Apr 03 Watch 7:59 GOP Sen. Johnson says Wisconsin bracing to see ‘how painful’ tariff fallout will be By Amna Nawaz, Doug Adams Financial markets sank in the wake of President Trump's decision to impose tariffs on practically all goods being imported to the U.S. Republican Sen. Ron Johnson is a member of the Senate budget and finance committees. His state of Wisconsin… Continue watching
Apr 03 Watch 7:00 News Wrap: Trump fires several National Security Council members In our news wrap Thursday, President Trump will fire several members of his National Security Council after he met in the Oval Office with conservative activist and conspiracy theorist Laura Loomer, the Senate confirmed Dr. Mehmet Oz to lead the… Continue watching
Apr 03 Watch 8:25 Conservative constitutional lawyer weighs in on Trump’s aggressive use of executive power By Amna Nawaz, Maea Lenei Buhre, Mary Fecteau President Trump has an expansive view of presidential authority and is claiming sweeping powers over the executive branch, including independent federal agencies. Amna Nawaz spoke with Joel Alicea, a professor of law and director of the Center for The Constitution… Continue watching
Apr 03 Deadly storms rip through the South and Midwest, killing 6 By Jeff Martin, Hallie Golden, Associated Press Dozens of tornado and severe thunderstorm warnings were issued Wednesday and early Thursday from Texas to West Virginia as storms hit those and other states. Continue reading
Apr 03 What is a 100-year flood? Here’s what forecasters and scientists mean By Isabella O'Malley, Associated Press Although math can calculate how often to expect floods of specific magnitudes, nature has its own plans. Continue reading
Apr 02 Watch 6:46 How Trump’s sweeping new tariffs could shake up U.S. and global economies By Amna Nawaz President Trump escalated trade wars with a new set of sweeping tariffs for about 60 countries. During a speech in the Rose Garden, the president declared a national economic emergency as the legal justification for the new tariffs. Trump says… Continue watching
Apr 02 Watch 8:35 Important HHS services ‘will grind to a halt’ with cuts, former Secretary Sebelius says By Amna Nawaz, Courtney Norris There’s growing concern over massive cuts to the Department of Health and Human Services as Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. works to reduce the agency workforce by 25 percent. Geoff Bennett discussed the Trump administration's cuts with Kathleen Sebelius, the… Continue watching
Apr 02 Watch 5:39 Supreme Court case could decide if states can block Medicaid funding to Planned Parenthood By Sarah Varney, Ali Schmitz The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments in a case that could dramatically change how Medicaid recipients can choose their own medical providers. The case went before the court after South Carolina attempted to remove Planned Parenthood clinics from the state’s… Continue watching
Apr 02 Extreme weather across central U.S. expected Wednesday, gets most severe ‘high-risk’ designation By Jeff Martin, Associated Press Potentially deadly flash flooding, high-magnitude tornadoes and baseball-sized hail could hit parts of the Midwest and South on Wednesday as severe thunderstorms blowing eastward become supercharged, forecasters warned. Continue reading
Apr 02 Cheeseburgers, chicken fail to entice a rescue dog who’s spent weeks on the run in Alaska By Becky Bohrer, Associated Press The German shepherd-husky mix slipped her collar on the first day with her new family in mid-February and absconded to a pocket of forest. Since then, she has been living by her wits — eluding a trap that was set… Continue reading