World Jul 11 With Mosul liberated, how does Iraq make sure ISIS can't make a comeback? The Iraqi city of Mosul was declared liberated on Monday after being held by Islamic State militants since 2014. How does the Iraqi government plan to rebuild and to prevent ISIS from returning? Judy Woodruff speaks with Feisal Istrabadi of…
Politics Jul 11 Trump Jr.'s emails on Russia meeting raise question of what the president knew President Trump's son Donald Jr. released a potentially explosive email chain on Thursday, showing he was eager to hear "dirt" on Hillary Clinton with Russia’s support. Trump Jr. said he released them to be transparent, but The New York Times…
Politics Jul 11 News Wrap: Tillerson visits Qatar to mend Persian Gulf rift In the our news wrap Tuesday, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson traveled to Qatar in hopes of resolving a rift with its Persian Gulf neighbors. Also, the U.S. military confirmed that 15 Marines and a Navy Corpsman died earlier this…
World Jul 11 Inside Russia's propaganda machine For years, the Kremlin and the media it controls have waged a multifaceted information (and disinformation) campaign inside Russia and pointed at its perceived adversaries, including the U.S. As part of our week-long series Inside Putin's Russia, special correspondent Nick…
Education Jul 11 Betsy DeVos hits reset on new student loan consumer protections The Trump administration has held up the implementation of Obama-era rules that would have allowed student borrowers to have their debt erased if they had been victims of fraud by for-profit schools. Now 18 states and the District of Columbia…
Politics Jul 11 What to expect as Senate health care battle goes into overtime Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell announced Tuesday that the Senate will delay the beginning of its summer recess by two weeks in order to tackle a daunting agenda, topped by the health care battle. Lisa Desjardins join John Yang to…
Politics Jul 10 White House downplays Donald Trump Jr.'s meeting with Kremlin-connected lawyer President Trump's son, Donald Jr., met last summer with a Kremlin-connected Russian lawyer, along with Paul Manafort and Jared Kushner, after being told that she had damaging information about Hillary Clinton. The latest revelation about the Trump campaign's connections with…
World Jul 10 News Wrap: NATO chief demands Russian troops leave Ukraine In the our news wrap Monday, the head of NATO demanded that Russia withdraw its troops from Ukraine. Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg addressed the parliament in Kiev, saying Europe and the U.S. are united in support of Ukraine. Also, Iraq’s…
Politics Jul 10 Why Donald Trump Jr.'s meeting to discuss damaging Clinton info matters How does the news that Donald Trump Jr. met with a Kremlin-connected lawyer to discuss damaging information about HIllary Clinton add to what we know about Russian meddling in the 2016 election? Former CIA officer John Sipher and Mark Mazzetti…