World Feb 22 Why Venezuela's Chavistas are fiercely loyal to Maduro, despite economic crisis Violence has broken out in Venezuela as opposition groups, led by Juan Guaido, attempt to bring in foreign aid against the will of President Nicolas Maduro. Despite international support for Guaido, a fiercely loyal minority of Venezuelans known as Chavistas…
Nation Feb 22 Labor secretary under fire as disturbing Epstein details continue to emerge A federal judge ruled Thursday that prosecutors led by current Labor Secretary Alex Acosta broke the law when he was U.S. attorney in Florida. Acosta's team allegedly concealed a plea agreement from more than 30 underage victims who had been…
Politics Feb 22 Shields and Brooks on Trump declaration, Bernie Sanders' 2020 bid Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks analyze the week in politics, including how Congress is reacting to President Trump’s declaration of a national emergency over immigration, the 2020 candidacy of Bernie Sanders and whether democratic…
Nation Feb 22 How The HistoryMakers strives to share the African-American experience This weekend, many PBS stations will air “An Evening with Ken Chenault,” a special about the man who was chairman and CEO of American Express for 17 years. It was created by The HistoryMakers, a Chicago-based oral history project collecting…
Episode Feb 21 February 21, 2019 - PBS NewsHour full episode Thursday on the NewsHour, a new election is ordered for a contested North Carolina congressional district. Plus: “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett is arrested after police say he lied about a supposed hate crime, a Coast Guard officer faces weapons and…
World Feb 21 News Wrap: Pope Francis opens historic summit on sex abuse In our news wrap Thursday, Pope Francis opened a landmark Vatican summit on the Catholic Church’s clerical sex abuse crisis. Some 190 bishops and other leaders listened as he shared 21 proposals for specific action. Meanwhile, a federal judge in…
Nation Feb 21 Smollett case appears to unravel, as police file charges Nearly three weeks after claiming he was the victim of a violent racist and homophobic attack, “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett has been charged with disorderly conduct and filing a false police report. If convicted, the 36-year-old actor faces up to…
Nation Feb 21 'Fantasies of violence' motivated Coast Guard officer with weapons stockpile Christopher Paul Hasson, a Coast Guard officer and self-proclaimed white supremacist, is facing drug and weapons charges after federal agents discovered a stockpile of firearms and ammunition at his Maryland home. Also found was a list of his apparent targets,…
Politics Feb 21 Do-over election in N.C. congressional district requires new primaries A new election has been ordered in a North Carolina congressional race still contested after more than three months. The decision follows four days of hearings on alleged voting fraud by an operative working for Republican candidate Mark Harris. Numerous…
Politics Feb 21 Why Andrew McCabe sees the president as a threat Former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe has published a new book that includes some stunning allegations about President Trump -- including that he is the "most prolific liar" McCabe has ever encountered, despite decades of dealing with sophisticated criminals. McCabe…