Health Dec 18 Why the U.S. is lagging behind in rapid COVID-19 testing With the holidays approaching and the omicron variant surging in some parts of the U.S., demand for rapid and at-home COVID-19 tests is higher than ever, and the wait at large PCR test sites can be several hours in some…
Episode Dec 17 December 17, 2021 - PBS NewsHour full episode Friday on the NewsHour, former Minneapolis police officer Kim Potter takes the stand in her own defense in the trial over the killing of Daunte Wright. Then, how the Biden agenda faces an uncertain future as his policy priorities suffer…
Nation Dec 17 News Wrap: Pfizer forecasts COVID-19 pandemic will last until 2024 In our news wrap Friday, Pfizer, in light of the new omicron variant, forecast the pandemic will last until 2024. Russia published demands that NATO get out of central and eastern Europe, and deny membership to Ukraine. The U.S. Senate…
Nation Dec 17 Exhaustive fact check finds little evidence of voter fraud, but 2020's 'Big Lie' lives on More than a year after President Joe Biden won the 2020 election, former President Donald Trump and his allies still insist without evidence that widespread voter fraud led to a stolen election. A new reporting project from the Associated Press…
Nation Dec 17 Brooks and Capehart on Trump's 'Big Lie,' Meadows' text messages, Biden domestic agenda New York Times columnist David Brooks and Washington Post columnist Jonathan Capehart join Judy Woodruff to discuss the week in politics, including the latest report from the Associated Press that shows no widespread voter fraud in 2020, the latest revelations…
Episode Dec 16 December 16, 2021 - PBS NewsHour full episode Thursday on the NewsHour, rapidly increasing infection rates from the omicron variant in the U.S. prompt more COVID concerns, Congress wrangles over the massive Build Back Better Bill and other contentious legislation in the final weeks of the year, and…
Nation Dec 16 News Wrap: Death toll rises to 75 after Kentucky tornadoes, 16 still missing In our news wrap Thursday, the death toll from last Friday's tornadoes in western Kentucky rose to 75 with 16 people still reported missing. Also, twelve members of a U.S. missionary group have been freed two months after they were…
Nation Dec 16 Biden awards Medals of Honor to three soldiers. Here's a closer look at their lives President Biden awarded the Medal of Honor Thursday at the White House to three soldiers who fought in Iraq and Afghanistan. Two of the men died protecting their comrades, and were represented by family. Now, through interviews with those family…
Episode Dec 15 December 15, 2021 - PBS NewsHour full episode Wednesday on the NewsHour, the Federal Reserve signals an increase in interest rates as inflation rises. President Joe Biden visits western Kentucky following Friday's tornadoes. More than 800,000 Americans have lost their lives to COVID-19 and hospitals are bracing for…
Economy Dec 15 Why the Fed will raise interest rates in 2022, and how soon consumers will feel hikes Federal Reserve officials announced Wednesday they are prepared to fight inflation with as many as three rate hikes, starting next spring, in an effort to cool persistently high inflation. Its benchmark rate, which affects borrowing, lending and economic growth, has…