Nation Aug 11

Democrats on Wednesday passed a blueprint for a $3.5 trillion bill to expand family, health and environmental programs. It is a massive investment, to be spent on American families and to combat the climate crisis. But it faces a rocky…

Education Aug 11

Across the U.S., school mask mandates are dividing communities. In Mississippi, a state hard hit by a coronavirus surge, the Oxford School District had ruled masks were optional for students and staff. But the school superintendent, Bradley Roberson, overruled them,…

World Aug 11

The Taliban on Wednesday seized three more Afghan provincial capitals and a local military headquarters in northern Afghanistan. The insurgents now hold some two-thirds of the nation as the U.S. and NATO finalize their withdrawal after decades of war. Bill…

Arts Aug 11

Despite the successful passage of the Senate's bipartisan infrastructure bill, Washington is still a city known for polarization. But as author George Packer recently explained in an interview with Judy Woodruff, the divisions in our country are greater and deeper…

Episode Aug 10

Tuesday on the NewsHour, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo to resign following multiple allegations of sexual harassment, we talk to U.S. Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm about how the infrastructure bill will try to tackle climate change, parents nationwide wonder…

Nation Aug 10

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Tuesday said he will resign after the state's attorney general last week released a scathing probe that found he sexually harassed at least 11 women. He will be replaced by Lt. Gov. Kathy Hochul,…

Nation Aug 10

A massive bill that would inject more than $1 trillion dollars into infrastructure and climate projects in the U.S. cleared the Senate Tuesday, and is now headed to the House. Nineteen Republicans joined all 50 Democrats in voting to pass…

World Aug 10

In our news wrap Tuesday, Hospitals and medical staff are overwhelmed in some parts of the country as COVID infections continue to rise, the Taliban claimed they have captured a seventh provincial capital in Afghanistan, much of the northern Caribbean…

World Aug 10

The bipartisan infrastructure bill that cleared the Senate Tuesday represents the largest investment in green energy in United States history. But it faces a tough road ahead in the House of Representatives, where some progressive Democrats say it's not enough…

Nation Aug 10

As U.S. schools begin opening for another year of learning, the controversy over whether students should be required to wear masks is anything but settled in many states. While hospitalization and death from COVID-19 is uncommon in children, cases have…