Politics Jan 03 First day of new Congress reveals GOP divisions over ethics It’s opening day of the 115th Congress, and there’s already tension. Under pressure, House Republicans deserted plans some had made on Monday to rapidly gut an independent congressional ethics board. Lisa Desjardins reports from Capitol Hill and joins Judy Woodruff…
Politics Jan 03 News Wrap: Veteran of Reagan administration tapped for trade representative In our news wrap Tuesday, Ford announced it’s scrapping plans to build a factory in Mexico and will instead create 700 jobs at Michigan plant. The announcement came after President-elect Donald Trump chastised General Motors on Twitter. Also, Mr. Trump…
Arts Jan 02 How sports gave way to singing for this rising star In our NewsHour Shares moment of the day, J’Nai Bridges dreamed of playing professional basketball, but when she chose choir as her senior year elective, her teachers immediately recognized her gift. Now she’s a rising opera star.
Arts Jan 02 Internet history is fragile. This archive is making sure it doesn’t disappear What’s online doesn’t necessarily last forever. Content on the Internet is revised and deleted all the time. Hyperlinks “rot,” and with them goes history, lost in space. With that in mind, Brewster Kahle set out to develop the Internet Archive,…
World Jan 02 The French couple bringing Rwandan war criminals to justice In France, a wife-and-husband team has found their life’s work in helping to prosecute war crimes from the 1994 Rwandan Genocide. Through their organization, Alain and Dafroza Gauthier provide investigative research in hopes of bringing war criminals to justice. Special…
Politics Jan 02 What will happen to Obama conservation efforts under Trump? In eight years, President Obama has permanently banned oil and gas drilling on hundreds of millions of acres of federally owned land and used his executive power 29 times to create new national monuments. William Brangham speaks with The Washington…
Politics Jan 02 How the GOP plans to begin dismantling Obama’s legacy The new Congress starts work this week, with the Republicans in control of both houses. Soon, they’ll also have the White House. What’s on the GOP agenda? William Brangham talks to Lisa Desjardins, Amy Walter of the Cook Political Report…
World Jan 02 Turkey faces daunting two-front terror threat What's behind the latest deadly rampage in Turkey, one in a string of terror attacks there in the past year? William Brangham speaks with Bulent Aliriza from the Center for Strategic and International Studies about the two-front attack facing Turkey…
Episode Jan 02 PBS NewsHour full episode Jan. 2, 2017 Monday on the NewsHour, a look at Turkey’s struggle to stop terror attacks, as a manhunt continues for for the perpetrator of a New Year’s attack on an Istanbul nightclub. Also: A new year and a new president, a look…