Feb 17 WATCH: White House economic advisor Cecilia Rouse testifies before the Senate Banking committee By News Desk and Associated Press White House economic advisor Cecilia Rouse testified before the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs on the state of the American economy. Continue reading
Feb 17 WATCH: Senate Judiciary hearing on the rise in violence against minority institutions By News Desk The House Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security held a hearing on Thursday, Feb. 17 on the rise in violence against minority institutions. Continue reading
Feb 17 WATCH: Senate Finance Committee hearing on IRS customer service issues By News Desk and Associated Press The Senate Finance Committee held a hearing Thursday on IRS customer service issues. This week, the IRS began offering taxpayers limited Saturday walk-in help for the tax season. Continue reading
Feb 17 WATCH: Sec. Blinken gives remarks at the U.N. on tensions between the U.S., Russia and Ukraine By Associated Press U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken went before the U.N. Security Council and described in detail the range of false-flag attacks that Washington believes Moscow might stage to justify invasion. Continue reading
Feb 17 WATCH: Biden says 'very high risk' of Russian invasion of Ukraine in next several days By Vladimir Tretyakov, Yuras Karmanau, Lorne Cook, Associated Press Fears of a new war in Europe have resurged as U.S. President Joe Biden warned that Russia could invade Ukraine within days, and violence spiked in a long-running standoff in eastern Ukraine that some fear could be the spark for… Continue reading
Feb 16 Prosecutors reduce requested sentence for ex-cop Kim Potter By Amy Forliti, Associated Press Minnesota prosecutors have apparently backed away from their pursuit of a longer-than-usual sentence for the suburban Minneapolis police officer who said she confused her handgun for her Taser when she killed Daunte Wright, a 20-year-old Black motorist. Continue reading
Feb 16 Watch 5:13 News Wrap: Ottawa police move to end siege by truckers protesting COVID restrictions In our news wrap Wednesday, police in Canada began moving to end a nearly three-week siege by truckers protesting COVID restrictions, CDC says it's working on new guidance for masks, President Biden ordered Trump White House visitor logs be released,… Continue watching
Feb 16 Watch 9:20 How the political debate on teaching race in schools is impacting students and educators By Geoff Bennett, Karina Cuevas Black History Month has been celebrated in some form for nearly a century. But this year it comes as students are getting caught up in political scrutiny and alongside a coordinated effort to limit the teaching of race and racism. Continue watching
Feb 16 Watch 7:33 New details on 2016 Russia probe prompt flawed allegations of espionage By William Brangham, Tess Conciatori A filing last week from the special counsel investigating the origins of the Russia probe has ignited a misleading media firestorm on the right that Hillary Clinton's campaign was guilty of illegally spying on Donald Trump. In a column this… Continue watching
Feb 16 Watch 6:57 Balancing risk and safety as states ease mask mandates By John Yang, Courtney Norris The average number of daily new COVID cases in the U.S. from omicron has finally dropped below the peak of the delta wave. But the nation is still averaging more than 145,000 new cases and 2,400 deaths per day, leaving… Continue watching