Apr 09 Watch 6:43 Looking back at the long and often turbulent life of Prince Philip Britain's Prince Philip, Queen Elizabeth's husband of 73 years, died Friday at Windsor Castle. The Duke of Edinburgh had been hospitalized nearly a month ago for heart surgery. Mourners defied COVID-19 protocols to gather in front of Buckingham Palace and… Continue watching
Apr 09 Watch 12:25 Brooks and Capehart on the filibuster, reconciliation, and the American Jobs Plan New York Times columnist David Brooks and Washington Post columnist Jonathan Capehart join Judy Woodruff to discuss the week in politics, including the filibuster debate, reconciliation and resistance within the Democratic party, the American Jobs Plan, and gun control. Continue watching
Apr 09 Watch 3:41 The stories behind 5 wonderful lives cut short by COVID-19 Every Friday, we take a moment now to remember some of the extraordinary lives of those we have lost to the coronavirus. Here are their stories. Continue watching
Apr 09 Group to study more justices, term limits for Supreme Court By Jonathan Lemire, Jessica Gresko, Associated Press President Joe Biden has ordered a study of adding seats to the Supreme Court, creating a commission that will spend the next 180 days examining the incendiary political issues of expanding the court and instituting term limits for its justices. Continue reading
Apr 09 Wisconsin Supreme Court says don’t purge voters from rolls By Scott Bauer, Associated Press The court's 5-2 ruling Friday means about 69,000 people on the list of likely movers will not have their voter registrations deactivated. Continue reading
Apr 09 Kentucky limits no-knock warrants after Breonna Taylor death By Piper Hudspeth Blackburn, Associated Press Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear has signed a partial ban on no-knock warrants a year after the fatal shooting of Breonna Taylor. The law Beshear signed Friday is not the total ban many demonstrators called for. Continue reading
Apr 09 WATCH: COVID-19 health equity task force assesses pandemic response By Laura Santhanam Throughout the pandemic, the virus has disproportionately hurt communities of color, exposing them to worse health outcomes and higher death rates than in white communities. Continue reading
Apr 09 WATCH: NASA gives update on Mars helicopter Ingenuity By Laura Santhanam During the helicopter's 30-day mission, it will attempt at least one test flight on Mars as part of NASA's mission to study the planet's geology and climate history. Continue reading
Apr 09 In rural areas with health care shortages, these doctors are answering the call By Corey Meador Despite some early hopes that isolation might protect rural areas of America from the worst of the pandemic, COVID-19 has infiltrated small communities in every corner of the country. And many of those places… Continue reading
Apr 09 WATCH LIVE: Psaki holds White House briefing as Biden makes moves on guns, infrastructure and immigration By Laura Santhanam The briefing comes after the Biden administration has unveiled new actions on jumpstarting the economy and gun control and ahead of the return of Congress next week. Continue reading