Aug 13 Watch 2:48 News Wrap: Trump's lawyer told DOJ classified documents had been returned In our news wrap Saturday, a Trump attorney told the Justice Department that all classified documents had been returned, the Southern Baptist Convention's handling of sexual abuse claims is under investigation, Salman Rushdie's alleged attacker is charged with attempted murder,… Continue watching
Aug 13 Attack on Salman Rushdie was 'preplanned,' prosecutor says By Carolyn Thompson, Hillel Italie, Associated Press The man accused in the stabbing attack on Salman Rushdie pleaded not guilty Saturday to attempted murder and assault charges in what a prosecutor called a “preplanned” crime. Continue reading
Aug 13 Watch 7:46 How a Trump-era policy that separated thousands of migrant families came to pass The Trump administration's "zero tolerance" immigration policy separated over 5,000 children from their parents, with no tracking process or records that would allow them to be reunited. Atlantic staff writer Caitlin Dickerson joins Geoff Bennett to discuss her investigation into… Continue watching
Aug 13 Watch 4:28 One year after evacuating Afghanistan, teen refugee pursues musical dreams By Student Reporting Labs This month marks one year since the U.S. withdrawal of military forces from Afghanistan, leading to the evacuation of tens of thousands of Afghan nationals since last August. Now, one teen refugee is pursuing her musical dreams thanks to a… Continue watching
Aug 13 Suspect in killings of 4 Muslim men in New Mexico left trail of violence By Susan Montoya Bryan, Stefanie Dazio, Julie Watson, Associated Press In the six years since he resettled in the United States from Afghanistan, the primary suspect in the slayings of four Muslim men in Albuquerque has been arrested several times for domestic violence, according to police and court records. Continue reading
Aug 13 Salman Rushdie hospitalized as police seek motive in stabbing By Carolyn Thompson, Hillel Italie, Associated Press Salman Rushdie remained hospitalized Saturday after suffering serious injuries in a stabbing attack as praise poured in for him from the West but he was disparaged in Iran. Continue reading
Aug 12 Watch 9:28 FBI retrieved top secret documents from Trump's Florida home A federal judge on Friday unsealed and made public the search warrant for former President Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate. A review of the warrant reveals that the FBI collected more than 20 boxes of items, including some material classified as top… Continue watching
Aug 12 Watch 5:31 News Wrap: House lawmakers give final approval to the Inflation Reduction Act In our new wrap Friday, Democrats are celebrating another legislative victory after House lawmakers gave final approval to the Inflation Reduction Act, author Salman Rushdie was attacked on stage before a lecture in western New York, the polio virus has… Continue watching
Aug 12 Watch 6:33 Assessing threats of political violence and rising extremism on the far-right In response to the FBI search at Mar-a-Lago, Trump supporters have increased calls for a civil war. Those dangerous threats are being fueled by conspiracy theories, and mistrust of the FBI and Justice Department promoted by many Republican politicians. Barbara… Continue watching
Aug 12 Watch 8:21 Charlottesville reckons with trauma 5 years after a deadly white supremacist rally By Laura Barrón-López, Tess Conciatori Five years ago on Friday, extremists marched in Charlottesville, Virginia in a violent demonstration that forced the city and the nation to confront the growing threats of white supremacy and domestic terrorism. Laura Barrón-López visited the city to see what's… Continue watching