Sep 29 Watch 3:36 During Senate hearing, Jack Smith defends criminal investigations of Trump By Ali Rogin, Ali Schmitz The prosecutor who led criminal investigations of President Trump for the Department of Justice faced questions from Senate Republicans on Tuesday. Former special counsel Jack Smith handled two probes. One focused on the president’s efforts to overturn the 2020 election… Continue watching
Sep 29 Watch 6:17 News Wrap: Supreme Court allows Trump's deportations to third countries, for now By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Tuesday, the Supreme Court is allowing the Trump administration to continue deporting migrants to countries other than their own for now, federal prosecutors charged a Venezuelan delivery driver who was shot by an ICE officer with… Continue watching
Sep 29 Watch 5:55 New York prosecutors reopen investigation into alleged rape at Cornell University By Amna Nawaz, Solveig Rennan Sandbulte An investigation into an alleged gang rape in 2024 at Cornell University has been reopened after the woman who reported the assault sued the school and others. At the time, no criminal charges were filed, though Cornell said it investigated… Continue watching
Sep 29 Watch 7:51 Affordability and accountability top priorities if Democrats take House, Jeffries says By Geoff Bennett, Kyle Midura, Leila Jackson The latest polling shows Democrats with a solid shot of regaining control of the House of Representatives in the midterm elections. If they do, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries could become Speaker of the House, with debates over the economy,… Continue watching
Sep 29 Mamdani releases plan to combat antisemitism in New York amid concerns over his criticism of Israel By Anthony Izaguirre, Associated Press The plan is the mayor's most forceful attempt to address concerns from the Jewish community over antisemitism. Continue reading
Sep 29 Watch 6:31 Ayad Akhtar blurs fiction and reality in new novel, 'The Radiance' By Jeffrey Brown, Anne Azzi Davenport, Laine Immell A Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright and author has a new novel that explores big questions about states of being and the state of America. Senior arts correspondent Jeffrey Brown spoke with Ayad Akhtar about "The Radiance" for our arts and culture… Continue watching
Sep 29 Watch 8:11 Nikole Hannah-Jones reflects on her daughter's school experience By Layla Quran, Maea Lenei Buhre, Geoff Bennett For decades, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones has reported on race, inequality and the deep divisions in American education. In a new essay, she turns the lens on a choice she made for her own family: sending her daughter to… Continue watching
Sep 29 Federal prosecutors charge Venezuelan man shot in his car by ICE agent in Texas with assaulting an officer By Anna Wilder, Associated Press/Report For America, Safiyah Riddle, Associated Press If convicted Garces Perez faces up to 20 years in prison. Continue reading
Sep 29 Newsom signs California law banning officers from using gloves that deliver electric shocks By Sophie Austin, Associated Press In California, lawmakers passed at least two dozen bills this year seeking to fortify immigrants' rights, restrict cooperation with federal immigration agents and tighten regulations on immigrant detention facilities, among other things. Continue reading
Sep 29 Nikole Hannah-Jones on the backlash to her viral essay about school choice By Geoff Bennett, Layla Quran, Maea Lenei Buhre Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones wrote a now-viral essay about her decision to send her daughter to high-poverty, predominantly Black public schools in her New York city neighborhood — and how they both feel about that choice 10 years later. Continue reading