Oct 02 Trump’s EPA is moving to weaken regulation on radiation exposure By Ellen Knickmeyer, Associated Press The Trump administration is turning to scientific outliers who argue that a bit of radiation damage is actually good for you — like a little bit of sunlight. Continue reading
Oct 02 Amazon ups hourly wage to $15, will advocate for higher pay By Joseph Pisani, Michelle Chapman, Associated Press Amazon, which has faced political and economic pressure to raise pay for thousands of employees, is boosting its minimum wage for all U.S. workers to $15 per hour starting next month. Continue reading
Oct 02 Parents are more financially optimistic than their kids, poll shows By Sarah Skidmore Sell, Associated Press It's no longer a guarantee that children will achieve upward income mobility. About half of the Americans born in 1984 earned more at age 30 than their parents, down from 92 percent in 1940. Continue reading
Oct 01 Watch 3:19 Trump touts ‘fairness and reciprocity’ of new U.S.-Mexico-Canada trade deal President Trump declared victory on Monday on a deal more than a year in the making. The United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement, or USMCA, largely keeps the structure of the 1994 North American Trade Agreement, but gives U.S. dairy farmers greater access… Continue watching
Oct 01 Watch 5:46 News Wrap: Supreme Court opens term with vacant seat In our news wrap Monday, eight sitting Supreme Court justices heard cases involving the Endangered Species Act and age discrimination. They have the option of holding the case once a ninth justice is seated. Also, the death tolle from Friday's… Continue watching
Oct 01 Watch 5:36 The new U.S.-Mexico-Canada deal offers modest changes. Will it help the economy? President Trump made renegotiating NAFTA a priority of his administration. What's really in the new United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement and what does it mean for the U.S. economy? Amna Nawaz learns more from Edward Alden of the Council on Foreign Relations. Continue watching
Oct 01 Watch 7:20 Where Kavanaugh’s confirmation stands as Trump directs FBI to expand probe President Trump said on Monday that he thinks the FBI should "do what they have to do to get to the answer" behind sexual misconduct allegations against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, including interviewing anyone within reason, but Trump also… Continue watching
Oct 01 Watch 6:28 What the FBI might be looking for in the Brett Kavanaugh probe Putting aside politics, what’s happening behind the scenes of the FBI's background investigation into allegations of sexual misconduct by Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh? Amna Nawaz learns more from retired FBI agent Frank Montoya. Continue watching
Oct 01 Watch 7:27 For this Nobel winner, fighting cancer began with his family Cancer treatment was for years dominated by just four techniques. But there is now a fifth category -- immunotherapy -- thanks to the revolutionary research of Jim Allison and Tasuku Honjo, who won the 2018 Nobel Prize in Medicine on… Continue watching
Oct 01 Watch 8:56 Tamara Keith and Amy Walter on Brett Kavanaugh and midterm voter enthusiasm NPR’s Tamara Keith and Amy Walter from the Cook Political Report sit down with Lisa Desjardins to discuss how the Brett Kavanaugh confirmation fight may motivate voters to go to the polls in November, some robust midterm election fundraising by… Continue watching