Sep 02 Watch 6:32 Biden accuses Trump and his supporters of undermining the nation's democratic values By Laura Barrón-López, Saher Khan The 2022 midterm election season is in full swing and President Biden says existential dangers are looming large. In a speech Thursday night, Biden raised the alarm about extremist forces within the Republican Party and the escalating threat they pose… Continue watching
Sep 02 Watch 12:49 Brooks and Capehart on Biden's criticism of Republicans, Trump document investigation New York Times columnist David Brooks and Washington Post associate editor Jonathan Capehart join Judy Woodruff to discuss the week in politics, including President Biden calling "MAGA Republicans" a direct threat to democracy, the investigation into former President Trump's handling… Continue watching
Sep 02 Watch 8:22 Years late and billions over budget, NASA's most powerful rocket finally set for takeoff By Miles O'Brien If all goes as planned, NASA will launch a rocket to return to the moon Saturday afternoon. This first phase will send an unmanned capsule to lunar orbit and back, but NASA wants humans to land on the moon in… Continue watching
Sep 02 Biden seeks $47 billion in emergency dollars for Ukraine, COVID-19, monkeypox and natural disasters By Mary Clare Jalonick, Associated Press President Joe Biden is asking Congress to provide more than $47 billion in emergency dollars that would go toward the war in Ukraine, the response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the ongoing monkeypox outbreak and help for recent natural disasters in… Continue reading
Sep 02 Pecan farmers on Texas border get caught in immigration enforcement battle By Acacia Coronado, Associated Press A Texas pecan farm nearly the size of Disneyland has become entangled in a turf war between the Biden administration and Republican Gov. Greg Abbott over immigration enforcement on the southern border. Continue reading
Sep 02 'I can breathe a little bit more.' How student debt relief will affect 8 borrowers, in their words By Hannah Grabenstein, Tim McPhillips What eight borrowers of federal student loans told the PBS NewsHour about student loan debt relief. Continue reading
Sep 02 How some encounters between police and people with mental illness can turn tragic By Andrew Selsky, Leah Willingham, Associated Press People experiencing mental health crises have been being killed by police in America. But how many is unknown. Continue reading
Sep 02 'Red flag' laws get little use even as mass shootings, gun deaths soar By Bernard Condon, Associated Press An AP analysis found many U.S. states barely use "red flag" laws that allow police to take guns away from people threatening to kill, a trend blamed on lack of awareness of the laws and a reluctance to enforce them… Continue reading
Sep 02 Read the full list of what the FBI seized in Mar-a-Lago search By News Desk and Eric Tucker, Associated Press The inventory reveals in general terms the contents of 33 boxes taken from Mar-a-Lago during the Aug. 8 search. Continue reading
Sep 02 Biden says the Mississippi governor 'has to act' on Jackson water crisis By Associated Press President Joe Biden says his administration has offered Mississippi “every single thing available” to address the water crisis that has gripped the state’s capital. Continue reading