Apr 16 Watch 6:07 News Wrap: DOJ sues Maine over transgender athletes In our news wrap Wednesday, the Trump administration sued Maine for allowing transgender athletes to play in women's sports, California is suing the Trump administration over the president's sweeping tariff policy, a military base in Georgia returned to its old… Continue watching
Apr 16 Watch 8:29 NLRB whistleblower claims Musk’s DOGE potentially caused significant security breach By Amna Nawaz, Courtney Norris, Karina Cuevas The National Labor Relations Board protects workers' right to organize and investigates unfair labor practices. A whistleblower complaint filed by an IT staffer claims Elon Musk and his DOGE team gained access to sensitive data that could have led directly… Continue watching
Apr 16 Watch 7:16 What research reveals about the rise in autism diagnoses and why vaccines aren’t the cause By Ali Rogin, Frank Carlson Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. pledged to find out what's driving the country's rise in autism spectrum disorder after a new CDC report said that rate had continued to climb. There are reports that the CDC plans to study… Continue watching
Apr 16 Watch 5:11 ‘Good science takes time’: Researcher skeptical autism cause will be found by September By Stephanie Sy, Mary Fecteau, Frank Carlson In a news conference on the rise in autism spectrum disorder, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. made no mention of vaccines and instead emphasized the government’s plans to study potential environmental factors. To help put Kennedy's pledge in context,… Continue watching
Apr 16 Puerto Rico hit with island-wide blackout as residents prepare for Easter weekend By Dánica Coto, Associated Press An island-wide blackout hit Puerto Rico on Wednesday as the largely Catholic residents of the U.S. territory prepared to celebrate the Easter weekend, officials said. Continue reading
Apr 16 Watch 5:29 A look at the Trump administration’s efforts to slash public media funding By William Brangham, Ali Schmitz The Trump administration wants to cut the federal funds that support public media. It would impact NPR, PBS and the roughly 1,500 local public media stations across the country. The White House drafted a memo that could make those cuts… Continue watching
Apr 16 10 guards charged over fatal beating of a New York prisoner, including 2 with murder By Michael Hill, Dave Collins, Associated Press The indictment says several guards severely beat Messiah Nantwi, a prisoner at the Mid-State Correctional Facility, who was hospitalized and died on March 1 “due to massive head trauma and numerous other injuries to his body.”… Continue reading
Apr 16 Trump administration plans to ask Congress to defund PBS, NPR By Hannah Grabenstein PBS CEO Paula Kerger said that the loss of funding would devastate local stations, "particularly smaller and rural stations who rely on federal funding for a larger portion of their budgets.”… Continue reading
Apr 16 Harvey Weinstein’s attorneys want him hospitalized instead of in jail during retrial By Michael R. Sisak, Associated Press Harvey Weinstein’s lawyers are asking a judge to allow the ailing ex-studio boss to spend his nights at a New York City hospital instead of jail for the duration of his rape retrial. Continue reading
Apr 16 Service members deployed to southern border killed in vehicle accident By Tara Copp, Associated Press Two service members deployed to the U.S. Southern border were killed and a third is in serious condition after a vehicle accident near Santa Teresa, New Mexico. Continue reading