Dec 24 Why are more and more Americans buying fake Christmas trees? By Courtney Vinopal For many, it all comes down to cost. Continue reading
Dec 24 U.S. stocks plunge on Christmas Eve By Alex Veiga, Associated Press The major indexes on Wall Street fell another 2 percent Monday, making it very possible that the market will end this month as the worst December for stocks since 1931. Continue reading
Dec 24 Trump assails Fed as the ‘only problem our economy has’ By Josh Boak, Associated Press President Donald Trump lashed out at the Federal Reserve on Monday after administration officials spent the weekend trying to assure the public and financial markets that Jerome Powell's job as Fed chairman was safe. Continue reading
Dec 24 Body of Jakelin Caal, 7-year-old migrant girl who died in U.S. detention, back in Guatemala By Sonia Pérez D., Associated Press The death of Jakelin Caal earlier this month while in the custody of the U.S. Border Patrol was a tragic reminder of the plight of Central American migrants. Continue reading
Dec 24 ‘Fix-it’ man Shanahan, Mattis’ successor, working to streamline defense spending By Lolita C. Baldor, Associated Press In the new year Trump wants to focus on streamlining purchases at the Pentagon, an issue on which Deputy Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan has already been working, a White House official said. Continue reading
Dec 24 Justice Ginsburg up and working after surgery By Associated Press The court next meets on Jan. 7. Despite her health problems, Ginsburg has never missed arguments. Continue reading
Dec 23 Watch 25:00 December 23, 2018 – PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode By PBS News Hour On this edition for Sunday, Dec. 23, it's day two of the partial government shutdown, President Trump accelerates the departure of Defense Secretary James Mattis and the U.S. envoy leading the fight against ISIS steps down. And later, part two… Continue watching
Dec 23 Watch 4:31 Mattis, McGurk shakeup leaves Syria in ‘state of uncertainty’ By PBS News Hour Following a decision to pull 2,000 U.S. forces from Syria in the coming weeks, President Trump also expedited Defense Secretary Jim Mattis’ resignation Sunday, and Brett McGurk, the U.S. envoy to the global coalition fighting the Islamic State group, resigned. Continue watching
Dec 23 Watch 15:42 Making NewsHour Weekend: On #MeToo, mass shootings and immigration in 2018 By PBS News Hour In part two of our holiday series "Making NewsHour Weekend," producers Ivette Feliciano and Zachary Green join Hari Sreenivasan to revisit how they approached some of 2018’s top stories, including free speech debates on college campuses, covering a Pittsburgh synagogue… Continue watching
Dec 23 Trump: Mattis out as of Jan. 1; deputy to be acting chief By Lolita C. Baldor, Associated Press Irritated with the criticism and fallout from Defense Secretary Jim Mattis’ resignation, President Donald Trump on Sunday pushed the Pentagon chief out the door two months earlier than planned, an acrimonious end to a tense relationship that had been eroding… Continue reading