Sep 20 Watch 5:42 Weeks after a derecho hit, Eastern Iowa is still struggling By Christopher Booker, Laura Fong Eastern Iowa is reeling a month after a rare windstorm called a derecho devastated the region, destroying hundreds of homes and half a million acres of corn. Newshour Weekend’s Christopher Booker reports on the financial burden of the derecho, made… Continue watching
Sep 20 Watch 3:21 After RBG’s death, a partisan battle over SCOTUS seat By PBS NewsHour President Trump announced he intends to nominate a woman for Justice Ginsburg’s seat and several Republican Senators, who in 2016 opposed filling a SCOTUS seat in an election year, are supporting a vote. The contentious issue of the SCOTUS seat,… Continue watching
Sep 20 Southern California wildfire grows, burns nature center By Stefanie Dazio, Associated Press The destruction wrought by a wind-driven wildfire in the mountains northeast of Los Angeles approached 156 square miles (404 square kilometers) Sunday, burning structures, homes and a nature center in a famed Southern California wildlife sanctuary in foothill desert communities. Continue reading
Sep 20 Analysis: U.S. to hit 200,000 dead; Trump sees no need for regret By Associated Press As the coronavirus pandemic began bearing down on the United States in March, President Donald Trump set out his expectations. If the U.S. could keep the death toll between 100,000 to 200,000 people, Trump said, it would indicate that his administration had… Continue reading
Sep 20 Arizona Senate race could impact confirmation of new justice By Jonathan J. Cooper, Associated Press If Arizona Democrat Mark Kelly wins a seat in the U.S. Senate, he could take office as early as Nov. 30, shrinking the GOP’s Senate majority at a crucial moment and complicating the path to confirmation for President Donald Trump’s… Continue reading
Sep 20 Trump promises to replace Ginsburg with a woman – and soon By Jonathan Lemire, Lisa Mascaro, Steve Peoples, Associated Press President Donald Trump is promising to put forth a female nominee in the coming week to fill the Supreme Court vacancy created by the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, pushing the Republican-controlled Senate to consider the pick without delay. Continue reading
Sep 19 ‘Rest in Power’: America mourns Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg By Pavni Mittal As the U.S. flag flew at half-staff to honor the life and contributions of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who died on Friday due to complications of metastatic pancreatic cancer, tributes poured in from politicians, colleagues, celebrities and Americans. Continue reading
Sep 19 GOP senators confront past comments on Supreme Court vote By Matthew Daly, Associated Press Republican senators weighing what to do about the vacancy on the Supreme Court are facing questions about their own past comments amid complaints by Democrats that their views have shifted with changing political reality. Continue reading
Sep 19 Watch 7:11 Justice Ginsburg leaves a legacy of fighting for equal rights By PBS NewsHour Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg became the second woman to serve on the Supreme Court, a position she held for 27 years. Marcia Coyle, Chief Washington Correspondent for The National Law Journal and Amy Howe, Co-Founder of SCOTUSblog joins Hari Sreenivasan… Continue watching
Sep 19 Watch 9:53 ‘She really didn’t give up’: Remembering the life and career of RBG By PBS NewsHour Nina Totenberg, NPR’s correspondent for legal affairs, first met Justice Ruth Bader Ginberg over the phone nearly 50 years ago, beginning a professional relationship, which eventually morphed into a close friendship. In a conversation with Hari Sreenivasan, Totenberg shares anecdotes… Continue watching