Mar 18 Watch 5:28 Pentagon history purge highlights which stories are told and why others are ignored By Geoff Bennett, Ian Couzens The Trump administration’s efforts to strip diversity, equity and inclusion prompted the Defense Department to remove thousands of pages and images honoring the contributions of women and people of color. The Pentagon is restoring some of those web pages, saying… Continue watching
Mar 18 Watch 4:22 Reflections on working through the pandemic, 5 years after COVID emerged By William Brangham, Mike Fritz, Sam Lane It’s been more than five years since COVID-19 began spreading across the U.S. The virus killed more than a million Americans and reshaped our entire society. Our new series will bring reflections from people, in their own words, who lived… Continue watching
Mar 18 Families search for loved ones after hundreds taken on U.S. immigration flights disappear from online locator By Joshua Goodman, Gisela Salomon, Associated Press Some turned up among the more than 200 Venezuelan immigrants flown over the weekend to El Salvador. Continue reading
Mar 18 Trump administration set to release JFK assassination files with no redactions By Jamie Stengle, Associated Press President Donald Trump says files related to the 1963 assassination of President John F. Kennedy will be released without any redactions, making good on a promise he made during his campaign. Continue reading
Mar 18 Google to buy cybersecurity firm Wiz for $32 billion, the largest deal in 26-year company history By Associated Press The purchase gives Google new momentum in its efforts to compete in the cloud-computing business by offering more security for its services. Continue reading
Mar 17 Watch 9:01 White House ignores court and invokes Alien Enemies Act to deport hundreds of Venezuelans By Laura Barrón-López, Shrai Popat, Eliot Barnhart, Doug Adams A U.S. federal judge asked the Trump administration to explain how it failed to act on its court order to halt the deportation of hundreds of Venezuelan migrants, including alleged gang members, escalating the confrontation between the President and the… Continue watching
Mar 17 Watch 6:56 News Wrap: More than 40 killed in storms that spawned dozens of tornadoes In our news wrap Monday, more than 40 people were killed in a series of storms that ravaged the central and southeastern U.S., President Trump is warning Iran that it will 'suffer the consequences' if Houthi rebels in Yemen carry… Continue watching
Mar 17 Watch 9:45 What is Voice of America and why Trump is dismantling the broadcaster By Nick Schifrin, Dan Sagalyn, Zeba Warsi For the better part of a century, Voice of America has broadcast into countries whose governments censored free information. The Trump administration has dismantled VOA's parent organization, put all of its employees on leave and ended funding for independent media… Continue watching
Mar 17 Watch 7:28 ‘Murder the Truth’ examines growing effort to silence journalists and curtail free speech By William Brangham The Supreme Court ruled in 1964 that journalistic organizations were protected from libel or defamation lawsuits brought by a public figure unless that plaintiff could prove the journalists had acted intentionally. The book, “Murder the Truth," documents a well-funded effort… Continue watching
Mar 17 Watch 9:55 Why police still lack training to effectively respond to people with disabilities By Judy Woodruff, Layla Quran, Sam Weber Despite the rise of people diagnosed with autism, explicit training for law enforcement to respond to people with developmental or intellectual disabilities is still rare. Misunderstandings between officers and people with disabilities can lead to tragic consequences. Judy Woodruff reports… Continue watching