Nation Jan 23 News Wrap: Congress ends shutdown, sending federal employees back to work In our news wrap Tuesday, as hundreds of thousands of federal employees got back to work, there were new questions about the prospects for an immigration bill as Minority Leader Chuck Schumer's office said he has withdrawn an offer to…
Politics Jan 23 What we know about Sessions' questioning in the Russia probe For the first time, a member of President Trump's Cabinet has talked to the special counsel's office investigating Russia; Attorney General Jeff Sessions was interviewed last week for hours. Meanwhile, The Washington Post reported that Robert Mueller plans to question…
Politics Jan 23 Collins confident Senate can reach compromise on immigration Sen. Susan Collins, one of the lawmakers who helped strike a deal to end the shutdown, says the challenge of overcoming differences doesn’t mean it’s not worth trying to reach an immigration bill. Collins joins Judy Woodruff to discuss those…
Politics Jan 23 One year in, voters reflect on life in the Trump era A year into the Trump presidency, Judy Woodruff checks back in with a group of voters from the swing state of Virginia to get their reactions on a range of issues, from the economy and democracy to immigration and tolerance.
World Jan 23 The pope is defending a bishop accused of witnessing abuse. What do his words mean to survivors? Pope Francis came under fire during a trip to Chile for defending a bishop accused of directly witnessing and covering up sexual abuse by another church figure, dating back to the 1980s. While the pope apologized for his wording, he…
Episode Jan 22 PBS NewsHour full episode January 22, 2018 Monday on the NewsHour, the Senate reaches a compromise to end the government shutdown in exchange for immigration talks. Also: The status of President Trump’s proposed border wall, Vice President Pence's tense trip to the Middle East, the political stakes…
Politics Jan 22 The key change that convinced Democrats to strike a shutdown deal Hours into the start of the work week, Minority Leader Chuck Schumer announced Democrats would vote for a three-week spending deal to end the government shutdown that began Saturday, while Majority Leader Mitch McConnell promised to allow Senate votes on…
Politics Jan 22 News Wrap: Court tosses out Pennsylvania's gerrymandered congressional map In our news wrap Monday, Pennsylvania’s Supreme Court threw out the state's congressional map for being heavily gerrymandered to benefit Republicans. Also, Turkey continued its military offensive against U.S.-backed Kurdish fighters in Syria for a third day.
Politics Jan 22 Trump 'willing to have a conversation about citizenship' for DACA recipients, says White House official Immigration was one of the contentious issues that led Congress to its funding impasse and forced a government shutdown. Now that the shutdown has been resolved, can lawmakers make progress on other contentious topics? Judy Woodruff gets reactions to the…
Nation Jan 22 Will Trump's wall ever be built? President Donald Trump signed an executive order last year calling for the construction of a new border wall spanning the length of the U.S.-Mexico border. While prototypes have been built in California, there is still no funding from Congress to…