Feb 08 Watch 5:39 Fate of USAID in question as judge sets back Trump’s efforts to dismantle agency By Ali Rogin, Harry Zahn, Gerard Edic A federal judge has paused until next Friday the Trump administration’s plan to place more than 2,000 employees at the U.S. Agency for International Development on paid leave. It’s a setback in Trump’s efforts to dismantle the global humanitarian agency… Continue watching
Feb 08 Watch 2:39 News Wrap: Trump takes aim at Kennedy Center’s board of trustees In our news wrap Saturday, Trump said he plans to name himself chairman of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and fire members of its board of trustees, the fragile ceasefire between Israel and Hamas held through… Continue watching
Feb 08 Watch 7:15 The history of diversity, equity and inclusion efforts in America By John Yang, Ali Rogin, Kaisha Young, Zoie Lambert Since President Trump returned to the White House, he’s issued executive orders that target diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives, dismantling decades of federal anti-discrimination policy. This Black History Month, John Yang explores the origins of DEI in America for our… Continue watching
Feb 08 What we know about the Alaska commuter plane crash that killed all 10 people aboard By Becky Bohrer, Associated Press Authorities are working to recover the wreckage of a plane crash in western Alaska that killed 10 people while investigators are trying to determine what caused the small commuter aircraft to go down in the icy Bering Sea. Continue reading
Feb 08 Springfield, Ohio, sues neo-Nazi group that it says drove threats against Haitian immigrants By Associated Press An Ohio city that was racked with chaos and threats last year related to an influx of Haitian immigrants filed a lawsuit on Thursday against a neo-Nazi group that it alleges was at the heart of the onslaught. Continue reading
Feb 07 Watch 4:59 News Wrap: Heavy rains in California trigger landslides In our news wrap Friday, heavy rains in California trigger landslides and destroy homes, a small plane crashed in the middle of a busy road in Sao Paulo, Brazil, hundreds of people have been killed in Sudan as fighting escalates… Continue watching
Feb 07 Watch 10:53 Capehart and Continetti on Trump pushing the limits of executive power By Geoff Bennett, Ian Couzens Washington Post associate editor Jonathan Capehart and Matthew Continetti from the American Enterprise Institute join Geoff Bennett to discuss the week in politics, President Trump and his allies making quick progress on their goal of "deconstructing the administrative state," Elon… Continue watching
Feb 07 Watch 8:31 The growing concerns around the boom in sport betting By Paul Solman, Frank Carlson This Sunday in New Orleans, the Philadelphia Eagles will try to block the Kansas City Chiefs from taking home a historic third consecutive Super Bowl title. But there will also be a historic $1.4 billion riding on the game. Paul… Continue watching
Feb 07 PHOTOS: USAID signs covered with black tape or removed at Washington headquarters By Laura Barrón-López, Shyla Duff, Steff Staples Just blocks from the White House, signs identifying the headquarters of USAID have been removed or covered. Continue reading
Feb 07 Community health centers face funding delays after Trump administration freeze By Ali Rogin PBS has confirmed that health centers in Arizona, Virginia, Maine, Nebraska, Illinois, Michigan, Vermont, Rhode Island, Montana and Minnesota were unable, at least temporarily, to access funds. The Maine and Montana centers are receiving their funding again. Continue reading