Nation Dec 11 What’s next for U.S. monetary policy It is widely anticipated that chair of the Federal Reserve Board Janet Yellen will announce an interest rate increase this week during the board’s last meeting of the year. Binyamin Appelbaum, economic reporter at The New York Times, also expects…
Episode Dec 10 PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode Dec. 10, 2016 On this episode for Saturday, Dec. 10, the CIA has determined that covert Russian hacking was in fact an attempt to help Donald Trump win the White House. And later, a comparison of President-elect Donald Trump and Ronald Reagan. Alison…
Politics Dec 10 Russia aimed to help Trump through hacking, CIA finds The Washington Post reported that the CIA has determined that Russian hacking was, in fact, an attempt to help President-elect Donald Trump win the White House. Trump’s team questioned the report’s credibility in a statement Friday. Greg Miller of the…
World Dec 10 Red Cross study shows shifting global views on war The International Committee of the Red Cross this week released a survey of more than 17,000 people in 16 countries. The survey, which asked respondents about treatment of soldiers and civilians, showed a difference in the way people look at…
Episode Dec 09 PBS NewsHour full episode Dec. 9, 2016 Friday on the NewsHour, President-elect Donald Trump leverages his "thank you" tour to stump for a Republican Senate candidate from Louisiana. Also: President Obama orders a review of campaign cyberattacks, how fake news spreads, whether female Marines can meet the…
Politics Dec 09 Shields and Brooks on Trump’s understanding of presidential power Names of President-elect Donald Trump’s Cabinet picks continue to emerge on a daily basis. Judy Woodruff sits down with syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks to discuss whether Mr. Trump’s Cabinet choices are antithetical to…
Politics Dec 09 Trump picks Goldman Sachs president to head National Economic Council Baton Rouge, Louisiana, was for the third stop for President-elect Donald Trump’s “Thank you” tour. He used it to stump for the state's Republican Senate candidate, who faces a runoff on Saturday. Also, the Trump team announced that Rep. Cathy…
Politics Dec 09 News Wrap: Obama orders review of campaign cyberattacks In our news wrap Friday, President Obama has ordered a full review of cyberattacks during the presidential campaign, according to the White House. A number of Democrats have complained that Russian hacking was intended to assist the now president-elect. Also,…
Politics Dec 09 The ‘thrill of the chase’ in perpetuating fake news This election cycle saw its fair share of so-called “fake news.” On December 4, an armed man walked into a Washington, DC, pizza joint, claiming he needed to investigate a story he had heard: that Hillary Clinton and her former…