Politics Dec 01 Shields and Gerson on Michael Flynn's Russia probe cooperation, GOP's tax bill calculation Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and Washington Post columnist Michael Gerson join Judy Woodruff to discuss the week’s news, including Michael Flynn’s guilty plea in connection with the Russia probe, the Senate GOP’s push for its tax reform bill and what’s…
Arts Dec 01 Binge-watching can't be good for you -- but is it really that bad? To binge or not to binge? Like many of us, with so many TV and streaming options these days, actress Annabelle Gurwitch struggles with falling into the black hole of epic, auto-loading TV and miniseries marathons. How is it different…
Episode Nov 30 PBS NewsHour full episode November 30, 2017 Thursday on the NewsHour, debate on the GOP tax overhaul heats up ahead of a Senate vote, Republicans sounding more optimistic as the hours go by. We look at who gets the biggest tax cuts. Also: A former Israeli prime…