Nation Jul 13 News Wrap: More than 200 colleges join lawsuit over foreign student visas In our news wrap Monday, more than 200 universities have announced their support of a lawsuit against pandemic restrictions on international students. The schools object to the Trump administration's plan to deny visas to students not taking at least one…
Politics Jul 13 Why Trump's commutation of Roger Stone is 'highly unusual' On Friday, President Trump announced he was commuting the three-year prison sentence of his longtime friend and adviser Roger Stone. Stone was convicted by a federal jury of seven felonies, including lying to Congress and obstructing a congressional investigation. But…
Politics Jul 13 Tamara Keith and Amy Walter on Trump vs. health experts, Stone's commutation NPR’s Tamara Keith and Amy Walter of the Cook Political Report join Amna Nawaz to discuss the latest political news, including President Trump’s commutation of Roger Stone’s prison sentence and the Lincoln Project’s TV ad response, Trump’s attacks on U.S.
Nation Jul 12 What are the legal implications of Trump's Stone commutation? A day after President Trump commuted Roger Stone’s sentence, former Special Counsel Robert Mueller defended his prosecution and conviction of the president’s longtime friend and ally. Stone was found guilty of seven felonies including obstructing a Congressional investigation and witness…
Episode Jul 12 July 12, 2020 - PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode On this edition for Sunday, July 12, COVID-19 cases continue to spike across the country, more on Roger Stone’s commuted sentence, one city’s attempt to aggressively cut food waste and emissions, and we speak to one of the trailblazing women…
World Jul 12 This year's Tour de France is a virtual ride The pandemic has delayed Tour de France, the world’s most watched bike race, to last August this year. Until then, there is a heavily watched virtual race every weekend with world class bikers and teams racing against each other from…
Episode Jul 11 July 11, 2020 - PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode On this edition for Saturday, July 11, a presidential pardon for Roger Stone, U.S. breaks another coronavirus case record, and revisiting ‘To Kill A Mockingbird’ 60 years later. And with racial hate crimes on the rise globally, a look at…
Arts Jul 11 Reevaluating 'To Kill a Mockingbird' 60 years later In the 60 years since “To Kill a Mockingbird,” one of the most widely read books in middle school, was published, the lens through which it frames race and its Black characters has come under scrutiny. NewsHour Weekend anchor Hari…
Episode Jul 10 July 10, 2020 - PBS NewsHour full episode Friday on the NewsHour, the U.S. continues to set records of new coronavirus cases almost daily -- with no end in sight. Plus: The Supreme Court’s decision on Oklahoma Native lands, Lebanon in crisis, battling surging COVID-19 in Texas, political…
World Jul 10 News Wrap: Tropical Storm Fay drenches parts of the East Coast In our news wrap Friday, Tropical Storm Fay is racing up the Eastern Seaboard. It made landfall earlier near Atlantic City, New Jersey, with winds of 60 miles per hour, touching off flash floods and forcing beaches to close. Also,…