Dec 15 Watch 25:01 December 15, 2018 - PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode By PBS News Hour On this edition for Saturday, Dec. 15, President Trump announces that Ryan Zinke is leaving his post as secretary of the interior by the end of the year, and a Texas judge rules that the Affordable Care Act's individual mandate… Continue watching
Dec 15 Watch 5:28 Millions of Americans' health care under a 'possible cloud' after federal court ruling By PBS News Weekend A coalition of states with Democratic leadership is promising to appeal a Texas federal court ruling on Friday that aimed to invalidate the entire Affordable Care Act. The case was brought by a group of Republican state attorneys general and… Continue watching
Dec 15 Purdue's secret OxyContin papers should be released, appeals court rules By David Armstrong, Andrew Joseph, STAT A Kentucky appeals court sided with STAT, upholding a ruling ordering the release of Purdue Pharma records about the marketing of the opioid OxyContin. Continue reading
Dec 15 Interior Secretary Zinke resigning, cites 'vicious' attacks By Ellen Knickmeyer, Matthew Brown, Jonathan Lemire, Associated Press In his resignation letter, Zinke said "vicious and politically motivated attacks" against him had "created an unfortunate distraction" in fulfilling the agency's mission. Continue reading
Dec 15 Trump pushes Congress for new health law after court ruling By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar, Associated Press After a federal judge ruled that the Obama-era health overhaul was “invalid,” President Donald Trump is looking to congressional leaders to come up with a replacement even as the White House says the current law will remain in place for… Continue reading
Dec 15 Death of 7-year-old on border raises questions By Colleen Long, Elliot Spagat, Associated Press The death of the Guatemalan girl is the latest demonstration of the desperation of a growing number of Central American families and children showing up at the U.S.-Mexico border, often hoping to claim asylum, and it raises new questions about… Continue reading
Dec 15 Trump says Interior Secretary Zinke leaving administration By Jonathan Lemire, Associated Press President Donald Trump says Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke, who's facing federal investigations into his travel, political activity and potential conflicts of interest, will leave the administration at year's end. Continue reading
Dec 14 Federal judge rules Affordable Care Act unconstitutional By Associated Press U.S. District Judge Reed O'Connor ruled Friday that last year's tax overhaul knocked the constitutional foundation from under the health care act. Continue reading
Dec 14 Watch 5:58 How a 7-year-old migrant girl died while in U.S. detention Attention is being refocused on the U.S. border after news that a 7-year-old Guatemalan girl died in U.S. detention, within hours of being picked up after crossing illegally with her father. Amna Nawaz also briefs William Brangham on the growing… Continue watching
Dec 14 Watch 3:28 Why Affordable Care Act insurance signups are down With just two days left in most states for people to sign up for health insurance under the Affordable Care Act, preliminary numbers are showing enrollment down about 12 percent from last year. To explain the drop, John Yang learns… Continue watching