Apr 02 Watch 4:46 What a mix of high inflation and low unemployment means for the U.S. economy As you may have heard Friday, the U.S. added 431,000 jobs in March, while unemployment hit a pandemic-era low of 3.6 percent. But those numbers only tell part of the story. Roben Farzad, who examines business and culture as host… Continue watching
Apr 02 Native American tribes seek more inclusion, action from U.S. officials By Felicia Fonseca and Susan Montoya Bryan, Associated Press Native American and Alaska Native groups are seeing change under U.S. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland but some remain frustrated with the pace of action. Continue reading
Apr 02 Biden says nuclear attack sub he commissioned will bolster U.S. security By Will Weissert, Associated Press In April 2020, with the coronavirus pandemic spreading across the United States, the Delaware was commissioned while underwater, a first for a Navy vessel. Since then it has been in training. Continue reading
Apr 02 U.S. investigators head to China to aid in plane crash probe By Associated Press The seven-member team from the National Transportation Safety Board will participate in the Civil Aviation Administration of China’s investigation of the March 21 crash of a China Eastern Airlines Boeing 737-800 because the aircraft was manufactured in the U.S. Continue reading
Apr 01 Judge upholds Ghislaine Maxwell’s sex trafficking conviction despite concerns about juror By Tom Hays, Larry Neumeister, Associated Press A judge has declined to throw out Ghislaine Maxwell's sex trafficking conviction, despite a juror's failure to disclose he'd been a victim of childhood sexual abuse. Continue reading
Apr 01 Watch 5:44 News Wrap: Pope Francis apologizes to Canada’s Indigenous for Catholic school abuse In our news wrap Friday, Pope Francis apologized to Indigenous peoples in Canada for abuses in Catholic-run residential schools, a Saudi Arabian coalition and rebels backed by Iran agreed to a two-month truce in Yemen, Sri Lanka was rocked by… Continue watching
Apr 01 Watch 7:25 Strong jobs report shows the American economy gaining steam By Geoff Bennett, Dorothy Hastings, Cybele Mayes-Osterman As the White House tries to manage rising inflation, the U.S. labor market is bouncing back, adding another 431,000 jobs in March and bringing the unemployment rate to a new pandemic-era low of 3.6 percent, according to the latest jobs… Continue watching
Apr 01 Watch 5:26 Biden administration ends controversial Trump-era immigration rule By Amna Nawaz, Saher Khan The Biden administration announced Friday that it will be phasing out what's known as Title 42, a policy that prevented migrants from seeking asylum in the U.S. due to public health concerns amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Washington Post immigration reporter… Continue watching
Apr 01 Watch 12:45 Brooks and Capehart on Biden’s shifting immigration policy, the Jan. 6 investigation New York Times columnist David Brooks and Washington Post columnist Jonathan Capehart join Judy Woodruff to discuss the week in politics, including President Biden's decision to tap the country's strategic petroleum reserve, a return to pre-pandemic border policies and the… Continue watching
Apr 01 Watch A tribute to PBS NewsHour producer Lee Koromvokis By Paul Solman, Diane Lincoln Estes NewsHour is saying farewell to one of our great producers who is retiring after a long career at the program. Lee Koromvokis has worked on hundreds of stories over the years and produced some of our best pieces, and the… Continue watching