Jan 14 WATCH: Biden reflects on program designed to fix 15,000 U.S. bridges By Associated Press President Joe Biden announces his administration's plan to help rebuild the nation's bridges as part of the infrastructure law approved in November. Continue reading
Jan 13 Watch 3:11 U.S. Supreme Court blocks Biden's vaccine mandate for large companies By William Brangham, Harry Zahn The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that the Biden administration must stop enforcing a rule that employees at big companies take the COVID vaccine, but permitted vaccine requirements for most health care workers. William Brangham reports. Continue watching
Jan 13 Watch 10:43 What a Supreme Court decision on vaccine mandates means for workers By John Yang, Geoffrey Lou Guray The conservative majority of justices on the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday blocked President Biden's COVID vaccination policy, stating that the administration had overstepped its authority with the rule, which would’ve applied to more than 80 million workers. Marcia Coyle,… Continue watching
Jan 13 Watch 5:47 News Wrap: Syrian secret police officer sentenced to life in prison for war crimes In our news wrap Thursday, a court in Germany convicted a former Syrian secret police officer for crimes against humanity and sentenced him to life in prison over the torture of more than 4,000 detainees, the top House Republican defended… Continue watching
Jan 13 Watch 6:12 Oath Keepers leader, 10 others charged with seditious conspiracy for Capitol insurrection By Amna Nawaz, Sam Lane The most serious federal charges yet in the Jan. 6 insurrection were unsealed Thursday. The leader of the Oath Keepers, a right-wing paramilitary group, and 10 of his members were charged with seditious conspiracy for attempting to overthrow the U.S. Continue watching
Jan 13 Watch 5:57 Democrats' voting rights legislation 'on ice' with opposition to filibuster change By Lisa Desjardins, Geoff Bennett, Tess Conciatori President Biden and congressional Democrats made a new push Thursday for voting rights legislation. The House passed a repackaged set of two bills aimed at blunting Republican-passed state laws that Democrats say will limit voting. But they still face hurdles… Continue watching
Jan 13 Watch 8:10 Sen. Warnock on the prospects for voting rights legislation: 'This is about our democracy' President Biden on Thursday made his case for voting right legislation directly to Senate Democrats and heatedly denounced the Republican efforts to put limits on voting. But Sen. Kyrsten Sinema reiterated that she would not support a change to the… Continue watching
Jan 13 Watch 6:23 Married MacArthur 'geniuses' explore border policy and immigration By Jeffrey Brown, Lena I. Jackson Last year’s MacArthur Fellow recipients were among the most diverse since the foundation started giving the so-called “genius” awards 40 years ago. Two of the recent grantees are married Latino filmmakers, looking at migration and U.S. border policy. Jeffrey Brown… Continue watching
Jan 13 For 6th straight year, Earth sets record for hottest in history By Seth Borenstein, Associated Press Two U.S. science agencies say 2021 was the sixth hottest year on record globally, part of a long-term warming trend. NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Thursday released measurements showing how hot last year was. Continue reading
Jan 13 How to help amid a national blood shortage By Madeline Powell The American Red Cross announced on Tuesday that the nation is facing a blood crisis – the worst one in over a decade. Continue reading