Nation Jul 30 Under scrutiny from lawmakers, Pompeo dismisses concerns about politics, morale On Thursday, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo appeared before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee to respond to concerns about the status of the State Department. Lawmakers have questioned widespread department vacancies and whether career diplomats are being sidelined, as well…
World Jul 29 Russia bounty reports, U.S. troop movements put Trump-Putin relationship in spotlight In an interview released Wednesday, President Trump said that in a recent call with Vladimir Putin, he did not challenge the Russian president over reports his country sought to pay the Taliban to kill American troops in Afghanistan. This latest…
World Jul 22 Why the U.S. ordered a Chinese consulate closed -- and what it means for foreign policy The Trump administration has ordered China to close its Houston consulate -- the latest action in an escalating fight between the two countries. The State Department cited concerns about espionage and intellectual property theft as justification for the move. Nick…
Nation Jul 13 Voices of service members who experienced abuse in the ranks The disappearance and murder of Army Specialist Vanessa Guillen has sparked an outpouring of stories from other service members. Mostly female, they say that they also suffered sexual harassment and abuse in the ranks, but felt that the military’s reporting…
Nation Jul 13 Murder of Vanessa Guillen puts spotlight on abuse in the U.S. military In light of the disappearance and murder of Army Specialist Vanessa Guillen, new attention is focused on the problem of sexual harassment and abuse in the U.S. military. How does a military chain of command handle such complaints? Retired Lt.
World Jul 08 PBS NewsHour Presents China: Power and Prosperity PBS NewsHour Presents China: Power and Prosperity explores the future of the communist country’s relationship with the U.S., which will help determine the new international order, the dominant technology supporting the world’s communications infrastructure, and the global economy.
World Jul 08 What the U.S. coronavirus response says about American exceptionalism Coronavirus cases in Florida, Arizona and South Carolina are increasing faster than in any other country in the world, reigniting the debate over American exceptionalism. Nick Schifrin talks to former Mexican foreign minister Jorge Castaneda, former Hungarian ambassador to the…
World Jul 08 Coming soon: China: Power and Prosperity Yasmeen Alamiri The United States’ relationship with China has dominated conversations about U.S. foreign policy, trade and more recently, the global effort to combat coronavirus. Before COVID-19 cases were first reported out of China and before the pandemic swept across…
World Jul 07 In government's absence, Mexicans turn to cartels for pandemic aid President Trump will welcome the president of Mexico to the White House on Wednesday. The country has more than 215,000 confirmed cases of COVID-19, the second-highest total in Latin America. More than 20,000 deaths have been recorded from the pandemic…
World Jul 06 Hong Kong residents challenge government over laws, but fight virus together Recent headlines out of Hong Kong have focused on politics, with the imposition of a controversial new national security law from Beijing. But on the public health front, Hong Kong has been a coronavirus success story, suffering much less infection…