Politics Jun 15 News Wrap: U.S. imposes tariffs on $50B worth of Chinese imports In our news wrap Friday, the Trump administration hit China with punishing new tariffs, the latest escalation in a trade battle. Beijing immediately threatened to strike back with similar penalties on U.S. products. Also, a federal judge ordered former Trump…
Nation Jun 15 What is life like for detained migrant children? An inside look at a government shelter Nearly 2,000 children were separated from their families after illegally crossing the border in April and May, according the the Department of Homeland Security. In Southern California, one of the more than hundred facilities that houses unaccompanied migrant children opened…
World Jun 15 Witness to starvation and executions, North Korean defectors hope Trump broaches human rights President Trump has repeated that the nuclear weapons issue is now more important than 70 years of human rights atrocities committed by the Kim dynasty in North Korea. Two defectors with harrowing stories of starvation, deprivation, public executions, losing parents,…
Politics Jun 15 Shields and Brooks on North Korea summit takeaways, Trump's family separation policy Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks join Judy Woodruff to discuss the week’s news, including President Trump’s summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, the conclusions of a watchdog report into the FBI’s handling…
Episode Jun 14 PBS NewsHour full episode June 14, 2018 Thursday on the NewsHour, the Justice Department's watchdog finds former FBI Director James Comey "insubordinate," but doesn't find any evidence of political bias in the investigation into Hillary Clinton's email in 2016. Also: The city with the highest rate of…
Politics Jun 14 Political bias did not affect Clinton probe, watchdog report finds The much-anticipated report on the probe of Hillary Clinton's email practices was released Thursday. It runs hundreds of pages, finds fault with the FBI, and may be fodder for Republicans and Democrats alike. While the watchdog found that political bias…
World Jun 14 News Wrap: Pompeo seeks to reassure South Korea after Trump summit In our news wrap Thursday, the Trump administration faced more fallout from President Trump's Singapore summit with North Korea's Kim Jong Un. Also, Attorney General Jeff Sessions defended separating children and parents who cross the U.S.-Mexico border illegally. House Speaker…
Politics Jun 14 How will the FBI adjust after the Clinton email probe report? Thursday’s report from the Justice Department's internal watchdog goes into detail about how the department and the F.B.I. handled the Hillary Clinton email investigation. What does it mean for the bureau’s reputation and what changes might occur in the aftermath?…
Politics Jun 14 Trump and his children accused of using charitable foundation 'like a piggy bank' The New York State Attorney General sued the Donald J. Trump Foundation on Thursday, alleging "persistently illegal conduct" and mismanagement at the president's charity. Amna Nawaz fills in the details with David Fahrenthold of The Washington Post, whose reporting helped…
Making Sen$e Jun 14 Will Trump's tariffs help U.S. workers? It could be a wash A decade ago, Whirlpool controlled about half of the domestic washing machine market. But when things started going downhill, the company blamed unfair competition from foreign companies. In January, President Trump announced a big new tax on foreign washers. What…