Politics Nov 13 How Hegseth could reshape the Defense Department under Trump For perspective on President-elect Trump's pick of Pete Hegseth to be Secretary of Defense, Nick Schifrin spoke with James McPherson. He served as under secretary of the Army and as the Army's general council during the first Trump administration. He…
World Nov 12 ‘Change might bring something good,’ family of Gaza hostages says amid political shakeups President Biden met Israeli President Isaac Herzog in the Oval Office and reaffirmed his administration’s 'ironclad’ commitment to Israel. The Israeli government says Hamas is still holding 101 hostages in Gaza and Herzog said the war would continue until the…
World Nov 11 Humanitarian chief Jan Egeland says Israel ‘deliberately starving’ people in Gaza An independent famine review committee affiliated with the United Nations declared that across northern Gaza, starvation, malnutrition and excess mortality, are “rapidly increasing” and “famine thresholds may have already been crossed or else will be in the near future.” Nick…
World Nov 07 Ukraine loses ground to Russia as Trump win leaves future U.S. support in doubt Russian President Putin said Ukraine would have to stay out of NATO for there to be peace while Ukrainian President Zelenskyy said he wouldn't agree to a cease-fire unless it included security guarantees. During the campaign, Donald Trump said he…
World Nov 06 How world leaders are reacting to Trump’s election win Donald Trump’s victory is headline news across the world. The president-elect and his team are vowing to dramatically change U.S. foreign policy. Nick Schifrin reports on the international reaction to the election.
Politics Nov 06 Security official reiterates ‘free, fair and safe’ election The director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency downplayed the effect of Election Day bomb threats and declared the election “free, fair and safe” in a call with reporters. Challenged repeatedly on the scope of the bomb threats —…
Politics Nov 04 Election security officials tracking misinformation and groups trying to sow chaos Federal officials responsible for securing the election and critical infrastructure said that while they were tracking small scale disruptions to the vote, they saw no evidence of activity that could affect the outcome. The threats to influence and interfere include…
World Nov 01 U.N. officials say situation in northern Gaza ‘apocalyptic’ as Israel continues offensive Top United Nations officials today called the situation in northern Gaza “apocalyptic,” an unusually stark warning as Israel enters the second month of an operation targeting the area where Hamas has regrouped. Nick Schifrin reports.
World Oct 29 Israel bans U.N. agency helping Palestinians as northern Gaza healthcare system collapses In northern Gaza, it was another day of mass death with Israeli airstrikes killing at least 88 people. Hundreds of thousands remain trapped and no substantial food or aid has been allowed into the besieged area for weeks. It comes…
World Oct 28 U.S. cybersecurity officials warn of foreign efforts to sow doubt and chaos around election From disinformation to hacking and leaking, America’s adversaries have never been this busy before an election. U.S. intelligence officials have detailed Russian disinformation, Iranian hacking and leaking efforts and a Chinese focus on congressional candidates critical of Beijing. Nick Schifrin…