Politics Feb 28 News Wrap: Trump tweets new displeasure with Sessions In our news wrap Wednesday, President Donald Trump and Attorney General Jeff Sessions locked horns over the Russia investigations, with the president tweeting disapproval over Session’s use of the inspector general to look into possible FBI abuse of surveillance powers.
Politics Feb 28 Russia's sights are set on U.S. elections. Can states secure their voting systems in time? The scope of Russian meddling in the last U.S. election has been outlined in special counsel Robert Mueller’s indictments and the threat confirmed by heads of U.S. intelligence agencies. What can states do to protect American voters and democracy? Judy…
World Feb 28 South Korea 'very much worried' by possible U.S. military strike on North Korea, says adviser A senior policy adviser to the South Korean president says his country is “very much worried about American unilateral military action on North Korea" and a possible "full-blown escalation conflict.” Moon Chung-in, the South Korean president's senior foreign policy and…
Nation Feb 28 'Plague of inequality' haunts U.S. 50 years after a landmark study on racial division This weeks marks the 50th anniversary of the Kerner Commission, a bipartisan assessment of race in America that revealed the nation to be both separate and unequal. A half century later, a new report takes stock of what we’ve begun…
Episode Feb 27 PBS NewsHour full episode February 27, 2018 Tuesday on the NewsHour, students of the Parkland Florida High School take to Capitol Hill as lawmakers struggle to move forward on gun control. Also: Jared Kushner loses his top security clearance, a Supreme Court case on privacy and overseas…
Politics Feb 27 Congress is chewing over several gun proposals. What's really possible? Students-turned-activists from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School were in the halls of Congress on Tuesday to press for more gun control. Senate Republicans pointed to a bill that would push more agencies to work with the background check system. But…
Nation Feb 27 News Wrap: U.S. must do more to halt another Russian attack, says Adm. Mike Rogers In our news wrap Tuesday, Admiral Mike Rogers, head of the NSA and U.S. Cyber Command, said he has not received orders to strike directly against Russian cyber attackers accused of meddling in the last election. Also, there's word that…
Politics Feb 27 How does Jared Kushner's downgraded security clearance affect his White House role? Jared Kushner, President Trump’s son-in-law and senior advisor, has been stripped of his top security clearance. That move comes after revelations about Kushner and other top officials at the White House working without permanent clearances. Judy Woodruff learns more from…
Politics Feb 27 Can the U.S. force Microsoft to give up emails stored abroad? Supreme Court weighs privacy vs. security A case involving Microsoft and overseas data puts a familiar tech issue before the Supreme Court: the balancing act between the interests of law enforcement and personal privacy. Marcia Coyle of The National Law Journal joins Judy Woodruff to break…