Episode Jul 14 PBS NewsHour full episode July 14, 2017 Friday on the NewsHour, new revelations about a former Soviet counter-intelligence officer joining a meeting between Donald Trump Jr. and a Russian lawyer. We continue our series "Inside Putin's Russia" with a look at the complex U.S.-Russia relationship under Trump.
World Jul 14 How Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo became the face of peaceful political opposition in China Nobel laureate and renowned human rights activist Liu Xiaobo died Thursday in China after complications with liver cancer. Since 2009, Liu had served time behind bars after calling for political reform that would democratize his homeland’s government. His work and…
World Jul 13 News Wrap: Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo dead at 61 In the our news wrap Thursday, Chinese political dissident and Nobel Peace Prize winner Liu Xiaobo died Thursday of liver cancer. He'd been released from a state prison last month. Also, former President Jimmy Carter was hospitalized for dehydration in…
Politics Jul 13 Here's what's in the Senate GOP health care bill 2.0 Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell unveiled Thursday the second version of the GOP’s proposed repeal of the Affordable Care Act, but the path to passage remains anything but clear. The new bill aims to stabilize insurance costs for consumers, but…
World Jul 13 President Trump can't escape Russia questions in Paris President Trump arrived in Paris Thursday for talks with France’s leader Emmanuel Macron, aimed at strengthening the alliance between the two countries. However, the visit was partly overshadowed by the ongoing questions about whether the Trump campaign coordinated with the…
Episode Jul 13 PBS NewsHour full episode July 13, 2017 Thursday on the NewsHour, Senate Republicans share a revised plan to take the place of Obamacare. We look at what's inside. Also: Questions about President Trump’s son meeting with a Russian lawyer follows him on an overseas trip to Paris,…
World Jul 13 The deadly risk of standing up to Putin What can happen to you if you oppose the Kremlin? There is a high mortality rate among prominent critics of the Russian government, which some say is emblematic of how President Vladimir Putin runs the country. As part of our…
Economy Jul 13 The world of finance has a dark side, but that's only half the story You could say that the field of finance has an image problem, with both fictional and real-life figures projecting greed and other less-than-likeable attributes. That’s why Mihir Desai has written a book, "The Wisdom of Finance," to balance the picture…