Health Feb 10 As HHS secretary, Tom Price has significant powers to change health care Tom Price, a Republican congressman from Georgia, was confirmed as the next secretary of health and human services overnight. The longtime opponent of the Affordable Care Act sees a smaller role for the federal government in health care. But his…
Politics Feb 10 Shields and Brooks on immigration ban court defeat, Democrats' confirmation hearing opposition
Episode Feb 10 PBS NewsHour full episode Feb. 10, 2017 Friday on the NewsHour, President Trump's controversial travel ban is blocked by the courts, but he vows the fight isn't over. Also: The White House welcomes Japan's prime minister while dodging a potential rift with China, Michael Flynn's relationship with…
Episode Feb 10 PBS NewsHour full episode Feb. 9, 2017 Thursday on the NewsHour, Jeff Sessions is confirmed as attorney general, while fallout mounts from President Trump's attacks on the judiciary. Also: The latest on the president's immigration order, the White House takes heat for a deadly raid in Yemen,…
Politics Feb 09 Inside Steve Bannon's 'weaponized' political documentaries Steve Bannon, chief strategist to President Trump, has also worked extensively in the film world, including writing and directing documentaries on the global financial crisis, alleged corruption in the Clinton Foundation and what he sees as the rise of a…
Politics Feb 09 Why the 9th Circuit Court rejected Trump's immigration ban appeal A federal appeals court has refused to reinstate President Trump's immigration order in a unanimous decision on Thursday. Mr. Trump called it "a political decision" and tweeted, "SEE YOU IN COURT." Marcia Coyle of The National Law Journal joins Judy…
Politics Feb 09 News Wrap: Trump stands by criticism of courts In our news wrap Thursday, President Trump insisted that his Supreme Court nominee, Neil Gorsuch, did not call Mr. Trump's tweet criticizing a federal judge "disheartening" and "demoralizing," and said Democratic Sen. Richard Blumenthal "misrepresented Gorsuch." Also, the top U.S.
Politics Feb 09 Do Trump's attacks on judicial legitimacy go too far? When a federal judge in Seattle halted President Trump’s immigration ban, the president fired back, calling him a “so-called judge.” Do Mr. Trump’s comments hurt the U.S. legal system? Former Judge Paul Cassell of the U.S. District Court for Utah…
Politics Feb 09 Debate on wisdom of deadly Yemen raid gets political Questions linger over the deadly raid by U.S. Navy SEALS targeting al-Qaida in Yemen in late January. Now the success or failure of the military operation has become a political debate. Audie Cornish speaks with Nancy Youssef, national security correspondent…
Economy Feb 09 How should companies navigate polarized politics in the Trump era? How should companies navigate the new political climate under President Trump? From political Super Bowl ads to Trump-brand boycotts, we seem to be seeing the rise of a new partisan consumerism. Economics correspondent Paul Solman reports.