Politics Jun 06 What the year's biggest primary night gave each party More than 6 million voters went to the polls across eight states on Tuesday, the biggest primary night of the year. The battle to control Congress was front and center, but there were revealing elections in key Senate and gubernatorial…
Politics Jun 06 Russia hacked U.S. minds and undermined democracy, author says “Russian trolls were different from normal trolls,” says Clint Watts, a former U.S. government intelligence analyst who observed how Russia deployed a campaign of disinformation to discredit Hillary Clinton and help elect Donald Trump. Nick Schifrin talks with Watts, author…
Nation Jun 06 Families separated by the border share hugs and tears at special reunion On a recent morning, the U.S.-Mexico border seemed to blur briefly as hundreds of people lined up for the chance to see their loved ones on the other side. The Hugs Not Walls event, organized by the Border Network for…
Episode Jun 05 PBS NewsHour full episode June 5, 2018 Tuesday on the NewsHour, we examine the Trump administration's policy of separating families at the U.S.-Mexico border after fresh calls to cease the practice. Also: Super Bowl champions uninvited by the White House, a British double-agent inside al-Qaida, a look…
Politics Jun 05 News Wrap: Trump can be deposed in defamation case, judge rules In our news wrap Tuesday, a federal judge ruled that the president can be deposed in a defamation lawsuit brought by former “Apprentice” contestant Summer Zervos. Also, former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort will face a hearing next week over…
Politics Jun 05 UN: 'Nothing normal' about U.S. detaining immigrant children More than 650 children were separated from their parents at the U.S. border during a two-week period in May, according to the government’s own figures. On Tuesday, the UN Office for Human Rights condemned the practice and told the U.S.
Politics Jun 05 Asylum seekers are being 'afflicted by our own government,' Sen. Merkley says Democratic Sen. Jeff Merkley visited a migrant processing center in Texas on Sunday where children, either unaccompanied or separated from their families at the border, were being held in what he described as large cages. The Oregon senator joins Judy…
World Jun 05 How an al-Qaida jihadi became an MI6 spy Almost 20 years after American embassies in Africa were attacked by al-Qaida, a double agent who infiltrated the terror group is unmasking himself. Jonathan Rugman of Independent Television News reports.
Nation Jun 05 How Robert F. Kennedy reached across America's divisions Fifty years ago, Sen. Robert F. Kennedy gave a victory speech after winning the California Democratic primary. Moments later he was gunned down, and the dreams of him as the progressive hope for American unity died with him. Judy Woodruff…
Education Jun 05 How nontraditional pathways can lead workers to good jobs Not everyone takes a traditional route to a college degree that will prepare them for the workforce. John Yang talks with Nicole Smith of Georgetown University and Beth Cobert of the Markle Foundation about alternatives to help young adults and…