Nation Feb 05 Employers can use FBI database for real-time background checks Employers enrolled in federal and state “Rap Back” programs receive ongoing, real-time updates about their employees even after they are hired. They can keep tabs on things like encounters with law enforcement, even if those actions do not result in…
Episode Feb 04 PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode Feb. 4, 2017 On this edition for Saturday, Feb. 4, the Trump administration's ban on immigration from seven mostly Muslim countries is on hold nationwide following Friday’s restraining order by a federal court judge. Later, armed Arizona citizens are patrolling the U.S.-Mexico border…
Politics Feb 04 Awaiting Senate confirmation, Trump cabinet posts left vacant Entering President Donald Trump’s third week, only five members of his cabinet have been sworn in, including the secretaries of State, Defense, Homeland Security, and Transportation. The heads of 15 other departments are awaiting Senate confirmation. In addition, hundreds of…
World Feb 04 Reassessing U.S. relations with Ukraine On President Donald Trump’s call list Saturday was Ukraine President Poroshenko. The conversation comes after a week of some of the worst fighting in the last two year between Ukrainian and pro-Russia separatist fighters killed 30 people. Alison Stewart is…
Nation Feb 04 Armed citizens patrol the Arizona-Mexico border President Donald Trump recently signed an executive order to build a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border as the first step to fulfill a campaign promise. Saying the U.S. government has failed to secure it, a group of armed citizens are…
Episode Feb 03 PBS NewsHour full episode Feb. 3, 2017 Friday on the NewsHour, the Trump administration levies new sanctions against Iran. Also: Rolling back Obama-era regulations from Wall Street to the environment, the next phase of the fight in Mosul, Mark Shields and David Brooks analyze week two of…
World Feb 03 Areas of Mosul are still under siege, but signs of life return Iraqi forces, backed by U.S. support, have retaken one side of the city of Mosul. Now a military offensive to recapture the rest of the city -- where hundreds of thousands of civilians are still trapped -- is expected to…
Politics Feb 03 Trump and the GOP take aim at Obama-era regulations, from consumer protections to water pollution President Trump punctuated his first two weeks in office with a push to begin deregulating the financial industry. Meanwhile, Congress is using a seldom-used law to target recent rules set by the Obama administration, including environmental protections and gun control.
World Feb 03 Will new sanctions and statements escalate tensions with Iran? New U.S. sanctions were applied to people and companies tied to Iran’s ballistic missile program. The National Security Adviser released a statement saying that the international community has been "too tolerant of Iran's bad behavior" and that the administration wouldn't…
Politics Feb 03 News Wrap: Trump seeks rollbacks on Dodd-Frank regulations, fiduciary rule In our news wrap Friday, President Trump signed an executive order directing the Treasury Department to look for ways to roll back the Dodd-Frank Act's regulations, and signed a memorandum aimed at blocking a retirement savings regulation that makes brokers…