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…
Education Feb 27 Texas schools can choose to train and arm their teachers. Here's how it works President Trump, a number of other Republicans and the NRA have ramped up calls for arming teachers. But it's an idea that generating a lot of criticism among educators. Jason Villalba, a Texas state representative and the architect of the…
Education Feb 27 Teachers want common-sense gun reform, not to carry weapons, says National Education Association official What do teachers think of calls from President Trump and others for arming educators as a response to mass shootings at schools? Becky Pringle of the National Education Association joins John Yang to share opposition to the proposal and why…
Nation Feb 27 What mass deportation would mean for Salvadoran families in the U.S. For the Velasco family, life in California feels like an American dream. But having stayed in the U.S. under a program called Temporary Protected Status, it's a dream that may soon end. President Trump plans to halt TPS for hundreds…
World Feb 27 School children are targets in the war in Eastern Ukraine In Eastern Ukraine, children still go to school and play, but the intrusion of violence into their everyday lives has made them the vulnerable victims of a war that's about to enter its fourth year. Special correspondent Sebastian Meyer went…
Arts Feb 27 'Killers of the Flower Moon' author David Grann answers your questions As part of the NewsHour and New York Times book club, Now Read This, author David Grann answers your questions about “Killers of the Flower Moon,” his true crime book on the 20th century Osage murders. And Jeffrey Brown announces…
Episode Feb 26 PBS NewsHour full episode February 26, 2018 Monday on the NewsHour, President Trump puts pressure on Congress for gun reform in the wake of the Florida school shooting. Also: How the NRA shaped Florida's gun laws, China moves to eliminate presidential term limits, American forces aid Somalia's…
Politics Feb 26 Trump says it's O.K. to fight the NRA 'every once in a while' President Trump called again for banning bump stocks during a listening session with the nation's governors, even if it means breaking with the NRA. But in returning to the idea of arming trained teachers, Washington Gov. Jay Inslee urged him…
Politics Feb 26 News Wrap: High court hears pivotal labor union case In our news wrap Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court heard a pivotal case for more than 5 million Americans in public sector unions. The case hinges on whether workers who are not union members should be required to pay dues…